Revelation: What Is the Book of Revelation and What s It About? Listening Guide

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1 Revelation: The Book of Revelation The End & the Beginning Revelation: What Is the Book of Revelation and What s It About? NT228 Lesson 01 of 02 Listening Guide This Listening Guide is designed to help you ask questions and take notes on what you re learning. The process will accomplish two things: first, it will help process the information in the lecture by keeping your mind engaged with the material. Second, it will allow you to collect your notes in one place for a summary of the lesson s content. If you choose to do additional study or want to teach the material to others, you will have a thorough set of notes to guide you. You may print these Listening Guide pages separately and complete the information as you read, listen to, or watch the lessons. Or as an alternative, you can fill in the fields in this digital version and save to your computer once you are finished. I. Trumpet Judgments (8:6 11:19) [1] What period of time do the seven trumpet judgments depict? [2] A battle between what two forces comes to a climax during this time? A. Trumpets One through Four [3] What do the first four trumpets call to mind? [4] What is the significance of the one-third fraction? [5] What are the trumpet judgments meant to accomplish? B. Trumpets Five and Six [6] How are trumpets five and six different from trumpets one through four? NT228 Listening Guide 2017 Our Daily Bread Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Lesson 01 1

2 [7] What have some modern approaches to the book of Revelation unwittingly done? C. Second Interlude [8] How do events of the tribulation period have both bitter and sweet elements to them? D. Two Witnesses [9] What do the two witnesses of Revelation 11 represent? [10] How did Dr. Blomberg use Revelation 12 to support his thesis that the three-and-a-half year references in Revelation 11 don t teach that the tribulation lasts seven years? [11] What does the number seven symbolize in Scripture? [12] Does the book of Revelation tell us how long the tribulation period lasts? II. Third Interlude (12:1 13:18) A. Unholy Trinity [13] Who does the unholy trinity parody? [14] Who does the dragon represent, and what will he do? B. Two Beasts [15] Who does the second beast the beast from the sea attempt to mimic? [16] What do Christians call this beast? NT228 Listening Guide 2017 Our Daily Bread Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Lesson 01 2

3 [17] Where does the third beast of the so-called satanic trinity appear in the book of Revelation and whom does it parody? [18] What does the third beast do? [19] What is the purpose of the mark of the beast, and how familiar would this symbolism have been to John s original readers in the seven churches to whom the book was addressed? [20] If one believes that the number 666 is an example of the Jewish device known as gematria, who might the number represent? [21] What may it be equally likely that the use of three numbers represents? And that the three sixes actually represent? III. Victory and the Bowls of Judgment (14:1 16:21) [22] What does chapter 14 of Revelation describe? A. Seven Bowls [23] How are the seven bowls different from the seven trumpets? B. Armageddon [24] What was Armageddon known for in biblical times? [25] What idea would the term Armageddon conjure up to first-century readers? [26] If we should not assume that the armies of the earth will literally assemble in the Valley of Jezreel for a great and final battle, what idea is the term simply used to conjure up? NT228 Listening Guide 2017 Our Daily Bread Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Lesson 01 3

4 IV. The Fall of Babylon (17:1 18:24) A. Babylon Described [27] What do the cities of Rome and Babylon represent in Revelation? [28] What did harlotry represent? [29] How accurately does this imagery allow us to identify the Babylon of Revelation? B. Babylon Lamented [30] What is lamented in Revelation 18 as Babylon is destroyed? [31] If we recognize a future as well as a past element to the imagery that describes ancient Rome and the future Babylon of Revelation, what socioeconomic dimension must we add to the picture? [32] What kind of domination will this empire-which-dominates-the-world exert? [33] What danger did Dr. Blomberg warn us against? [34] What is your personal response to this warning? V. Triumph in Heaven and on Earth (19:1 20:15) A. Return of Christ [35] What will Christ s return spare the world? NT228 Listening Guide 2017 Our Daily Bread Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Lesson 01 4

5 [36] Why can we conclude that any war that begins cannot be Armageddon? B. Satan Bound, Released, and Cast into Lake of Fire [37] If there is no break between chapters 19 and 20 of Revelation, which of the three millennial views is ruled out? [38] If this interpretation is correct, how must we understand Revelation 20? [39] What will some people choose to do when the devil is released from his prison? [40] What happens at the great white throne judgment? VI. New Heaven and New Earth (21:1 22:21) [41] How does Revelation depict eternity? [42] How is Revelation s eternity different from Adam and Eve s paradise? [43] How does Revelation end? VII. Conclusion [44] What is the only way we can know who the overcomers are? [45] What did Dr. Blomberg encourage us to do as he closed this lesson and course? NT228 Listening Guide 2017 Our Daily Bread Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Lesson 01 5

6 Reflection Record one new fact or insight you discovered in this lesson. Application The book of Revelation depicts Jesus Christ, God s Son, as the Lion and the Lamb who will return to earth and sovereignly rule over it. If you have never accepted His offer to forgive your sins, this is an excellent time to do so. If you have accepted Him as your Savior, how do you process your personal relationship with Him? If you would like some guidance on how to know Him better, consider taking the five-session ODBCU Spiritual Life Basics course. It will walk you step by step into a deeper and richer relationship with God. NT228 Listening Guide 2017 Our Daily Bread Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Lesson 01 6