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<h2>Introduction to the Book of Revelation</h2>
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<h4>Introduction & Preparation</h4>
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<p>Revelation = “Apocalypse” = unveiling. [Note: singular, not plural!] Revelation of what? Of Jesus Christ, how He really is today, not just the “future events.”</p>
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<p>Revelation is the only book with a Promise! Why? What makes this book so special? First of all, the Holy Spirit ministering through the Word will make it special.</p>
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<p>The Book of Revelation is a “lens” that puts the entire Bible into focus. The lens is focused on the person of Jesus Christ, and his destiny is imminent. This is a book of victory: We are overcomers! We are the ultimate winners in the game of life! (I read the ending: we win!)</p>
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<p>One of the reasons this book strikes us as strange is because of our lack of understanding concerning the Old Testament. The Book of Revelation has 404 verses, and in those verses there are 800 allusions to the Old Testament. The more we know about the Bible, and the Old Testament in particular, the more comfortable we will be with the idioms found in the Book of Revelation.</p>
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<p>It is relevant: only the Biblically illiterate are unable to see that we are, indeed, in the “last days.”</p>
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<h5>Methods</h5>
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<p>The Holy Spirit shall teach you all things (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',16,13)">Jhn 16:13</a>). Don’t believe Chuck Missler (<a onclick="return mV('Act',17,11)">Act 17:11</a>). Do your own homework.<br>Our Presuppositions:</p>
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<li>God means what He says and says what He means.</li>
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<li>The Bible is an integrated whole. Every detail is there by design (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',5,17.18)">Mat 5:17-18</a>).</li>
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<li>Nothing is trivial: All things for our learning (<a onclick="return mV('Rom',15,4)">Rom 15:4</a>).</li>
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<li>God is His own interpreter.</li>
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<h5>Role of Types, Metaphors, and Idioms (<a onclick="return mV('Hos',12,10)">Hos 12:10</a>)</h5>
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<p>God uses expressions to get ideas across; not just words, but “models.” These are types, “foreshadowings,” and analogies.</p>
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<tr><td colspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;">Types:</td></tr>
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<tr><td rowspan="4"> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',22,'1-')">Gen 22</a></td><td colspan="2">Abraham & Isaac</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'1-')">Dan 3</a></td><td colspan="2">Nebuchadnezzar’s Image</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rth',1,'1-')">Ruth</a></td><td colspan="2">Redemption of the land, etc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Jos',1,'1-')">Joshua</a></td><td colspan="2">Model of the book of Revelation</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="4"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;">Metaphors:</td></tr>
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<tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Tabernacle</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="3">Burning Bush</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;">Idioms:</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td colspan="2">“Friend of God” - prophetic insights (Abraham, <a onclick="return mV('Gen',18,'1-')">Gen 18</a>; Disciples, <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',15,'1-')">John 15</a>). “Beloved” - apocalyptic writings (Daniel, John).</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="4"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td rowspan="3"> </td><td colspan="2">Signified by God = in “code” (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,1)">Rev 1:1</a>) “to give a sign or signal.” There are, in the Bible, 4591 <i>semaino</i> {say-mah’-ee-no} from <i>sema</i> (a mark, of uncertain derivation); [Sememe = a basic unit of meaning]. It has two meanings:</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td>1) to give a sign, to signify, indicate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td>2) to make known.</td></tr>
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<p>...every code is explained in Scripture...every book required....</p>
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<p>The word is translated “sign” (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,1)">Rev 15:1</a>), “wonder” (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,1,3)">Rev 12:1, 3</a>) and “miracle” (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,20)">Rev 19:20</a>). This same word is used by John for the miracles of Christ. It’s a “spiritual code” understood only by those who know Christ personally.</p>
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<h5>Preparation</h5>
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<p>This is a spiritual and supernatural experience =>Prayer! (Satan will not want you here.) Prepare to be challenged to alter your view of everything. This will be the most “expensive” program you’ll ever take! It will cost you some cherished ideas...</p>
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<p>Aids: Bible (with “pharisee” tabs!); concordance(s); commentaries/teaching tapes...Smith, Lindsey, Barnhouse; study Hisslop, Anderson, et al.</p>
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<h5>Why “Prophecy”?</h5>
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<p>Prophecy = God’s entire plan in perspective. I believe we are plunging into a period of time about which the Bible says more than any other period of time in history—including the time that Jesus walked on the shores of the Sea of Galilee and climbed the mountains of Judea.</p>
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<p>There are 1,845 references to Christ’s rule on the earth in the Old Testament. A total of 17 OT books give prominence to the event.</p>
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<p>Of 216 chapters in the New Testament, there are 318 references to the Second Coming. It is mentioned in 23 of the 27 books (excepting three that are single-chapter letters to private individuals, and Galatians).</p>
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<p>For every prophecy relating to His first coming, there are eight treating His Second Coming. Still, most people assume that the future is but a linear extrapolation of the present; life will just go on. But the Bible says otherwise.</p>
