Revelation Broken Down

As promised, here is the second half of Mike's note on the book of Revelation. This outline is simple yet profound because i would never have looked at this book in such a revelatory way.

II. STRUCTURE OF REVELATION: 4 PARTS AND 5 SECTIONS (IN THE 4TH PART)

Rev. 1 Pt. 1: John’s CALLING to prophesy about the End-Times: John gave 18 truths about Jesus’ majesty that formed the way he prophesied about the End-Times, which are meant to equip us.
Rev. 2-3 Pt. 2: Jesus gave 7 LETTERS to 7 churches: the instructions Jesus gave to these 7 churches about overcoming sin give us practical insight into what we must also overcome today.
Rev. 4-5 Pt. 3: Jesus takes the SCROLL: contains the earth’s title deed and His battle plan to cleanse it.
Rev. 6-22 Pt. 4: Jesus’ BATTLE PLAN: includes Great Tribulation judgments against the Antichrist. Jesus reveals His main storyline of love to cleanse the earth of evil. His battle plan here is seen in 5 Chronological sections that describe events that unfold in sequential order. Each section is followed by an Angelic explanation to help us understand that section.

The 5 Chronological Sections: tell us what happens to the Antichrist’s followers in 21 judgment events (7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 bowls). These intensify in severity as they unfold.

The 5 Angelic Explanations: function as a parenthesis, putting the storyline on “pause”. They answer questions arising from the chronological sections: Why is God’s wrath so severe? What will happen to us? Angels explain to John what happens to God’s people including what Jesus will do to help us and what the Antichrist will do to persecute us.

Rev. 6
Chronological section #1: the SEAL JUDGMENTS against the kingdom of darkness.
Rev. 7
Angelic Explanation #1: we receive PROTECTION from judgments and falling away.

Rev. 8-9
Chronological section #2: the TRUMPET JUDGMENTS against the Antichrist’s empire.
Rev. 10-11
Angelic Explanation #2: we receive DIRECTION by great increase of prophetic ministry.

Rev. 11:15-19
Chronological section #3: the SECOND COMING PROCESSION and the Rapture. The 7th and Last Trumpet (1 Cor. 15:52; Rev. 10:7; 1 Thes. 4:16): Jesus replaces all governmental leaders on earth in a hostile takeover. In His Procession, Jesus first travels across the sky to rapture the saints (every eye sees Him; Rev. 1:7), then through the land of Edom (modern day Jordan; Isa. 63:1-6) then into Jerusalem to the Mount of Olives.
Rev. 12-14
Angelic Explanation #3: the CONFRONTATION against the saints by the Antichrist’s system and persecutions requires that all his governments be taken over. Satan is on earth.

Rev. 15-16
Chronological section #4: the BOWL JUDGMENTS destroy evil infrastructures in society.
Rev. 17-18
Angelic Explanation #4: the SEDUCTION of Babylon’s evil religion will permeate and infiltrate all the structures of society, requiring that Babylon be totally destroyed.

Rev. 19-20
Chronological section #5: Jesus’ TRIUMPHAL ENTRY to Jerusalem (Rev. 19:11-21:8)
Rev. 21-22
Angelic Explanation #5: the RESTORATION of all things Acts 3:21 (Rev. 21:9-22:5)

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I learned from one of the latest Onething podcast by Mike Bickle & Allen Hood that Bible will be translated into ALL LANGUAGES and DISTRIBUTED to every corner of the planet by the YEAR OF 2025!

Man this is simply amazing news, and just maybe Jesus would come then! I don't know, but we are definitely one more day closer to His coming. And I am 7 days away from Kansas City! I am stoked!

Johnny