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Revelation: God's Word for the Biblically-Inept

By: Daymond R. Duck

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Electronic Edition STEP Files Copyright © 1998,

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Revelation: The Answers to Chapters Study Questions

The Church Age

Chapter One

• An angel delivered it to John. (Revelation 1:1)
• No, because it was given by the one who loves us and died for us. (Revelation 1:5)
• Everyone alive plus the dead who crucified him. (Revelation 1:7)
• The good and bad qualities of each church are ideal for instructing all of God's people. (Revelation 1:11)
• The high priest represents Jesus who intercedes on our behalf. (Revelation 1:13)

Chapter Two

• They forsook their first love. (Revelation 2:4)
• They would be persecuted and tested. (Revelation 2:10)
• They remained true to the gospel even though they were in a city with many pagan temples. (Revelation 2:13)
• They tolerated Jezebel, a false prophetess, who led many people into sexual immorality. (Revelation 2:20)
• Let us hear the call to repent and learn these words so that we don't make these same mistakes. (Revelation 2:29)

Chapter Three

• They had a reputation for being alive but were really dead. (Revelation 3:1)
• Several of their church members were not true believers. (Revelation 3:9)
• They were lukewarm—neither totally for Christ or totally against him. (Revelation 3:16)
• The letter to the church at Laodicea. (Revelation 3:14-22)
• Be earnest, repent, and open the door to your heart. (Revelation 3:19, 20)

Chapter Four

• Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this. (Revelation 4:1)
• Jasper and carnelian. (Revelation 4:3)
• Robes of white and crowns of gold. (Revelation 4:4)
• The seven spirits of God. (Revelation 4:5)
• We should lay our crowns of pride, selfishness, and control before the throne as a deliberate act of submission to God's power. (Revelation 4:10)

From The Rapture to The Second Coming

Chapter Five

• The destiny of all mankind will be affected by the scroll. (Revelation 5:1,2)
• The first time he came as a sacrificial Lamb. The second time he will come as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. (Revelation 5:5, 12)
• Up until the Rapture, God has been dealing with man as a lamb because he is giving us every opportunity to repent. After the Rapture he will deal with man as a lion. (Revelation 5:7, 8)
• We have been made a kingdom and priests to serve our God. (Revelation 5:10)
• There are several reasons: the angels proclaim it along with the living creatures, twenty-four elders, and even the dead. (Revelation 6:11-14)

Chapter Six

• A bow, but no arrows. (Revelation 6:2)
• The power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. (Revelation 6:4)
• The equivalent of a day's wages. (Revelation 6:6)
• The rider is named Death. He will be followed by Hades. (Revelation 6:8)?

Chapter Seven

• They will hold back the winds from the four points of the earth. God is still giving people a chance to repent. (Revelation 7:1)
• They will preach salvation through the blood of the Lamb. The Jews will finally accept Jesus as the Messiah. (Revelation 7:10)
• Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength. Because God made the sinner's salvation possible. (Revelation 7:12)
• The twenty-four elders represent Christians of the Church Age. The Tribulation Saints are those saved after the Rapture. (Revelation 7:13, 14)
• Yes, but once in heaven they will never suffer again. (Revelation 7:16)

Chapter Eight

• God is a patient God, and he is giving people time to repent. (Revelation 8:1,4)
• The death of his Son who died for the sins of the world. (Revelation 8:3)
• To avenge the death of the Tribulation Saints and to symbolize God's wrath. (Revelation 8:5)
• God has rained destruction on Egypt and Sodom and Gomorrah, so there is no reason to believe he won't do it again. (Revelation 8:7)

Chapter Nine

• To show mankind that God is in control of our destinies and to turn some hearts back to him. (Revelation 9:4-6)
• Their faces will resemble human faces. (Revelation 9:7)
• The Hebrew and Greek names indicate that the locusts will attack Jews and Gentiles. The double name also indicates a double warning of the pain and suffering the locusts will inflict. (Revelation 9:11)
• Someone speaking for the martyred saints. (Revelation 9:13)
• Demon worship, idolatry, murder, black magic, sexual immorality, and theft. (Revelation 9:20, 21)

Chapter Ten

• He has been in the presence of God. (Revelation 10:1)
• God. (Revelation 10:3)
• Some of the mysteries include: mystery of lawlessness, the mystery of the Rapture, mystery of Israel's blindness, mystery of God's wisdom, mystery of Christ and the Church, mystery of Christ in us, mystery of the kingdom of heaven, and mystery of godliness. (Revelation 10:7)
• The two commissions are to assimilate the Word of God into our lives by doing what the Bible says and to spread the Word of God to all peoples, nations, languages, and kings. (Revelation 10:9-11)

Chapter Eleven

• Because it has been given to the Gentiles. (Revelation 11:2)
• An olive tree and a lampstand represent each witness. The olive tree symbolizes that the witnesses are filled with the Holy Spirit, while the lampstand symbolizes that the witnesses will be lights in a dark world. (Revelation 11:4)
• Because it will be full of wickedness. (Revelation 11:8)
• The death of the two witnesses. (Revelation 11:10)
• The death and resurrection of the two witnesses closely parallels the death and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus was crucified but rose from the dead a few days later. The witnesses will be killed but God will breathe life into them several days later. Another similarity is the ascension of Jesus after his resurrection and the rapture of the witnesses after their resurrection. One last parallel is the earthquake that occurred when Jesus died and the earthquake that will occur when the two witnesses are raptured.