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<p>During this study, when we encounter issues which seem controversial, remember to test it against the “whole counsel of God,” with Christ at the center (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,1)">Rev 1:1</a>):</p>
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<tr><td>“More sure word...”</td><td rowspan="4"> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('2Pe',1,19)">2Pe 1:19</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>“Search the Scriptures...of me”</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',5,39)">John 5:39</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>“Volume of the book...of me”</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Psa',40,7)">Ps 40:7</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>“Testimony of Jesus...”</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,10)">Rev 19:10</a></td></tr>
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<p>Fulfillment of our prayer: “Thy kingdom come....”</p>
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<p>Revelation is the continuation (climax) of Acts, covering the period of time from Acts (30 years of the Church) to Jesus’ Second Coming (2000 years of the Church). Redemption is the key issue in the Book of Revelation (not salvation).</p>
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<p>Redemption is greater than the Creation:</p>
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<li>More space in Scripture:<br>Creation: Two chapters in Genesis, few Psalms,<br> few chapters in Job, Isaiah...<br>Redemption: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus...Joshua, Ruth,<br> the Prophets, Gospels...Epistles...Revelation!</li>
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<li>More expensive: Redemption cost God His Son!<br>Redemption = restoration of that which was lost to the original owner (<a onclick="return mV('Luk',21,28)">Luk 21:28</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rom',8,23)">Rom 8:23</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Gal',3,13)">Gal 3:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eph',1,14)">Eph 1:14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,26)">Dan 8:26</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',12,4,9)">Dan 12:4, 9</a>).</li>
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<h5>Traditional Views</h5>
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<tr><td>Preterist:</td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td>Then only;</td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td>\</td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Historicist:</td><td>History only;</td><td> }</td><td>nonsense</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Idealist:</td><td>Allegorical</td><td>/</td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Futurist:</td><td> </td><td colspan="5">Prophetic</td></tr>
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<p>The Book of Revelation claims the latter (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,3)">Rev 1:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,7,10,'18-19')">Rev 22:7,10,18,19</a>; note also <a onclick="return mV('Rev',10,11)">Rev 10:11</a>).</p>
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<h5>Genesis vs. Revelation</h5>
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<p style="margin-left:50px;">Genesis = Beginning; Creation<br>Revelation = Redemption; Completion</p>
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<tr><td> </td><td style="font-weight:bold;">Genesis </td><td style="font-weight:bold;">Revelation </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Earth Created</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',1,1)">Gen 1:1</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Earth Passed away</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,1)">Rev 21:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Sun, moon, stars</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',1,'14-16')">Gen 1:14-16</a></td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,'12')">Rev 6:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',8,12)">Rev 8:12</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Earth’s government</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',37,'1-')">Gen 37</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Earth’s judgment</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,8)">Rev 16:8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Sun to govern Day</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',1,16)">Gen 1:16</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> No need of sun</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,23)">Rev 21:23</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Darkness called night</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',1,5)">Gen 1:5</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> No night there</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,5)">Rev 22:5</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Waters He called seas</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',1,10)">Gen 1:10</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> No more sea</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,1)">Rev 21:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>A river for earth’s blessing</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',2,'10-14')">Gen 2:10-14</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> A river for New Earth</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,1,2)">Rev 22:1-2</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Man in God’s Image</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',1,26)">Gen 1:26</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Man Headed by Satan’s Image</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-')">Rev 13</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Entrance of sin</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,'1-')">Gen 3</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> End of sin</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,'1-')">Rev 21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,'1-')">Rev 22</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Curse pronounced</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,'14-17')">Gen 3:14-17</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> No more curse</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,3)">Rev 22:3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Death entered</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,19)">Gen 3:19</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> No more death</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,4)">Rev 21:4</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Cherubim first mentioned</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,24)">Gen 3:24</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Cherubim final mention</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,'4')">Rev 19:4</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Man driven out of Eden</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,24)">Gen 3:24</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Man