REVELATION – Explained by Bible Students

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The Revelation Notebook

You know what the Jehovah’s Witnesses Organization teaches about Revelation.  What do Bible Students teach about Revelation.  This wonderful electronic book is a good representation of what many Bible Students believe about the books of Revelation.  As the light has shined brighter and brighter in the past century, our views about Revelation have not changed, they have just become sharper and clearer than ever before.  This book presents an understanding of Revelation that not only harmonizes the whole book, but also harmonizes references from the entire Bible related to it.  We trust this marvelous book will be a blessing and make sense of the book of  Revelation as never before!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item # Item Page
1 Table of Contents
1a Contents by Revelation Texts
2 Preface: Another Book on Revelation i
2a The Order in Which the Study Progressed iii
2b Forward: A Neatly Constructed Work of Divine Art iv
2c Construction Layout of the Book of Revelation vii
DIVIDER # 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK 1
(Introductory Materials and Chapter 1: 1 –1-8
3 Main Divisions of the Revelation and Summary of Part 1 Chapters 2
4 A Suggestion for Better Chapter Divisions 3
4a Parallel Construction of Parts 1 & 2 5
5 The Revelation of Jesus Christ
(A chart Showing the Chronological Placement of Revelation’s Various Sections) 6
6 Introduction to the Book (1: 1-3) 7
7 John’s Opening Greeting to the Churches (1: 4-8) 8
DIVIDER #2: PART 1 – THE GOSPEL AGE 13
(Summary Materials and Chapters 1: 9 – 14:5)
7a Introduction to Part 1 (An Outline Summary) 14
8 General & Overview Material on the 7 Churches, Seals, and Trumpets 15
9 – Location of the Three Sevens (Chart) 16
10 – The Chronology of the Churches, Seals, and Trumpets 17
11 – The 7 Churches, Seals, and Trumpets – A Superficial Overview (Chart ) 24
12 – Sevens (Chart) 26
13 – The 7 Churches – Descriptive Phrases from Chapter One 27
13a 28
14 Introduction to the Seven Churches 30
15 (1: 9-20) 31
16 Introduction to the Seven Seals 35
17 (4: 1-5:14) 36
18 Introduction to the Seven Trumpets 49
19 (8:2-6) 50
20 A DETAILED LOOK AT EACH OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES, SEALS, AND
TRUMPETS 54
21 • The First Church, Seal and Trumpet (The Certain Sound) 55
22 – The Ephesus Church and Parable (2: 1-7) 56
Preface to the Introductions to the Seven Churches, Seals, and Trumpets
25 • The Second Church, Seal and Trumpet (Alone and Persecuted) 64
26 – The Smyrna Church and Parable (2: 8-11) 65
27 – The Second Seal (6: 3-4) 69
28 – The Second Trumpet (8:8,9) 70
29 • The Third Church, Seal and Trumpet (Rapid Rise of the Apostasy) 71
30 – The Pergamos Church and Parable (2:12- 17) 72
31 – The Third Seal (6: 7,  8)  78
32 – The Third Trumpet (8: 12, 13) 80
33 • The Fourth Church, Seal and Trumpet (The Darkest of Times) 82
34 – The Thyatira Church and Parable (2: 18- 29) 83
35 – The Fourth Seal (6: 7, 8 )  91
36 – The Fourth Trumpet (8: 12- 13) 93
37 • The Fifth Church, Seal and Trumpet (The Turning Point) 94
38 – Wordsworth’s ECCLESIASTICAL SONNET, #XVII 95
39 – The Sardis Church and Parable (3: 1-6) 96
40 – The Fifth Seal (6: 9- 11) 102
41 – The Fifth Trumpet (9: 1-12) 104
42 • The Sixth Church, Seal and Trumpet (The Reformation and the Time of the End) 108
