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Revelation

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New Testament · Revelation · 44 chapter studies

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  1. Intro Revelation - Overview The risen Christ unveils reality from God's throne so that His churches may repent, worship, endure as faithful witnesses, and become the Bride who longs for His coming. 16 min read
  2. 1 Revelation 1:1-8 - The Revelation, the Blessing, and the Coming King Revelation opens as Christ's unveiling to a worshiping Church called to hear, keep, repent, and hope in the coming Almighty King. 18 min read
  3. 1 Revelation 1:9-20 - The Son of Man among the Lampstands John sees the risen Christ among the lampstands, the Lord who shares His kingdom with a suffering Church, searches her with holy fire, steadies His servant, and holds the keys of... 16 min read
  4. 2 Revelation 2:1-7 - Faithful Labor without First Love Christ praises the labor and discernment of Ephesus while calling the church to remember, repent, and return to first love. 14 min read
  5. 2 Revelation 2:8-11 - Faithful unto Death The risen Christ calls the afflicted church in Smyrna to faithfulness through death and promises the life that the second death cannot touch. 15 min read
  6. 2 Revelation 2:12-17 - Witness under Compromise Christ praises Pergamum for holding His name under deadly pressure, exposes the rival teachings held within the church, calls the whole body to repentance, and promises better... 20 min read
  7. 2 Revelation 2:18-29 - Love, Service, and Dangerous Toleration Christ praises Thyatira's growing love and service, rebukes permitted teaching that corrupts His servants, and calls the faithful to hold fast until He comes. 19 min read
  8. 3 Revelation 3:1-6 - A Name for Life, Yet Asleep Christ exposes Sardis's reputation without life, commands the church to wake and repent, and promises a true name, white garments, and His confession before the Father. 16 min read
  9. 3 Revelation 3:7-13 - Little Strength and an Open Door The royal Christ opens what no one can shut, keeps a church of little strength, and promises His faithful people permanent belonging in the city of God. 14 min read
  10. 3 Revelation 3:14-22 - The Amen Who Stands at the Door The Faithful and True Witness exposes Laodicea's false self sufficiency, supplies what the church lacks, and calls every willing hearer into repentance, communion, and His victory. 16 min read
  11. 4 Revelation 4:1-11 - The Throne and the Worship of Creation John is brought before the throne of God, where heaven teaches the Church to read history through worship, surrendered authority, and the Creator's worthiness. 15 min read
  12. 5 Revelation 5:1-14 - The Scroll and the Slain Lamb The sealed scroll of history can be opened only by Christ, the Lion of Judah who conquers as the slain and standing Lamb and gathers heaven and creation into worship. 20 min read
  13. 6 Revelation 6:1-8 - The First Four Seals The Lamb opens the first four seals, revealing conquest, war, famine, and death as terrible but bounded powers whose received authority can never rival His throne. 18 min read
  14. 6 Revelation 6:9-17 - The Martyrs and the Day of Wrath The fifth and sixth seals reveal slain witnesses heard beneath God's altar, the patient rest of the martyrs, and every false refuge exposed before the holy and true Lamb. 16 min read
  15. 7 Revelation 7:1-8 - The Sealed Servants of God Before the winds are released, the living God seals His servants, revealing that those who stand belong to Him and are called to faithful witness under His name. 14 min read
  16. 7 Revelation 7:9-17 - The Great Multitude and the Lamb Who Shepherds John sees an innumerable multitude from all nations worshiping before the throne, washed in the Lamb's blood and shepherded by Him to living waters. 13 min read
  17. 8 Revelation 8:1-5 - Silence, Incense, and the Prayers of the Saints The Lamb opens the seventh seal, heaven keeps silence, the prayers of all the saints rise with incense upon the golden altar before the throne, and altar fire reaches the earth in... 14 min read
  18. 8 Revelation 8:6-13 - The First Four Trumpets The first four trumpets strike land, sea, fresh water, and the heavenly lights in a severe but restrained warning that calls the Church to repentance beneath the rule of the Lamb. 15 min read
  19. 9 Revelation 9:1-12 - The Fifth Trumpet and the Abyss The fifth trumpet reveals abyssal power as received, restricted, and destructive, while God's seal calls His servants to sober confidence in Christ. 12 min read
  20. 9 Revelation 9:13-21 - The Sixth Trumpet and Unrepentance The sixth trumpet reveals destruction under divine limits, then exposes the deeper terror of a heart that survives warning yet refuses repentance. 14 min read
  21. 10 Revelation 10:1-11 - The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll John must honor what God seals, receive the opened scroll inwardly, and bear its sweet and bitter word to peoples, nations, tongues, and kings. 15 min read
