The Teaching Method of the Bible: Chapter 15
Chapter Fifteen: The Revelation
We often look at the Revelation as if it is very different from other books. In some ways it may be, But, different or not, there are 120 examples of the interaction we have been examining. It may not be so different, after all.
3003) This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 1:2 NLT)
3004) Grace and peace to you from the one… (Revelation 1:4 b NLT)
3005) …to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world. (Revelation 1:5 NLT)
3006) Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven. And everyone will see him. (Revelation 1:7 NLT)
3007) I am the Alpha and the Omega(Revelation 1:8 NLT)
3008) I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering(Revelation 1:9 ESV)
3009) I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus. (Revelation 1:9b NLT)
3010)Write in a book everything you see and send it to the seven churches… (Revelation 1:11 NLT)
3011) His head and his hair were white like wool,as white as snow. (Revelation 1:14 NLT)
3012) And I hold the keys of death and the grave. (Revelation 1:18 NLT)
3013) I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. (Revelation 2:2 NLT)
3014) Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. (Revelation 2:5 NLT)
3015) …the one who is the first and the last, who is dead but is now alive. (Revelation 2:8 NLT)
3016) I know your suffering and your poverty…(Revelation 2:9 NLT)
3017) Anyone who has ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand… (Revelation 2:11 NLT
3018) He taught them to sin by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sins. (Revelation 2:14 NLT
3019) …or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth. (Revelation 2:16 NLT)
3020)…must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying… (Revelation 2:17 NLT)
3021) She teaches them to commit sexual sin and to eat food offered to idols. (Revelation 2:20 NLT)
3022) Therefore, I will throw her on a bed of suffering and those who commit adultery with her will suffer greatly.(Revelation 2:22 NLT)
3023) …unless they repent and turn away from her evil deeds. (Revelation 2:22b NLT)
3024) …that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. (Revelation 2:23 NLT)
3025) They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots. (Revelation 2:27 NLT)
3026)…must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying… (Revelation 2:29 NLT)
3027) …from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars. (Revelation 3:1 NLT)
3028) Go back to what you heard and believed at first; … (Revelation 3:3 NLT)
3029) Repent and turn to me again. (Revelation 3:3b NLT)
3030) …must listen to the Spirit and understand. (Revelation 3:6 NLT)
3031) This is the message from the one who is holy and true.(Revelation 3:7 NLT)
3032) …yet you obeyed my word and did to deny me. (Revelation 3:8 NLT)
3033) …to come and bow down at your feet. (Revelation 3:9 NLT)
3034)…will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. (Revelation 3:12 NLT)
3035)…ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand… (Revelation 3:13 NLT)
3036) I correct and discipline everyone I love. (Revelation 3:19 NLT)
3037) So be diligent and turn from your indifference. (Revelation 3:19b NLT)
3038) Look! I stand at the door and knock. (Revelation 3:20 NLT)
3039) If you hear my voice and open the door,… (Revelation 3:20b NLT)
3040) …I will come in and we will share a meal together as friends. (Revelation 3:20c NLT)
3041) …must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying…(Revelation 3:22 NLT)
3042) Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting… (Revelation 4:9 NLT)
3043) Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it? (Revelation 5:2 NLT)
3044) … no one was found worthy to open the scroll and read it. (Revelation 5:4 NLT)
3045) He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals. (Revelation 5:5b NLT)
3046) He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand…(Revelation 5:7 NLT)
3047) You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and read it.(Revelation 5:9a NLT)
3048) Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive power and riches. (Revelation 5: 12 NLT)
3047) …and wisdom and strength (Revelation 5:12 NLT)
3048) …and honor and glory and blessing. (Revelation 5:12 NLT)
3049) And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshipped the Lamb. (Revelation 5:14 NLT)
3050) Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head.(Revelation 6:2 NLT)
3051) Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth. (Revelation 6:4 NLT)
3052) And there was war and slaughter everywhere. (Revelation 6:4 NLT)
3056) And don’t waste the olive oil and wine. (Revelation 6:6 NLT)
3057) Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the Grave.(Revelation 6:8 NLT)
3058) …how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us? (Revelation 6:10 NLT)
3059) The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved out of their place.(Revelation 6:14 NLT)
3060) Fall on us and hide us and from the face… (Revelation 6:16 NLT)
3061) And they were shouting with great roar. (Revelation 7:10a NLT)
3062) Salvation comes from our God who sits o the throne and from the Lamb. (Revelation 7:10b NLT
3063) And all the angels were standing and around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. (Revelation 7:11 NLT)
3064) And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God. (Revelation 7:11 NLT)
3065) They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white. (Revelation 7:14 NLT)
3066) That is why they stand in front of God’s throne and serve him day and night… (Revelation 7:15 NLT)
3067) They will never again be hungry or thirsty; they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun. (Revelation 7:16 NLT)
3067) He will lead them to springs of life giving water. And God will wipe away every tear… (Revelation 7:17b NLT)
3069) Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the alter. (Revelation 8:3 NLT)
3070) Then the angel filled the incense burner with fire from the alter and threw it down (Revelation 8:5 NLT)
3071) …and hail and fire mixed with blood… (Revelation 8:7 NLT)
3072) Their power was in their mouths and in their tails. (Revelation 9:19 NLT)
3073) They continued to worship demons and idols…(Revelation 9:20 NLT)
See how it works? Demons are from the invisible world while idols exist in the visible world.
