Lesson 2

What comes to your mind when you study Revelation?

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Revelation SeminarWorksheet 2

One must wonder why so many people who read it get all _________about its meaning and end up _______ on ________ and ____________. Was that really John’s intention when he wrote

it? Some who get into the book become ______,

__________, and _________. Perhaps that’s why so many people simply avoid it. And yet

_____________promises a ________ to those who _____ and _____ the words of this prophecy.

Many think of predicting the ______, how the ______ ________, identifying who the

________are, trying to figure out __________we are to the _________. Some who have gotten intensely into the book later

“__________” or ________ when the ____ didn’t come. Some create ___________and

then _____ where they _____ we are.

Finding JESUS in the book of Revelation

“The revelation of Jesus Christ. . .”

JN. 1:1

Schools of InterpretationMost people who begin a study of Revelation

already have a certain _________ or ________ in mind as they read. This ______ and

___________ them as they interpret the messages in the Bible. And some Bibles include study guides in the margins or at the bottom of each page to assist in the interpretation of this

highly symbolic book.

Schools of Interpretation

Introduction and Four Keysfor Interpreting Revelation

Schools of InterpretationOutline

1. ______2. ________3. ________4. __________

Schools of InterpretationPast “__________”

comes from the Latin word praeteritus, which means the _____, literally “what came

_______.

Schools of InterpretationPast “__________”

John was writing to an audience in the first century AD. His _______ to the seven churches served to _________ them in a difficult time of ____________ from the ______ powers. The “bad guys” are the _____________and _____

who persecuted the ____________.

Schools of InterpretationPast “__________”

This school of thought interprets the Book of Daniel as referring to events that happened from the 7th century BC until the first century AD, while seeing

the prophecies of Revelation as events that happened in the first century AD.

This School holds that the prophecies in the Bible about the End Times have already been

Schools of InterpretationPast “__________”

In AD 70 Jerusalem fell. The “good guys” (___________) were scattered everywhere.

What relevance does it have for us today?

That information wasn’t written for us.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

Following the description of the seven churches that ends with _____________,

the rest of the book describes in ______________ what will take place in the

_______.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

The starting point for all of this is a _______ ________ in which Jesus _________ his faithful followers to _______ and those

_____ on earth begin a __________________until Jesus ________

returns.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

Some variations of this have the seven years as a time of tribulation (or

“_______________”), _____________(A Period in the future when the Church will be exonerated, or

release.) This theology has become common doctrine throughout Christianity.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

But because it’s all in the _______, various interpretations abound. The test of time is yet in

the future, so who knows who has it right? Often the ___________or

________________ignites a fresh possibility for the futurists, but then it _________or a

______________ takes _____________.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”Who popularized this Theology?

In the 1970s _____________, Late Great Planet Earth and Left Behind series of novels by

___________ and ______________.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

Just about anyone or anything can be the projected _________of the future.

For ________________________, Communism was the major threat (think of the Soviet Union or Eastern European countries). More recently, Vietnam, China, Arab countries, Muslim world.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

World Ending Potentials_______________________

911; Seesaw Economy; Racism; Gender Confusion; Suicide Epidemic; Daily Homicides;

Middle East Wars; Palestinians vs Jews; __________ vs _____________.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

World Ending Potentials_______________________

___________ and ________ ; Aids; Ebola; Corona; Cancers

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

World Ending PotentialsTsunamis; earthquakes; floods; hurricanes;

fires; and drought, starvation,_______________

All of this has the potential to trigger a new __________, _____________ scenario.

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

World Ending PotentialsIt creates quite a bit of __________whenever

a __________or explanation grabs ____________, but it usually ____________. Do you find yourself excited by the latest news

or does it make you skeptical?

Schools of InterpretationThe Future “____________”

Matt 24:23-2523 "Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the

Messiah,' or 'There he is,' don't believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and

perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones. 25 See, I have

warned you about this ahead of time. New Living Translation

Schools of InterpretationHistory “______________”

How many of you like history?WE NEED TO STUDY HISTORY

(__________)

Do you find yourself excited by the latest news or does it make you skeptical?

Schools of InterpretationHistory “______________”

It ______, views history from the ______ __________ Church until

_______________________. Revelation describes what occurs over that time period in

the ________________between _____ and _____—between _______ and ______.

Schools of InterpretationHistory “______________”

Revelation provides _________ of how God __________ His _________________through different countries, kingdoms, nations, wars,

people and events.

Schools of InterpretationHistory “______________”

This form of interpretation was used by:

History will bare record to the fact that a few good people, a ________, at the ______________God will

rescue from this evil world, through the “narrow gate,” and __________________to be with ____.

_____________several other _________ and the ______________________________.

Schools of InterpretationHistory “______________”

Using our creative ingenuity in and through _____________, aids us in finding obscure bits

of ____________________information that _________, and identify with the __________ of

Revelation.

“WATCH HIM WORK”

Schools of InterpretationSpiritual “______________________”

More _____________________from the Book of Revelation. ________ are helpful in making

_______________________from one ____________ to another. And

_____________________ can be made over time, repeatedly.

Schools of InterpretationSpiritual “______________________”

Everyone faces _____________, and God seeks to reach each person ______________. When a person reads Revelation, this will become clear

in some areas, while other areas might not apply to that given ___________, or at least not

until later.

Schools of InterpretationSpiritual “______________________”

_____ person is _____ to find one’s ____________________in the Book of

Revelation. . It’s natural for human beings to try to _______________in the pages of Scripture.

“What does this mean to you and meright now?”

Schools of InterpretationSpiritual “______________________”The Five Stones of Biblical Interpretation

________________________________________________________________________ ________________________“Preterist” “Futurist” “Historicist” “Symbolic”

Schools of Interpretation

Revelation are _______________fittedand joined to ____________________God’s

________ , through ______, for ____ the _____________.