The final book of our Bibles is by far the most misunderstood, misquoted, and generally abused or ignored book of the Scriptures. As we study the Revelation to St. John, we will place the book within its literary and historical context and envision how this extraordinary book speaks to us in the church today. Revelation is a liturgical book centered around worship and it tells us that evil is conquered, the saints are redeemed, and a new creation will be brought about not through the force of arms but through the blood of the Lamb and the testimony/martyrdom of Its followers. In preparation for the study I am primarily using Dr. Michael J. Gorman’s Reading Revelation Responsibly and Fr. Lawrence R. Farley’s The Apocalypse of St. John. I will also be using Reading Revelation in Prison, a blog post by Richard Beck in “Experimental Theology”, the chapter on “The Meaning and Mystery of Wrath” in The Prophets by Abraham Heschel, and the relevant portions of Her Gates Will Never Be Shut by Brad Jersak, The Writings of the New Testament by Luke Timothy Johnson and Commentary on the New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament by G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson. This lesson covers sixteen weeks.
The Revelation – An Introduction
The Revelation – Literary Genres
The Revelation – Interpretative Strategies
The Revelation – Historical Background
The Revelation – Salutation – Rev. 1:1-1:8
The Revelation – Preparatory Vision – Rev. 1:9-20
The Revelation – Oracles to the 7 Churches (pt.1) – Rev. 2:1-11
The Revelation – Oracles to the 7 Churches (pt.2) – Rev. 2:12-29
The Revelation – Oracles to the 7 Churches (pt.3) – Rev. 3
The Revelation – Oracles to the 7 Churches (pt.4) – Rev. 2-3
The Revelation – The Vision of God – Rev. 4
The Revelation – Worship of the Lamb – Rev. 5
The Revelation – Six Seals & Four Horsemen – Rev. 6
The Revelation – Washed in the Blood – Rev. 7
The Revelation – The Seventh Seal – Rev. 8
The Revelation – Demonic Locusts – Rev. 9
The Revelation – The Angel and the Little Scroll – Rev. 10
The Revelation – Two Witnesses & the Seventh Trumpet – Rev. 11
The Revelation – The Woman & the Red Dragon – Rev. 12
The Revelation – The Two Beasts (666) – Rev. 13
The Revelation – Visions of Vengeance and Consolation – Rev. 14
The Revelation – The End is Nigh – Rev. 15
The Revelation – The Meaning and Mystery of Wrath – Abraham Heschel, Pt. 1
The Revelation – The Meaning and Mystery of Wrath – Abraham Heschel, Pt. 2
The Revelation – The Bowls of Wrath – Rev. 16
The Revelation – The Whore of Babylon – Rev. 17
The Revelation – Babylon the Great is Fallen – Rev. 18
The Revelation – Christ Victorious – Rev. 19
The Revelation – Annihilation of Evil – Rev. 20
The Revelation – A Review – Gen.1 – Rev. 20
The Revelation – The End – Rev. 21-22, pt.1