restored</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,'1-')">Rev 22</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Tree of life guarded</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,24)">Gen 3:24</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Access to Tree of life</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,14)">Rev 22:14</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Sorrow & suffering enter</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,17)">Gen 3:17</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> No more sorrow</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,4)">Rev 22:4</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Religion, art, and science separated from God</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',4,'1-')">Gen 4</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Judged, destroyed</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',18,'1-')">Rev 18</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Nimrod founds Babylon</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',10,'8-10')">Gen 10:8-10</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Babylon falls</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,'1-')">Rev 17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',18,'1-')">Rev 18</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>God’s Flood to Destroy evil generation</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',6,'1-')">Gen 6-9</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Satan’s flood to Destroy elect generation</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,'1-')">Rev 12</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>A bow: God’s promise</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',9,13)">Gen 9:13</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> A bow for remembrance</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,3)">Rev 4:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',10,1)">Rev 10:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Sodom & Egypt:</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Corruption, judgement</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',13,'1-')">Gen 13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Gen',19,'1-')">Gen 19</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> “Sodom & Egypt” (Jerusalem)</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,8)">Rev 11:8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>A confederation vs.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Abraham’s people</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',14,'1-')">Gen 14</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Abraham’s Seed</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,'1-')">Rev 12</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>A bride for Abraham’s son</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',24,'1-')">Gen 24</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> A bride for Abraham’s Seed</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,'1-')">Rev 19</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Marriage of 1st Adam</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',2,'18-23')">Gen 2:18-23</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Marriage of Last Adam</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,'1-')">Rev 19</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Promised Seed:</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Possess gate of enemies</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',29,8)">Gen 29:8</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> Promised Seed possessing</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,'1-')">Rev 19</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Man’s dominion ceased and Satan’s begun</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,24)">Gen 3:24</a></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Satan’s domain ended and man’s restored</td><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,'1-')">Rev 22</a></td></tr>
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<h5>The Sevens in Revelation</h5>
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<tr><td>Seven Churches</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,4,11,20)">Rev 1:4, 11, 20</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Lampstands</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,12,13,20,21)">Rev 1:12-13, 20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,1)">Rev 2:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Spirits</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,4)">Rev 1:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,1)">Rev 3:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,5)">Rev 4:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,6)">Rev 5:6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Stars</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,16,20)">Rev 1:16, 20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,1)">Rev 2:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,1)">Rev 3:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Lamps</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,'1-')">Rev 4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,'1-')">Rev 5</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven “Title-pairs”</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,'1-')">Rev 2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,'1-')">Rev 3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Promises to the Overcomer</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,'1-')">Rev 2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,'1-')">Rev 3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Seals</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,1,6)">Rev 5:1, 6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Horns</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,6)">Rev 5:6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Eyes</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,6)">Rev 5:6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Angels</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',8,2,6)">Rev 8:2, 6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,1,6,7,8)">Rev 15:1, 6-8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,1)">Rev 16:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,1)">Rev 17:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,9)">Rev 21:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Trumpets</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',8,2,6)">Rev 8:2, 6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Thunders</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',10,3,4)">Rev 10:3-4</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Thousand</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,13)">Rev 11:13</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Heads</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,3)">Rev 12:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,1)">Rev 13:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,3,7,9)">Rev 17:3, 7, 9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Crowns</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,3)">Rev 