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Brief Summary of Revelation 1–5
Revelation 1 The Introduction:
Scene: Earth. Time: Past (ca. 95 AD).
Scene: Earth. Time: Past (ca. 95 AD).
John introduces the book of prophecy with an
explanation of the circumstances surrounding the Revelation. John was exiled on
the island of Patmos when Jesus sent and communicated the vision of things
which must soon take place. John is commanded to write and send the book to the
seven churches in Asia.
Revelation 2-3
Messages to the Angels of the Seven Churches in Asia:
Scene: Earth. Time: Present (to original
readers in Asia).
Jesus sends a unique message to each of the
seven churches in the western part of the Roman province of Asia: Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The cities are listed in the order of the geographical
circuit that the messenger of the book would naturally travel as he delivered
the letters.
Revelation 4–5 Prelude of Praise:
Scene: Heaven. Time: Future (Onset of the Great
Seven-Year Tribulation which will complete the present age, conclude with
Jesus’ return, and usher in the Millennium).
Revelation 4-22 records events that will
take place in the future. Three consecutive periods of judgment lead to the
second return of Jesus Christ: 7 Seals; 7 Trumpets; and, 7 Bowls. A prelude of
praise in heaven precedes the onset of each three sets of 7 consecutive
judgments. Revelation 4-5 records the initial heavenly prelude of praise that
will precede the opening of the 7 Seals of judgment in Revelation 6, ushering
in “a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the
world until now, nor ever will” (Matt 24:21).
Introduction to Revelation 6
Revelation 6 Seven Seal Judgments
Scene: Earth. Time: Future (Chronology moves
forward.)
The seven seals contain the
judgments of the Great Tribulation, concluding with the return of Jesus. The
seventh Seal contains the seven Trumpet judgments, and the seventh Trumpet
judgment contains the final seven Bowl judgments. The Trumpet and Bowl
judgments are all contained within the seventh Seal, unfolding consecutively
through the seven-year Tribulation Period. Through judgment, Jesus becomes King
of all the nations.
Revelation 6 records John’s
vision of the Lamb breaking the first 6 of 7 Seals:
§ Seal #1: First Apocalyptic Horseman (White Horse):
Conqueror
§ Seal #2: Second Apocalyptic Horseman (Red Horse):
Removes Peace
§ Seal #3: Third Apocalyptic Horseman (Black Horse):
Famine
§ Seal #4: Fourth Apocalyptic Horseman (Ashen Horse):
Death and Hades (over ¼ of earth killed)
§ Seal #5: Cries of the Martyrs for Judgment and
Vengeance
§ Seal #6: Earthquake, Blackened Sun, Blood-like Moon,
Falling Stars, Split Sky,Moving Mountains and Islands,
Hiding Men, Great Day of Wrath
The seventh seal remains
unbroken at the end of Revelation 6. Before the Lamb breaks the seventh seal
(Rev 8), the foreheads of 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel are sealed.
STUDY QUESTIONS
Seal #1:
Rev. 6:1 Then I saw when the
Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures
saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.”
2 I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he
who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out
conquering and to conquer.
1. Who
breaks open the first seal? (6:1) (D)
What are the seven seals? (Rev. 5)
2.
Who speaks when the first seal is opened? What does it say? (6:1)
3.
What does John see? What does the rider have? What is given to him? What
does he do? (6:2)
4. What
impresses you about the first seal?
Seal #2
Rev. 6:3 When He broke the
second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come.” 4 And
another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to
take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a
great sword was given to him.
1. Who
breaks the second seal? (6:3)
2.
Who speaks when the second seal is opened? What does it say? (6:3)
3.
What goes out? What authority is given to the rider? What is given to
him? (6:4)
4. What
impresses you about the second seal? (6:4)
Seal #3
Rev. 6:5 When He broke the
third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and
behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his
hand. 6 And I heard something like a voice in
the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a
denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil
and the wine.”
1. Who
breaks the third seal? (6:5)
2.
Who speaks when the third seal is opened? What does it say? (6:5)
3.
What does John see? What does the rider have in his hand? What does John
hear in the center of the four living creatures? (6:5-6) (D) What is the
significance of the announcement?
4. What
impresses you about the third seal?
Seal #4
Rev. 6:7 When the Lamb broke
the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying,
“Come.” 8 I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he
who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority
was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with
famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
1. Who
breaks the fourth seal? (6:7)
2.
Who speaks when the fourth seal is opened? What does it say? (6:7)
3.
What does John see? What was the name of the rider? Who was following with
him? What authority is given to them? How would they perform the killings? (6:8)
4. What
impresses you about the fourth seal?
Seal
#5
Rev. 6:9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath
the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and
because of the testimony which they had maintained; 10 and
they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true,
will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the
earth?” 11 And there was given to each of them a white
robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until
the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be
killed even as they had been, would be completed also.
1. Who breaks
the fifth seal? (6:9)
2.
What does John see? What are two reasons that they were slain? (6:9)
3.
What do they cry out? How do they address the Lord? What are they
seeking? (6:10)
4.
What is given to them? What were they told? How long were they to rest?
(6:11)
5. What
impresses you about the fifth seal?
Seal
#6
Rev. 6:12 I looked when He broke the
sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and
the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs
when shaken by a great wind. 14 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it
is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their
places. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great men
and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid
themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and
they said to the mountains and to the
rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and
who is able to stand?”
1. Who breaks
the sixth seal? (6:12)
2.
What does John see? What are two reasons that they were slain? (6:13-14)
3.
Who hides in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains? What do they
say (6:15-16)
4. What day has come? What is the final question asked? (It will be
answered in Rev. 7)
5. What
impresses you about the sixth seal?
6. What do you
learn about God in Revelation 6?
Write a prayer response to Revelation 6.
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