Teaching Elder Duke Shelley of Black Forest Chapel continues a series on Revelation. Part 6 starts the introduction to the Book of Revelation in chapter 1.

1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Revelation 1:1-8

2. • (1) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
Him to show to His bond-servants, the things
which must soon take place; and He sent and
communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant
John,

3. • (1) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
Him to show to His bond-servants, the things
which must soon take place; and He sent and
communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant
John,
• Revelation = apokalypsis

4. • The faithful witness (1:5)
• The firstborn from the dead (1:5)
• The ruler over the kings of the earth (1:5)
• The Alpha and the Omega (1:8, 21:6, 22:13)
• The one who is and who was and is to come (1:8)
• The Almighty (1:8)
• The Son of Man (1:13)
• The first and the last (1:17, 2:8, 22:13)

5. • The living One (1:18)
• He who was dead, and has come to life (2:8)
• The Son of God (2:18)
• He who is holy, who is true (3:7, 6:10)
• The Amen, the faithful and true Witness (3:14)
• The Beginning of the creation of God (3:14)
• The Lion that is from the tribe of Judah (5:5)
• The Root of David (5:5)

6. • A Lamb (5:6)
• The Word of God (19:13)
• King of Kings and Lord of Lords (19:16)
• The beginning and the end (22:13)
• The root and descendant of David (22:16)
• The bright morning Star (22:16)
• The Lord Jesus (22:21).

7. • bond-servants = doulos = “slaves”

8. • bond-servants = doulos = “slaves”
• 2 Peter 1:1a Simon Peter, a bond-servant and
apostle of Jesus Christ,

9. • bond-servants = doulos = “slaves”
• 2 Peter 1:1a Simon Peter, a bond-servant and
apostle of Jesus Christ,
• Mark 10:43-44 "But it is not this way among you,
but whoever wishes to become great among you
shall be your servant; (44) and whoever wishes to
be first among you shall be slave of all.

10. • (2) who testified to the word of God and to the
testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

11. • (3) Blessed is he who reads and those who hear
the words of the prophecy, and heed the things
which are written in it; for the time is near.

12. • (3) Blessed is he who reads and those who hear
the words of the prophecy, and heed the things
which are written in it; for the time is near.
• Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But
the word of our God stands forever.

13. • (4) John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who
was and who is to come, and from the seven
Spirits who are before His throne,

14. • Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit
of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge
and the fear of the LORD.

15. • (5) and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the
firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of
the earth. To Him who loves us and released us
from our sins by His blood-- (6) and He has made
us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--
to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and
ever. Amen.

16. • Revelation 19:16 And on His robe and on His thigh
He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS."

17. • (7) BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS,
and every eye will see Him, even those who
pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will
mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

18. • (7) BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE
CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those
who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth
will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.
• Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and
behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is
called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He
judges and wages war.

19. • Matthew 24:30 "And then the sign of the Son of
Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes
of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON
OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY
with power and great glory.

20. • Zechariah 12:10 "I will pour out on the house of
David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will
look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will
mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and
they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter
weeping over a firstborn.

21. • Zechariah 12:10 "I will pour out on the house of
David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will
look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will
mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and
they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter
weeping over a firstborn.
• Romans 11:26a and so all Israel will be saved;

22. • (8) "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord
God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the
Almighty."