Jesus reveals these visions to John through his angel (2:7,11, 17, 29; 3:6,13,22; 22:16). Other examples outside the book include Acts 5:19-20, 8:26; 10:3-6,22; 12:7-11; 27:23). It is a prophecy of Jesus (19:10) coming soon in picture form. (1:3,8; 22:7, 20). Through the agency of Jesus, angels, and John, God showed his servants through the…
Is the book a revelation of or about the person of Jesus (objective genitive) or is it a revelation from Jesus (subjective genitive)? It is accurate to see that as one “reads the prophecy of this book and is blessed upon reading, hearing, and keeping it,”(Rev. 1:3), it is a prophetic revelation and thus, can…
The book is first introduced as being “sealed.” Particularly, it is a scroll with seven wax seals. As each is opened, a sequence of events is unfolded beginning with war, famine, disease, earthquakes, and heavenly signs that point to some crisis. Several characters include the beast who is backed by a false prophet. The opposition…
I. INTRODUCTION: 1:1-81. The caption and salutation (1-3)2. The Address to the seven churches of Asia and a doxology (4-6)3. Summary theme: Christ is coming! (7) – The Revelation of Jesus Christ (1)4. Jesus’ Own Self-Designation (8) II. JOHN’S VISION OF CHRIST (1:9-20)III. LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (2:1 – 3:22)1. The church at Ephesus…
John was to write down what he sees but the book contains letters written to the saints in seven cities (ekklesias) in chapters two and three and opens with a grand vision of the present position and power of Jesus Christ. Therefore, one could see the book structured in the following way. Threefold Structure Based…
We have already looked at Lud, but will mention his name once again as the ancestor of the Lydians. Lydia was in what is now Western Turkey. Their capital was Sardis. Aram is the Hebrew word for Syria. Again, without exception, any time the word Syria appears in the Old Testament it is translated from…
Genesis 10:22 reads, “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.” Elam is the ancient name for Persia, which is itself the ancient name for Iran. Until the time of Cyrus, they were called Elamites, and they were still often called that even in New Testament times. The Jews from…
It is our purpose only to look very briefly at a few of the grandsons of Ham. We do not wish to labor the question. The descendants of several of the grandsons of Ham are very easy for even the most casual Bible to identify, and for that reason, we will only notice the connections…
Phut is the Hebrew name for Libya. It is translated that way three times in the Old Testament. The ancient river Phut was in Libya. By Daniel’s day, the name had been changed to Libya (Dan. 11:43). Josephus says, “Phut also was the founder of Libyia, and called the inhabitants Phutites, from himself’ (1:vi:2) They…
According to historians Manetho and Herodotus, Mizraim was also known as Menes, the first king of the Egyptians who reigned for about 60 years. Babylonian texts use the term Mizraim for Egypt as is seen inscribed on the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. Other examples of inscriptions include Ugaritic inscriptions that refer to Egypt as Mṣrm…