THE LORD’S DAY

CHRIST REVEALED

Biblical Church History

Following the Hand of God and the Hand of Satan

Looking Back

Into the Future

THE MYSTERIOUS SCROLL

The Tribulation

(Rev 1:19) Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be

hereafter;

Understanding the outline of RevelationIn order to have 3 divisions in the book there must be 2 place that create those divisions, and make a transition to the next point of the outline. These 2 place are seen when heaven opens.

(2Ti 2:15) Study to shew thyself

approved unto God, a workman that

needeth not to be ashamed, rightly

dividing the word of truth.

(Rev 4:1) After this I looked, and,

behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was

as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up

hither, and I will shew thee things which must be

hereafter.

(Rev 19:11) And I saw heaven opened, and

behold a white horse; and he that sat upon

him was called Faithful and True, and in

righteousness he doth judge and

make war.

The FutureChapters 20-22

Covers the 1,000 year region and

beyond “the things which thou hast

seen”

Church history The Application

• Historical (7 church of Asia Minor)

• Inspirational (to Churches and Individuals)

• Prophetical (The 7 church ages

from where Acts left off to the Rapture)

The PresentChapters 4-19

Covers the 7 year tribulation to the 2nd Coming

of Christ

The PastChapters 1-3

Covers History from 90 AD - Rapture of the

Church

“the things which are”

Chapters 4-19

The Lords Day

The Tribulation (and great tribulation)

The return of Christ with his Saints

The return is seen 4 times

“the things which shall be hereafter”

Chapters 20-22

The 1,000 year reign The great white throne

The New Heaven and New earth

(Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

The 4 accounts of the Tribulation

Rev. 4-6 (under

the figure of Seals)

Rev. 7-11 (under the figure of Trumpets)

Rev. 12-14 (The work and ministry of the Antichrist

Rev. 15-19 (under the figure of vials)

The 4 accounts of the 2nd Coming of

Christ

Rev. 6:12-17 Rev.11-13-16 Rev. 14: 14-20 Rev. 19:11-21

Biblical overview of the Tribulation

I. The Book of Daniel

Connection

Daniel 9

(Dan 9:1-2) In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of

the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the

Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by

books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would

accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

(Jer 29:10) For thus saith the LORD, That after

seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to

this place.

NOTES

The Context of Daniel 9• The nation of Israel has been in Babylonian captivity for 68 years

Daniel’s discovery from reading the Book of Jeremiah•The Babylonian captivity would last for a period of 70 years

Daniel’s response •He falls on his face in worship, confessing his sins and the sins of the Nation of Israel

(Dan 9:3-6) And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and

supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and

said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; We have sinned, and

have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by

departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which

spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the

people of the land.

NOTES

God’s response• He sends Gabriel and gives Daniel the vision of what is know as “Daniels’s 70 weeks”

The Vision of 70 Weeks• It is referring to 70 weeks of years (7x70=490 years)

(Dan 9:24-25) Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon

thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in

everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to

anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going

forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto

the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and

two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in

troublous times.

(Dan 9:26-27) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be

cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall

come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall

be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with

many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it

desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

NOTES

The 3 groupings of years in Daniel 9:24-27

7 X 7 = 49 years•This is the period from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, until it is done.•Neh.2:1-8- Artaxerxes gave the commandment on Nisan 1, 445 B.C•By reading Ezra and Nehemiah we can confirm that it took 49 years.

• The 1st 7 weeks !!!!

NOTES

62 Weeks of years (62 x 7=434 years)•Note: 434 years + previous 49 = 483 years or 69 weeks.

• (It would be 69 weeks from the giving of the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem, unto “Messiah the Prince.” Note: This is a reference to the old Testament prophecy of the coming of Christ.

NOTES

The Fulfillment•69 weeks of years from Nisan 1, 445 B.C. (That is 483 years of 360 days each…(Note: That is the number of days in a year in both the Hebrew and Babylonian calendar at that time.) 483 years of 360 days each = 173,880 days), • Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the donkey exactly the time the O.T. prophesied He would, on the exact Day the O.T. prophesied he would. (The date was April 6th 32 A.D.)

NOTES

1 final week of years (1x7=7 years) •The first 69 weeks were fulfilled consecutively (483 years)

•Once the Messiah was “cut off”, we entered a parenthesis that we call the “Church Ages”. The clock stopped!

•The rapture will close this parenthesis and the clock will start running again

NOTES

The final seven years, Daniel’s 70th week, is what we commonly refer to as the Tribulation period.

In Dan 9:26, “the prince that shall come” is the Antichrist.

He will confirm the covenant for one week. (This is the peace treaty that every president for the last 40 years has tried to accomplish

II. The Book of James

Connection

James 1

(Jas 1:1) James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

(Jas 1:2) My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers

temptations;

(Jas 1:3) Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh

patience.

(Jas 2:17-22) Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a

man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without

thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith

without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works,

when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works

was faith made perfect?

(Jas 2:23-26) And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith

only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by

works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them

out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith

without works is dead also.

(Jas 5:7) Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of

the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive

the early and latter rain.

(Jas 5:8) Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the

coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

(Jas 5:17) Elias was a man subject to like

passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it

might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years

and six months.

(Rev 11:2) But the court which is without the temple leave out,

and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot

forty and two months.

(Rev 13:5) And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great

things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to

continue forty and two months.

(Jas 5:10) Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have

spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of

suffering affliction, and of patience.

(Jas 5:11) Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender

mercy.

III. The Book of

Job Connection

Job

(Job 1:1) There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was

perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and

eschewed evil.

(Job 1:1) There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was

perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and

eschewed evil.(Job 2:13) So they sat down with him upon the ground

seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his

grief was very great.

(Job 2:11) Now when Job's three friends heard of all

this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the

Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had

made an appointment together to come to mourn

with him and to comfort him.

(Act 1:25) That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,

from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own

place.(Rev 9:10-11) And they had tails

like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their

power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his

name Apollyon.

(Job 40:15-19) Behold now behemoth, which I made with

thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a

cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of

brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

(Rev 13:1) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast

rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and

upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

(Rev 13:2) And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and

his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his

power, and his seat, and great authority.