3074) Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head.(Revelation 10:1a NLT)
3075) His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire. (Revelation 10:1b NLT)
3076) But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Keep secret” what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.(Revelation 10:4 NLT)
3077) Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand… (Revelation 10:5 NLT)
3078) So I went to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. (Revelation 10:9 NLT)
3079) Go and measure the Temple of God and the alter, and count the number of worshippers. (Revelation 11:1 NLT)
3080) …will declare was against them, and he will conquer them and kill them. (Revelation 11: 7 NLT)
3081) …died in that earthquake, and everyone else was terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:13 NLT)
3082) Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven. (Revelation 11:15 NLT)
3083) The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of Christ, and he will reign forever and ever. (Revelation 11:15b NLT)
3084) …for now you have assumed your great power and have begun to reign.(Revelation 11:17b NLT)
3085) It’s time to judge the dead and reward your servants the prophets, …(Revelation 11:18)
3086) …and she cried out because of her labor pains and the agony giving birth. (Revelation 12:2 NLT)
3087) Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. (Revelation 12:7 NLT)
3088) It has come at last—salvation and power … (Revelation 12:7 NLT)
3089)…and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ.(Revelation 12:12a NLT)
3090) And they defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. (Revelation
12: 11 NLT)
This is a widely quoted passage. We frequently quote it without actually being aware that “overcoming” is taking place in two worlds at the same time. The “blood of the Lamb“ is from the invisible world; while “their testimony” is from the visible world. Even in this scripture, we use it without being aware that we overcome simultaneously in two worlds, the visible and the invisible.
3091) But terror has come on the earth and the sea. (Revelation 12:12 NLT)
3092) And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children (Revelation 12:12 NLT)
3093) …all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus. (Revelation 12:17b NLT)
3094) And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority. (Revelation 13:2 NLT)
3095) The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance to the beast. (Revelation 12:3 NLT)
3096) And he spoke terrible words of blasphemy against God, slandering his name and his dwelling.(Revelation 13:6 NLT)
3097) And the beast was allowed to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. (Revelation 13:7 NLT)
3098) And he was given authority to rule over every tribe and people and language and nation. (Revelation 13:7b NLT)
3099) Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.(Revelation 13:9 NLT)
3100) And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast. (Revelation 13:12b NLT)
3101) He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. (Revelation 13:15 NLT)
3102) …without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. (Revelation 13:17 NLT)
3103) …of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. (Revelation 14:3 NLT)
3104) Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or on his hand… (Revelation 14:9 NLT)
3105) And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence… (Revelation 14:10 NLT)
3106) The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night. (Revelation 14:11 NLT)
3107)…for they have worshipped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name. (Revelation 14:11b NLT)
3108) This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus. (Revelation 14:12 NLT
3109) He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. (Revelation 14:14b NLT)
3110) Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe. (Revelation 14:15 NLT)
3111) …swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested. (Revelation 14:16 NLT)
3112) …swung his sickle over the earth and loaded the grapes into the great winepress of God’s wrath. (Revelation 14:19 NLT)
3113) The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and the blood flowed from the winepress…(Revelation 14:20 NLT)
3114) Then I saw in heaven another marvelous eventof great significance. (Revelation 15:1 NLT)
3115) And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. (Revelation 15:3 NLT)
3116) And they were singing the song of Moses (the physical), the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb (The spiritual). (Revelation 15:3 NLT)
3117) O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways. (Revelation 15:3b NLT)
3118) All nations will come and worship before you. (Revelation 15:4b NLT)
3119) The Temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and power. (Revelation 15:8 NLT)
3120) Go your ways and pour out on the earth the seven bowls…(Revelation 16:1b NLT)
3121) So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth… (Revelation 16:2a NLT)
3122) …on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. (Revelation 16:2b NLT)
3123) Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, … (Revelation 16:6 NLT)
Whew!