12:3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Plagues</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,1,6,8)">Rev 15:1, 6, 8; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,9)">Rev 21:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Bowls</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,7)">Rev 15:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,1)">Rev 17:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,9)">Rev 21:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Mountains</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,9)">Rev 17:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Kings</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,10,11')">Rev 17:10-11</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"(<i>some are more subtle</i>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Features</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,'1-')">Rev 1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Divisions in each Letter</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,'1-')">Rev 2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,'1-')">Rev 3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Personages</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,'1-')">Rev 12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-')">Rev 13</a> (Volume 2)</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td>(Woman, Man-Child, Red Dragon, 7-headed Beast, False Prophet, Michael, Lamb)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Beatitudes</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,3)">Rev 1:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',14,3)">Rev 14:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,15)">Rev 16:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,9)">Rev 19:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',20,6)">Rev 20:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,7)">Rev 22:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,14)">Rev 22:14</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Years of Judgments</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,3)">Rev 11:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,6,14)">Rev 12:6, 14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,5)">Rev 13:5</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven “I Am’s” of Christ</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,811,17 18)">Rev 1:8, 11, 17-18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,6)">Rev 21:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,13,16)">Rev 22:13, 16</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven Doxologies in heaven</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,'9-11')">Rev 4:9-11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,'8-13')">Rev 5:8-13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,'9-12')">Rev 7:9-12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,'16-18')">Rev 11:16-18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',14,'2-3')">Rev 14:2-3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,'2-4')">Rev 15:2-4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,'1-6')">Rev 19:1-6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Seven New Things</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',20,'1-')">Rev 20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,'1-')">Rev 21</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>...and many, many more.</i> </td><td>(Seven times as many?)</td></tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<h5>Structure & Design Elements</h5>
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<div style="margin-left:20px;">
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<table border="0">
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<tr><td colspan="3">Basic Divisions (found in <a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,19)">Rev 1:19</a>):</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,'1-')">Rev 1</a></td><td colspan="2">The things which thou hast seen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,'1-')">Rev 2-3</a></td><td colspan="2">The things which are.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,'1-')">Rev 4-22</a></td><td colspan="2">The things which shall be after these things.</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;">Four times John says he was<i> “...in the Spirit...”</i> </td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Where:</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,10)">Rev 1:10</a></td><td>on the day of the Lord</td><td>Patmos</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,2)">Rev 4:2</a></td><td>straightway I was...</td><td>A throne in heaven</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,3)">Rev 17:3</a></td><td>carried me away...</td><td>in the wilderness</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',21,10)">Rev 21:10</a></td><td>carried me away...</td><td>to a mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="3" style="font-style:oblique;text-align:center;">“Thunders, voices, lightnings, and an earthquake”</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,5)">Rev 4:5</a></td><td colspan="2">Throne</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',8,5)">Rev 8:5</a></td><td colspan="2">Seals</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,19)">Rev 11:19</a></td><td colspan="2">Trumpets</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,18)">Rev 16:18</a></td><td colspan="2">Bowls</td></tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<h5>Climactic Escalation</h5>
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<div style="margin-left:20px;">
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<table border="0">
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<tr><td style="width:180px;"><a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,6)">Rev 1:6</a> (2 items)</td><td rowspan="4"> </td><td>Glory, dominion</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,11)">Rev 4:11</a> (3 item)</td><td>Glory, honor, power</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,13)">Rev 5:13</a> (4 items)</td><td>Blessing, honor, glory, power</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,12)">Rev 7:12</a> (7 items)</td><td>Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, might</td></tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<h5>Songs</h5>
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<div style="margin-left:20px;">
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<table border="0">
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<tr><td>1)</td><td rowspan="9"> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,8)">Rev 4:8</a></td><td rowspan="9"> </td><td>Holy, holy, holy</td></tr>
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<tr><td>2)</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,11)">Rev 4:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,'8-10')">Rev 5:8-10</a></td><td>worthy art thou</td></tr>
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<tr><td>3)</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,'11-13')">Rev 5:11-13</a></td><td>unto Him that sitteth</td></tr>
