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Revelation 4

Revelation 12-15

Objective: 

  • Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets

  • 7 Trumpets

  • The Mighty Angel with the Little Book

  • John Eats the Little Book

  • The Two Witnesses

Resources:

Reading:

  • Revelation 8
  • Revelation 9
  • Revelation 10
  • Revelation 11

Key verse(s):

"And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand" Revelation 8:4

Comments:

  • The word translated “Revelation” means “unveiling.
  • The verb simply means “to uncover, to reveal, to make manifest.”
  • Apocalypse = Revelation = unveiling = uncover = to make manifest
  • The author is St. John the Beloved

  • Author

    St. John the Beloved

    Place 

    Patmos during exile

    Date

    96 AD

    Theme

    The things which are things which you have seen the things which will take place after this

    Key verse

    Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this-1:19 
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Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

  1. What do the trumpets symbolize and what do they remind you of in the Old Testament?
  2. What does the fire from the altar symbolize?
  3. “Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth” What the Apostle did mean by “A star fell from heaven to the earth”?
  4. Locusts have enough power to destroy any green things” Where else in the Holy Bible are locusts mentioned?
  5. Who is that mighty angel and how does St. John describe Him?
  6. “It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter”.
  7. Why was the little book honey in his mouth and bitter in his stomach?
  8. Who are the two witnesses and why are they called olive trees and lamp stands?
  9. As expressed in the praise of the twenty-four elders, what had come? 

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

 
  1. What was given to the seven angels in Chapter 8?
  2. The star fell from Heaven and was given the key to:
    a) the Heavenly Kingdom b) Jerusalem c) the bottomless pit d) the earth
  3. The tails of the locusts were like:
    a) scorpions b) serpents c) fire d) lions
  4. The mighty angel had on his head:
    a) a crown b) a hat c) a cloud d) a rainbow
  5. What did St. John do with the little book?
    a) read it b) wrote it c) ate it d) burned it
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