AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF “REVELATION”

 

1.   The TITLE of this book is the REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.  (1:1a)

2.   The PURPOSE of this book is "to SHOW unto His servants THINGS which MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS."  (1:1b)

3.   The TRANSMISSION of this book came from GOD to JESUS CHRIST to an ANGEL to JOHN to US.  (1:1c)

4.   The TRUTHFULNESS of this book is seen by calling it the WORD OF GOD and the TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST.  (1:2)

5.   The PROMISE of this book, "BLESSED is he that READETH, and they that HEAR the words of this prophecy, and KEEP those things which are written therein."  (1:3)

6.   The IMPORTANCE of this book is because "THE TIME IS AT HAND."  (1:3)

7.   The RECIPIENTS of this book were the SEVEN CHURCHES of ASIA MINOR.  (1:4a)

8.   The DEDICATION of this book is to JESUS CHRIST.  (1:5-6)

9.   The THEME of this book centers around the truth that Jesus Christ is COMING AGAIN.  (1:7-8)

10.  The OUTLINE of this book is found in chapter 1, verse 19.

 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.”

(Revelation 1:19)