THE BOOK OF REVELATION – An Outline Bible Study

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT The main purpose of this course of study is to explain the real meaning of the Book of Revelation,
Its meaning can be made clear only by keeping constantly in mind the actual circumstances of the author and his readers,
By trying to place ourselves beside them in their own world we shall be able to sympathize more truly with them in their troubles and understand better their ardent desire for Christ’s early return to bring an end to the world,
Revelation has often been difficult reading for moderns because they lacked knowledge of the strenuous experiences through which the early Christians of Asia Minor were passing at the time the book was written,
For a similar reason some readers have not only failed to understand the book, but have read into it fanciful notions that had no place in the thinking of the author and his companions,
What is needed first of all in our study is a clear apprehension of the trying circumstances which surrounded John and his fellow-Christians, for herein is found the key to all the mysteries of this puzzling book,
Only after learning what Revelation meant to the author and its first readers shall we be in a position to estimate correctly its significance for Christians today,
*** an excerpt from the beginning of : STUDY I – I,
INTRODUCTIONFirst day,
—§ 1,
Persecution,
In the last decade of the first century, while Domitian was emperor of Rome, his officers in eastern Asia Minor dealt very harshly with Christians,
Read 6 : 9 f,
; 13 : 9 f,
; 20 : 4, for incidental references to these terrible troubles which were pressing upon the adherents of the new faith at the time’ Revelation was written,
Second day,
—-The cause of the persecution was the Christians’ refusal to take part in the worship of the emperor which was being enforced at this time in the cities of Asia Minor,
Read 13 : 6-8, where the author condemns the blasphemy of the ruler—the “beast,” as he is called—for demanding worship of his subjects,
Third Day,
—In 13 : 11-17 the zeal of the priest—another “beast”—who officiates in the cult of the emperor is described,
When Christians refuse to comply with the demands of this priest and the Roman officers who support him, they are punished with imprisonment, banishment, or death,
Fourth day,
—§2,
The author and his situation,
Read 1 : 1, 4, 9,
A Christian named John had been exiled or forced to flee, probably from Ephesus, to the little island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea, about sixty miles southwest of Ephesus,
It has usually been assumed that this individual, was John the Apostle, who had been personally associated with Jesus (Mark 3 : 17),
The author, however, makes no statement to this effect, but refers to himself merely as a “brother” who shared in the common tribulations of the Christians,
See also 22 : 8,
 

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