This page contains a list of our weekly lessons on the book of Revelation, which we began to study in mid-June 2009. Please see the following links for the individual studies we have posted so far. Below this list is further information on [1] resources we have been using in our study of Revelation [2] finished and proposed series related to Revelation, and [3] the eschatological approach(es) we have taken in our study of Revelation:
[1] Revelation 1
[2] Revelation 2 (Part 1): Letters to Ephesus and Smyrna
[3] Revelation 2 (Part 2): Letters to Pergamum and Thyatira
[4] Revelation 3
[5] Revelation 4
[6] Revelation 5
[7] Revelation 6 (Part 1): Verses 1-8
[8] Revelation 6 (Part 2): Verses 9-17
[9] Revelation 7
[10] Revelation 8
[11] Revelation 9
[12] Revelation 10
[13] Revelation 11 (Part 1): Preterist View
[14] Revelation 11 (Part 2): Historicist View
[15] Revelation 12
[16] Revelation 13 (Part 1): Verses 1-10
[17] Revelation 13 (Part 2): Verse 11-Identity of the Second Beast
[18] Revelation 13 (Part 3): Verses 12-18
[19] Revelation 13 (Part 4): Nero’s Beastly Character
[20] Revelation 13 (Part 5): Ten Fulfilled Prophecies
[21] Revelation 14
[22] Revelation 15
[23] Revelation 16
[24] Revelation 17 (Part 1): Verses 1-6
[25] Revelation 17 (Part 2): Verses 7-18
[26] Revelation 18
[27] Revelation 19
[28] Revelation 20 (Part 1): Introduction and Outline
[29] Revelation 20 (Part 2): John Piper Hosts “An Evening of Eschatology” (Subject: The Millennium)
[32] Revelation 20 (Part 3): Amillennial Viewpoint (Post #1: Verse-by-Verse Study)
[33] Revelation 20 (Part 4): Amillennial Viewpoint (Post #2: Verse-by-Verse Study)
[34] Revelation 20 (Part 5): Amillennial Viewpoint (Post #3: Two Articles)
[35] Revelation 20 [Part 6]: Amillennial Viewpoint (Post #4: Two More Articles)
[34] Revelation 20 [Part 7]: Post-millennial Viewpoint
[35] Revelation 20 [Part 8]: Pre-millennial Viewpoint
[36] Revelation 20 (Part 9): Minority Viewpoints on the Millennium (Post #1)
[37] Revelation 20 (Part 10): Minority Viewpoints on the Millennium (Post #2)
[38] Revelation 20 (Part 11): Four Views on Gog and Magog
[39] A Discussion of Two Ages: “This age and the age to come” (Precursor to Revelation 21 Study)
[40] Revelation 21 (Part 1)
[41] Revelation 21 (Part 2)
[42] Revelation 22
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SERIES RELATED TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION:
On February 19, 2010 I (Adam) completed a three-part series on the phrase “those who dwell on earth,” which appears in Revelation 10 times, and at least a couple dozen more times in various forms. By tracing the usage of this phrase, and examining context as well as the use of this phrase elsewhere in Scripture, a strong case can be made that this phrase is an indication of 1st century apostate Israel. This three-part series can be seen here:
[1] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/the-earth-as-a-common-reference-to-israel-in-revelation-part-1/
[2] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/the-earth-as-a-common-reference-to-israel-in-revelation-part-2/
[3] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/the-earth-as-a-common-reference-to-israel-in-revelation-part-3/
Expected future posts or series on the book of Revelation include a compilation of direct allusions (in Revelation) to:
[A] the Old Covenant given to Moses at Sinai (meant to contrast the emergence of the New Covenant Church totally separated from temple-based Judaism)
[B] Jerusalem’s destruction in 586 BC (meant to foretell a very similar downfall about to occur in 70 AD, with Jerusalem taking on the name of her 586 BC conqueror–Babylon)
[C] the plagues which came upon Egypt (meant to point out that the punishments inflicted on Israel’s old enemy would now be inflicted upon her)
[D] justice for the martyred and persecuted saints and prophets at the end of the Judaic age
SOURCES:
This link contains a list of sources we are using in this study:
http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/revelation-study-resources/
DISCLAIMER:
When we began this study, we set out to consider different schools of thought regarding the interpretation of this book, and we are still doing so by comparing different viewpoints as we go along. However, the viewpoint that we have looked into most heavily so far is the preterist viewpoint. For a lengthy overview of this viewpoint, please see here:
The above link points to a series containing 20 posts. The following posts within that series specifically deal with the writing of the book of Revelation; they lay out a case that Revelation was written prior to 70 AD, and that this book has much to say about the destruction of Jerusalem and apostate Israel which took place in John’s day (although the external evidence is discussed first, it’s the internal evidence which is more important):
[1] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/pp3-external-evidence-for-an-early-date-revelation/
[2] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/pp4-internal-evidence-for-an-early-date-revelation-part-1/
[3] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/pp5-internal-evidence-for-an-early-date-revelation-part-2/
[4] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/pp6-internal-evidence-for-an-early-date-revelation-part-3/
[5] http://kloposmasm.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/pp7-internal-evidence-for-an-early-date-revelation-part-4/