43 – How the Sixth Church Anticipates the Seventh 109
44 – The Philadelphia Church and Parable (3: 7-13) 110
45 – The Sixth Seal, Part I (6: 12- 17) 116
Part II (7: 1- 17) 119
45a – The Sixth Trumpet, Part I (9: 13- 21) 125
46 Part II (10: 1-11) 129
47 Part III (11: 1-14) 133
48 • The Seventh Church, Seal and Trumpet (The Harvest Period) 141
49 – A Note Regarding the Seventh Church, Seal and Trumpet 142
50 – The Laodicean Church and Parable (3: 14- 22) 143
51 – The Seventh Seal ( 8: 1) 152
52 – The Seventh Trumpet ( 11: 15- 19) 153
53 TWO COMPLETE VIEWS OF THE GOSPEL AGE 155
54 The Woman, Manchild and Dragon (12: 1-13:1) 156
54a Addendum to Chapter 12 (Who is the Woman?) 158
55 Two Beasts, an Image, and the Overcomers ( 13: 1-14:5) 159
DIVIDER #3: PART II — THE HARVEST 173
56 A note regarding Part II 174
56a Introduction to the Harvest Chapters 174a
23 – The First Seal (6:1,2) 61
24 – The First Trumpet (8:7) 63
DIVIDER # 4: THE MILLENNIUM AND CONCLUDING WORDS
62a Introduction to the Millennial Age Chapters 243
63 The Thousand Years and Destruction of the Dragon (20:1- 21:1) 244
64 The New Jerusalem (21:2-22:5) 255
65 Concluding Thoughts (22:6-21) 272
DIVIDER # 5: APPENDIX A – GLOSSARY
DIVIDER # 6 APPENDIX B – WORDS AND PHRASES
This Section Contains Topical Studies on Words, Phrases
and Topics Affecting All of Revelation
66 A Glossary of Basic Symbols Used in Revelation 285
67 The Seven Spirits 302
68 The Twenty-Four Elders 303
69 Those Who Dwell on Earth 306
Peoples, Multitudes, Nations, and Tongues 308
The Sea 310
70 Hour 316
71 Crown(s) 318
72 Throne(s) 319
73 Trees 321
74 ”Jews” in Revelation 325
74a “Interior” Quotes 326
74b “One of the Angels” 327
74c Which Heaven? 330
74d To Whom are the Seven Church Messages Written? 333
74e Qualifications for Being One of the Seven Angels 335
74f How do We Know the Four Beasts Represent God’s Attributes? 337
74g Too Many Beasts, Heads, and Horns! 338
74h Kings of the Earth 343
74i Alpha and Omega 345
74j A Loud Voice 347
74k “Things Which Must Shortly Come to Pass” 348
74l The Relationships of Chapters 12-20 350
74 m First Person Singular 353
74n 5+5+5? 354
75 Names and Meanings of the Seven Churches 356
75.5 Changes of Function 365a
75.6 The Beast and Image Question 365d
57 The Lord and Six Angels (14:6-20) 175
58 Introduction to the Plagues (15:1-8) 182
59 The Seven Last Plagues 188
60 The Judgment of the Great Harlot (17:1-18) 201
61 The Decline and Fall of Babylon (18:1-24) 215
62 Universal Rejoicing (19:1-10) and 230
The Spirit-Begotten View of Harvest Judgments (19:11-21) 235
301
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DIVIDER # 7: APPENDIX C – RELATED ITEMS 366
This Section Contains Items or Articles from Outside Sources Which Enhance
the Investigation of Revelation
75a Appendix C Copyright Statement 367
76 Founders of “Mainline” Churches Knew Who Antichrist Was (Woodrow) 368
77 The Twenty-Four Elders (Beauties of the Truth: Papajak; Shallieu) 369
78 Item #78 has been eliminated from this publication. 373
79 The Beasts of Job (Hagensick) 376
79a Revelation (13:18 (Leslie) 378
79b The Seven Churches of Revelation (Redeker) 379
79c An Alternative View of the Twenty-Four Elders (Gray) 383
79d On Seven (Jerusalem Post: Riskin) 386
79e Bible Chronology (Chart) 387
DIVIDER # 8: APPENDICES D AND E – INDICES 388
80 Scriptural Index 389
81 Indices of Names, Dates, and Numbers 398
82 A Primer for the Study of Revelation 407