Revelation

John wrote Revelation from the seven churches as told to by Jesus with 7 gold lampstands with a "son of man" like figures dressed in a robe with a gold band with 7 stars

• 7 lampstands = 7 churches; 7 stars = 7 angels of the churches
• Letter to each church
• Ephesus = work hard and dismantle false teachers, but need love again
• Smyrna = do not be afraid of the suffering to come and keep faithfulness
• Pergamum = some following teaching other than Jesus; turn back to Jesus
• Thyatira = let a false teacher lead people astray; they will be thrown out others must stay loyal as they have been growing in love, faith, service and patience
• Sardis = doing less than what God wants, so wake up
• Philadelphia = little strength; have obedience; liars will bow before you
• Laodicea = lukewarm; be hot or cold!
• John sees heaven
• Throne of heave with someone who looked as precious stones
• 24 other thrones with elders in white with gold crowns
• Lightening, noise and thunder
• 7 burning lamps = 7 spirits of God
• Sea of glass before throne
• 4 creatures with eyes all over
• All worship God
• Scroll closed with 7 seals
• Lamb only worth to open
• With each seal something came or occurred for the next steps
• 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel are marked as those who serve God
• Crowd of people from everywhere worship God
• The 7th seal is broken, silence, then 7 angels blow trumpets
• 1=hail and fire with blood
• 2=fire mountain into the sea
• 3=burning star fell (Wormwood)
• 4=1/3 of the sea, moon and stars struck
• 5=star fell into big hole of darkness
• 6=free 4 angels to kill and small scroll
• 7=rule, judgement, worship, lightening, noise, thunder, earthquake and hail
• Michael and the angels fought the red dragon (Satan) and his angels and sent them down to earth out of heaven
• Do not love your life so much you are afraid of death
• Dragon/devil was searching for a woman who had given birth but she was taken care of
• 2 beasts sent to be destructive on earth
• 144,000 save and follow the lamb
• 3 angels with messages
• Earth is harvested by angels
• 7 angels bring the last 7 disasters = bowls of God's anger
• 1=sores
• 2=sea to blood and everything in it died
• 3=rivers and springs become blood
• 4=sun burning powers
• 5=thrown of the beast and darkness
• People cursed God and didn't change their hearts
• 6=river dried for kings to come
• 7=air changed and thunder, lightening, noise and earthquake
• God's punishment of what they deserved
• Babylon is destroyed; merchants have no market
• Praise God, the people in heaven do
• Do not worship angels for they are God's servants like us
• Threw the devil/dragon into the pit and closed it for 1,000 years
• Mark of the beast on some people
• First raising of the dead
• Then the beast is released after 1,000 years to trick the nations
• Judged the dead and world; those not in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire
• New heaven and new earth; God will dwell there with people with no tears or death from old ways are gone
• New Jerusalem
• 2nd death
• Jesus is coming soon