Books of the New Testament
- The Apocalypse
Revelation
apokalupsis - to reveal, prophecy, the uncovering,
the unveiling
The Apocalypse is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, given
through His beloved disciple, the Apostle John. The book
was written approxiamtely in AD 96. To whom it was
originally sent is unknown.
John was taken in the spirit to the future, to the Day of
the Lord (Rev 1:10), the first day of the Millennium, and
witnessed the events before and after that Great Day
which is fast approaching. The book covers the time
period from the first earth age to the third earth age.
At the end of this earth age, The King and the kingdom
are set up; promise and prophecy are fulfilled.
John is telling the seven churches (Rev 2:1-
3:22) of the events that will take place. And the
churches of today do have the revelation . . . not by the
name over the door, but by their teachings.
The Structure of the Book as a Whole
from The Companion
Bible, ISBN 0-8254-2288-4
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
2 and 3 THE PEOPLE ON THE EARTH
4 and 5 IN HEAVEN (The Throne, the Book,
and the Lamb)
6:1 to 7:8 ON EARTH (The Six Seals and
144,000)
7:9 to 8:6 IN HEAVEN (The Great Multitude
and the Seventh Seal)
8:7 to 11:14 ON EARTH (The Six Trumpets)
11:15-19 IN HEAVEN
(The Seventh Trumpet)
11:19 ON EARTH (The
Earthquake)
12:1-12 IN HEAVEN (Woman,
Child, and Dragon)
12:13 to 13:18 ON EARTH (The Dragon and
Two Beasts)
14:1-5 IN HEAVEN (The Lamb and 144,000)
14:6-20 ON EARTH (The Six Angels)
15 IN HEAVEN (The Seven Vial Angels)
16 to 18:24 ON EARTH (The Seven Vials)
19:1-16 IN HEAVEN (The Marriage of the
Lamb)
19:17 to 20:15 ON EARTH (The Final Five
Judgments)
21:1 to 22:5 THE PEOPLE ON THE NEW EARTH
22:6 -21 CONCLUSION
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Genesis and Revelation
are the beginning and the end of the written WORD . They
are inseparably linked together and it is not possible to
thoroughly understand one without the other.
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