Chapter Twelve

• A woman and an enormous red dragon. The woman is the nation of Israel at its beginning, and the dragon is Satan. The dragon's seven heads represent the seven Gentile world governments, while the ten horns represent ten kings that will reign during the Tribulation. The seven crowns mean the Antichrist will subdue three of those ten kings. (Revelation 12:1-3)
• 1,260 days equal 3 ½ years and correspond to the last half of the Tribulation Period when the Jews will flee from Satan to the place God has prepared for them. (Revelation 12:6)
• Michael. (Revelation 12:7)
• To the earth. Because he has lost his place in heaven. (Revelation 12:9,10)
• Believers have three ways to overcome Satan: 1) trust in the blood of the Lamb, 2) acknowledge faith in Jesus, and 3) not fear death. (Revelation 12:11)

Chapter Thirteen

• Yes. (Revelation 13:7)
• The False Prophet will perform great deeds. (Revelation 13:12, 13)
• Patience and faith—many will be captured, killed, experience famine, pestilence, etc. (Revelation 13:10)
• No. It is the Mark, number, or name of the Antichrist. (Revelation 13:17)

Chapter Fourteen

• He heard something like rushing water and loud peals of thunder. This is actually the heavenly multitude singing a new song for the 144,000 who have been redeemed. (Revelation 14:2)
• Those who die in the Lord will leave their grief and torment behind, enter heaven, and sit in God's presence. (Revelation 14:13)
• Jesus will reap the first harvest and angels will do the other one. During these harvests the wicked will be taken and thrown into the Lake of Fire. (Revelation 14:14-18)
• It implies the wicked will be destroyed beyond recognition. There will be nothing left of their former self. (Revelation 14:19, 20)

Chapter Fifteen

• We have a concept of angels doing good deeds, but these angels will do deeds of destruction as they pour out the wrath of God. (Revelation 15:1)
• No! He would be unjust and unrighteous if he did not punish sin, avenge his people, or avenge his name. (Revelation 15:3,4)
• Jesus is the only one who lived by all of God's standards, the only sinless person to ever live. (Revelation 15:4)
• The wrath of God. (Revelation 15:7)
• To keep everyone out. (Revelation 15:8)

Chapter Sixteen

• A voice from the Temple—Jesus. (Revelation 16:1)
• Because they shed the blood of the saints and prophets. (Revelation 16:6)
• His kingdom will be plunged into darkness, and men will gnaw their tongues in agony. (Revelation 16:10)
• Those who watch for Jesus and keep their garments. (Revelation 16:15)
• They will perform miraculous signs. It will be a time of great deception. Not all miracles are good miracles. (Revelation 16:14)

Chapter Seventeen

• She is the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth—a great ecumenical religious system. (Revelation 17:5)
• He was in the Spirit. Capital "S" means he was under the influence of the Holy Spirit when he had this vision. (Revelation 17:3)
• Her clothing indicates wealth and an alliance with the world leaders. The golden cup indicates an attempt to appear righteous, take communion, and simulate the true Church. (Revelation 17:4)
• A "mind of wisdom" is one that can interpret the things of God and understand the prophecies and symbols. It is obtained by studying the Scriptures. (Revelation 17:9)
• God. (Revelation 17:17)

Chapter Eighteen

• All of them. (Revelation 18:3)
• She will be paid double from her own cup, given torture and grief to match the glory and luxury she gives herself. She will reap what she sows. (Revelation 18:6,7)
• Sorcery, astrology, and cultic practices. These are very prominent today. (Revelation 18:23)
• The prophets, saints, and all who are killed on earth. Babylon's rich and powerful will promote policies that will cause the death of these people. (Revelation 18:24)
• Magic. (Revelation 18:23)

Chapter Nineteen

• Yes. (Revelation 19:6)
• The testimony of Jesus. His predictions about: future events, his death, burial, resurrection, end-times, plagues, deception, and false Christs. (Revelation 19:10)
• The Church, angels, Tribulation Period Saints, and Old Testament Saints. (Revelation 19:14)
• He will deceive people with miraculous signs, and he will do it to get them to receive the Mark of the Beast and to worship his image. (Revelation 19:20)
• All those who take the Mark of the Beast and worship his image. (Revelation 19:21)

The Millennium and Beyond

Chapter Twenty

• They will refuse to worship the beast or his image and refuse to take his Mark on their foreheads or their hands. (Revelation 20:4)
• They will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years. (Revelation 20:6)
• By what they have done as recorded in the books. (Revelation 20:12)
• Yes. They will be judged according to what they have done. (Revelation 20:12, 13)
• Because their names cannot be found in the Book of Life. (Revelation 20:15)

Chapter Twenty One

• Some may doubt the importance or significance of Revelation. Some do not believe in the Rapture, Tribulation Period, Second Coming, or wrath of God. These are the words of one who cannot lie. (Revelation 21:5)
• All authority is his. He gained the authority and paid the price when he died on the cross. (Revelation 21:6)
• The Holy City will come down after the new earth is created, but no one knows how far down it will come. (Revelation 21:10)
• The twelve names will be a reminder to all who enter the city that the Messiah, Scriptures, and salvation came through the Jews. (Revelation 21:12)
• God allowed Satan to defile the present creation, but he will never let that happen again. (Revelation 21:19-27)

Chapter Twenty Two

• The name of God. (Revelation 22:4)
• They can keep the words of this book by obeying what it says. (Revelation 22:7)
• Because John testifies to everything contained in Revelation. (Revelation 22:8)
• He fell down to worship an angel. (Revelation 22:8)

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