book of revelation

Closing Thoughts

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Daniel & Revelation – “Closing Thoughts”

8“Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.”

1 Corinthians 13:8 NRSVA
  • Closing Thoughts
    Josee gives us some inspiring parting thoughts at the end of these Bible study series on the Books of Revelation and Daniel.
  • Daniel 12
    Daniel chapter 12 covers much, and it has vital things to say to us. The time periods mentioned resonate with Christ’s time periods in the Book of Revelation and add to ‘the ring of truth’. Dear, faithful Daniel hears these words about himself in the last verse of the book, “But you, go your way and rest; you shall rise for your reward at the end of the days”.
  • Daniel 11
    Some are afraid of this chapter because of its historical accuracy. It is a detailed description of hundreds of years yet future to Daniel. In fact, it raises the question for all of us, “Is this prophecy guided by an all-knowing God?” “‘The king shall act as he pleases. He shall exalt himself and consider …

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  • Daniel 10
    In Daniel chapter 10, we, with Daniel, see a vision that the apostle John might have recognised. Both Daniel and John saw things that ‘took their breath away’ and that no one else had ever seen, where Christ’s involvement is clearly evident.
  • Daniel 9, Part 2
    Daniel chapter 9, Part 2 – “The Seventy Sevens”. It’s amazing what a prayer can release! Daniel’s prayer is heard in heaven and he finds out that he is “greatly beloved” by God and as a reward is given an important glimpse into the future.

Revelation 21 & 22

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Revelation Chapters 21 and 22

In Chapter 21, we enter a New Heaven and a New Earth which is too wonderful and too glorious to even describe (In our present limited state).

In Chapter 22, all is complete, all is fulfilled, Christ is reigning. However, there is a serious warning in verse 18: “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book; if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. If anyone takes away from this prophecy, God will take away that person’s share in the tree of Life, and in the holy city, which are described in this book.”

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.”

Revelation 21:1 NRSV

Revelation 20

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Revelation Chapter 20 – “Eden Restored: A 1000 Years”

In Chapter 20, we see Christ and his resurrected followers reigning over a restored world, which is like the Garden of Eden, for 1,000 years – with the added advantage that the Devil has been put in prison.

“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,”

Revelation 20:1-2 NRSV

Revelation 19

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Revelation Chapter 19 – “The Harlot and the Bride”

In Chapter 19, we see the glorious wedding of Christ (the Lamb) and his Bride. We see Christ on his White Horse accompanied by his Bride on their white horses, preparing to reign for a thousand years over the survivors of the human race.

‘After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,
“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power to our God,
for his judgments are true and just;’

Revelation 19:1-2 NRSV

Revelation 18

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Revelation 18 – “The Collapse of World Economy”

In Chapter 18, we witness the fall of ‘Babylon’ and the destruction of the world economies, which brings great distress to the world’s merchants. We also have God’s warning to his people to come out of religious organisations that are false before it is too late!

“Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
so that you do not take part in her sins,
and so that you do not share
in her plagues;
for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.”

Revelation 18:4-5 NRSV

Revelation 17

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Revelation Chapter 17 – “Great Powers in Conflict”

In Chapter 17, the ‘woman’ who temporarily rules the Beast is destroyed by the Beast and his allies.

1‘Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who is seated on many waters, 2with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the inhabitants of the earth have become drunk.”’

Revelation 17:1-2 NRSV

Revelation 16

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Revelation Chapter 16 – “The Last Plagues Poured Out”

In Revelation 16, the bowls of God’s wrath are poured out one by one. The Battle of Armageddon takes place and the bowls of God’s wrath are finished.

‘Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”’

Revelation 16:1 NRSV

Revelation 15

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Revelation Chapter 15 – “The Angels With The Seven Last Plagues Made Ready”

In this chapter, we see the preparation for the pouring out of God’s final judgements. We witness the outpouring of praise to God of the 144,000 of the redeemed. 

“1Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and amazing: seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is ended.
2And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.”

Revelation 15:1-2

Revelation 14, Part 2

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Revelation Chapter 14, Part 2 – “Jews and Gentiles United in God’s Plans”

Concentrating on the last part of chapter 14, there is the gathering of the Redeemed and of those who refused to be redeemed. 

“14Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand! 15Another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

Revelation 14:14-15

Revelation 14, Part 1

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Revelation Chapter 14, Part 1 – “The Lamb and the 144,000”

The 144,000 saints of God appear again, this time in glory; there is the preaching of the Gospel to the world, and the final harvest of the Redeemed and of those who refused to be redeemed. 

“Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion! And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.”

Revelation 14:1 NRSV
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