  22. 11 Revelation 11:1-14 - The Temple and the Two Witnesses God measures His worshipers, grants a bounded season of testimony, and answers the beast's apparent victory with life from heaven. 19 min read
  23. 11 Revelation 11:15-19 - The Seventh Trumpet and the Kingdom The seventh trumpet announces the everlasting reign of the Lord and His Christ, and heaven answers with worship, thanksgiving, judgment, reward, and the unveiling of God's... 15 min read
  24. 12 Revelation 12:1-6 - The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon A radiant woman labors, a dragon waits to devour, Christ is enthroned beyond the dragon's reach, and God sustains His people in the wilderness. 14 min read
  25. 12 Revelation 12:7-17 - The Dragon Cast Down and the War against the Saints The dragon loses his place in heaven, and the Church learns to overcome his bounded fury through the Lamb's blood, truthful witness, obedience, and endurance. 18 min read
  26. 13 Revelation 13:1-10 - The Beast from the Sea The beast from the sea parodies the Lamb's rule and worship, but its power is received and bounded; the saints answer with patient fidelity to Christ. 15 min read
  27. 13 Revelation 13:11-18 - The Beast from the Earth and the Mark The beast from the earth shows counterfeit worship, deceptive signs, and coerced allegiance, calling the saints to wisdom rather than sensationalism. 14 min read
  28. 14 Revelation 14:1-5 - The Lamb and the 144,000 The Lamb stands on Mount Zion with a people whose name, song, purity, following, offering, and truthful speech reveal a life wholly claimed by Him. 14 min read
  29. 14 Revelation 14:6-13 - The Three Angels and the Endurance of the Saints The three angels proclaim the everlasting gospel, Babylon's fall, warning against beastly worship, and blessed rest for those who endure in the Lord. 17 min read
  30. 14 Revelation 14:14-20 - The Harvest and the Winepress The harvest and winepress vision teaches final reckoning with sober reverence, calling the Church to repentance and hope in the Son of Man. 12 min read
  31. 15 Revelation 15:1-8 - The Song of Moses and the Lamb Before the bowls are poured out, Revelation shows the victors standing before God and singing the song of Moses and the Lamb. 16 min read
  32. 16 Revelation 16:1-11 - The First Five Bowls The first five bowls expose the ruin of counterfeit worship and the hardened refusal to repent, while heaven confesses that God's judgments are true and righteous. 15 min read
  33. 16 Revelation 16:12-21 - The Sixth and Seventh Bowls The sixth and seventh bowls expose demonic deception, call the faithful to watchfulness, and announce that Babylon is remembered before God. 16 min read
  34. 17 Revelation 17:1-18 - Babylon, the Beast, and Imperial Seduction Revelation 17 exposes Babylon as idolatrous power that seduces nations, sheds the blood of the saints, and is finally overcome by the Lamb. 14 min read
  35. 18 Revelation 18:1-8 - Come Out of Babylon A heavenly voice calls God’s people out of Babylon’s sins before judgment, exposing self glory and luxury, and grounding hope in the strong Lord God who judges. 11 min read
  36. 18 Revelation 18:9-24 - The Laments and the Final Fall Babylon's beneficiaries mourn lost splendor from a safe distance, while heaven rejoices that Christ's judgment ends deception, exploitation, and bloodshed. 14 min read
  37. 19 Revelation 19:1-10 - Hallelujah and the Marriage Supper Heaven answers Babylon's fall with Alleluia, the Bride is granted fine linen, and John is corrected to worship God alone. 11 min read
  38. 19 Revelation 19:11-21 - The Rider Called Faithful and True Heaven opens on the Rider called Faithful and True, the Word of God whose mouth sword ends the beast's war, calling the Church to truthful worship rather than imitated violence. 13 min read
  39. 20 Revelation 20:1-10 - The Thousand Years, the Saints, and the Final Deception Christ limits the deceiver, vindicates His faithful witnesses, and brings evil's final assault to an end, forming the Church in sober hope rather than speculative fear. 15 min read
  40. 20 Revelation 20:11-15 - The Great White Throne The great white throne reveals final accountability, the opened books, Death and Hades defeated, and the sober hope of the Book of Life. 11 min read
  41. 21 Revelation 21:1-8 - New Heaven, New Earth, and the Bride The holy city descends from God, creation is made new, God dwells with His people, and the free water of life calls the Church to hope, repentance, and endurance. 12 min read
  42. 21 Revelation 21:9-27 - The New Jerusalem The Bride is revealed as the holy city: formed by God, founded on the Lamb's apostles, open to the nations, undefiled by falsehood, and illumined by Christ Himself. 14 min read
  43. 22 Revelation 22:1-5 - River, Tree, Face, and Reign The river from the throne, the tree that heals the nations, and the servants who see God's face reveal eternal life as healed communion, worship, and reign with the Lamb. 11 min read
  44. 22 Revelation 22:6-21 - The Final Blessing and Warning Revelation closes with Christ's promised coming, the command to worship God, the Spirit and Bride's invitation, a warning to keep the prophecy whole, and the prayer Come, Lord... 18 min read