Revelation 5

Revelation 16-18

Objective: 

• The Seven Bowls

• The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast

• The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

• The Fall of Babylon the Great

• The World Mourns Babylon’s Fall

• Finality of Babylon’s Fall

Resources:

• Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary
• Catena Bible Commentary
• HEMY
• Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible study (Arabic)

Reading:

• Revelation 16
• Revelation 17
• Revelation 18

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. Who is the woman clothed with the sun? And the twelve stars? 2. How can we have victory over the devil?
2. How was the lamb slain from the creation of the world?
3. What does the number 666 mean?
4. Who are the 144,000 and how are they described?
5. What was the message the Spirit asked St. John to write? And what is its significance?
6. What does “a sea of glass mingled with fire” symbolize?
7. When did Moses sing this song, and what does it symbolize?

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

1. For how long was the woman fed in the wilderness?
   a) 1200 days b) 1260 days c) 40 days d) 3 days
2. What was given to the woman?
   A) two wings b) gold c) a crown d) a sword
3. What did the dragon give the beast from the sea?
4. What did the beast from the land require all to receive?
   a) a Holy Bible b) a mark c) a sword
5. How many were standing with the lamb on Mount Zion?
   a) 144,000 b) 14,000 c) 44,000 d) 41,000
6. How many angels did St. John hear speaking?
   a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
7. Which song were those on the sea of glass singing?
   a) song of victory b) song of the angels c) song of judgment c) song of Moses