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<tr><td>4)</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,'9-10')">Rev 7:9-10</a></td><td>Salvation to our God</td></tr>
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||
<tr><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,'1,12)">Rev 7:11-12</a></td><td>Amen; Blessing...</td></tr>
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||
<tr><td>5)</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,15)">Rev 11:15</a></td><td>Kingdoms of the world</td></tr>
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||
<tr><td> </td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,'16-18')">Rev 11:16-18</a></td><td>We give thee thanks</td></tr>
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||
<tr><td>6)</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,'2-4')">Rev 15:2-4</a></td><td>great & marvelous...</td></tr>
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||
<tr><td>7)</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,'1-8')">Rev 19:1-8</a></td><td>4 hallelujahs</td></tr>
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||
</table>
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</div>
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<h5>The Three Tenses of Redemption</h5>
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<div style="margin-left:0px;">
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<table border="0" width="100%">
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<tr style="font-weight:bold;">
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<td valign="top" style="width:85px;"> </td>
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<td valign="top" style="width:85px;">Past</td>
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<td valign="top" style="width:85px;">Present</td>
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<td valign="top" style="width:85px;">Future</td>
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||
</tr>
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||
<tr>
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||
<td valign="top"><b>God</b><br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,4)">Rev 1:4</a>)</td>
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<td valign="top">Which Was<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Col',1,'15-17')">Col 1:15-17</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',8,58)">Jn 8:58</a>)</td>
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||
<td valign="top">Which Is<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Heb',7,25)">Heb 7:25</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">Which Is to Come<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,7)">Rev 1:7</a>)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td valign="top"><b>Jesus Christ</b><br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,5)">Rev 1:5</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">The Faithful Witness<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',14,'1-3')">John 14:1-3</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',8,14)">John 8:14</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">First Begotten of the Dead<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Col',1,'18-20')">Col 1:18-20</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">Prince of the Kings of the Earth<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Mat',25,31,32)">Mat 25:31-32</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('1Co',15,24,25)">1Cr 15:24-25</a>)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td valign="top"><b>Unto Him That</b><br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,5)">Rev 1:5</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">Loved Us<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Gal',2,20)">Gal 2:20</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',3,16)">John 3:16</a>)</td>
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||
<td valign="top">Washed Us from Our Sins in His Own Blood<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Heb',7,25)">Heb 7:25</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Heb',9,14)">Heb 9:14</a>)</td>
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||
<td valign="top">Made Us Kings/Priests<br>(<a onclick="return mV('1Pe',2,9)">1Pe 2:9</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Luk',19,17)">Luk 19:17</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,26,27)">Rev 2:26-27</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,10)">Rev 5:10</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Rev',20,4)">Rev 20:4</a>;<br><a onclick="return mV('Rev',22,5)">Rev 22:5</a>)</td>
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||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td valign="top"><b>Write</b><br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,19)">Rev 1:19</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">The Things Which Thou Hast Seen<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,'12-18')">Rev 1:12-18</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">The Things Which Are<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,'1-')">Rev 2</a> & <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,'1-')">Rev 3</a>)</td>
|
||
<td valign="top">The Things Which Shall Be Hereafter<br>(<a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,'1-')">Rev 4-22</a>)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<h5>Things Out of Place</h5>
|
||
<p>Israel => Land<br>Church => Heaven<br>Lamb => Own throne<br>Satan => Bound</p>
|
||
<h5>Three Women</h5>
|
||
<div style="margin-left:20px;">
|
||
<table border="0">
|
||
<tr><td>Wife of YHWH</td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td>(Israel)</td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td>Woman of <a onclick="return mV('Rev',12,'1-')">Rev 12</a></td></tr>
|
||
<tr><td>Virgin Bride</td><td>(Church)</td><td>Bride of Christ</td></tr>
|
||
<tr><td>Harlot</td><td>Mystery</td><td>Babylon</td></tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<h5>Preparatory Issues</h5>
|
||
<p>In preparation for this study, you should really read the entire Bible! You need to understand the following:</p>
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<ul>
|
||
<li>In Genesis, the role of the “serpent,” the “seed of the woman,” the kinsman-redeemer, the coats of skins, the Way of the Tree of Life;</li>
|
||
<li>In Exodus, the concept of Redemption, deliverance from bond age, the plagues, the burning bush and why it wasn’t consumed, etc.;</li>
|
||
<li>In Leviticus, the Feasts, their offerings and the Jewish calendar;</li>
|
||
<li>In Numbers, the way the Camp of Israel was laid out;</li>
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||
<li>In Joshua, the parallels between it and the Book of Revelation;</li>
|
||
<li>In Ruth, the title of real estate, redemption, and the kinsman-redeemer;</li>
|
||
<li>In 2 Samuel, David dividing the priests into 24 courses;</li>
|
||
<li>In Daniel, the 70 Week Prophecy;</li>
|
||
<li>Distinction between Israel and the Church;</li>
|
||
<li>Categories of “saints,” “elect,” etc.</li>
|
||
</ul>
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