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35 Cards in this Set
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What are the details about Ephesus?
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Commendation: Consistent good works and aggressive orthodoxy in doctrine
Criticism: Lack of love for Christ. Promise: Eating from the tree of life (salvation) |
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What are the details about Smyrna?
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Commendation: Faithfulness in persecution.
Promise: Crown of life (protection from spiritual death) |
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What are the details about Pergamos?
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Commendation: Faithfulness in persecution
Rebuke: Toleration of immorality and idolatry Promise: Eating of the hidden manna (picturing full satisfaction) and receiving a white stone (picturing victory over sin) |
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What are the details about Thyatira
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Commendation: Increase in good works.
Rebuke: Toleration of false libertine teachers like Jezebel. Promise: Ruling in Christ’s kingdom in glory. |
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What are the details about Sardis
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Rebuke: Only a small remnant had not apostatized.
Promise: Clothed in white garments (picturing righteousness), their names retained in the book of life, and acknowledgement by Christ. |
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What are the details about Philadelphia?
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Commendation: Faithfulness in persecution
Encouragement: Honor before enemies. Protection from the hour of trial, and retained crown. Promise: Become a pillar in God’s temple (permanence), receive the name of God, His city, and Christ’s new name (possession by Christ). |
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What are the details about Laodicea?
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Rebuke: For spiritual indifference.
Warning: Repent before chastisement. Promise: Co-ruling with Christ on His throne. |
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Seven Spirits?
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: Most likely a reference to the perfection of God the Holy Spirit, due to the Trinitarian salutation.
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Seven Lampstands?
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Representing the seven churches to whom the epistle was addressed, who brought the light of the gospel to the world; these also represent individual believers throughout the Church Age.
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Seven Stars?
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: Referring to the respective head elders at each of the seven churches, also representing all other present/future Christian elders
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Seven Horns?
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: Representing the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit over the earth as Christ’s active agent here
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Seven Eyes?
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Representing the omniscience of the Holy Spirit regarding the activities of the world
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Keys of Death and Hell?
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: Symbolizes Christ’s authority to 1) “give/take away life” 2) resurrect humans from the dead 3) defeat evil itself
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Key and Root of David?
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: this represent OT covenant authority, Heir to His throne and promises made under His covenant
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24 Elders?
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: OT saints, equivalent to the 24 courses of priests. OR NT Saints. OR: OT & NT saints, with a member from each of the 12 Israelite tribes and 12 apostles respectively. OR Angels.
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Four Living Creatures?
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: 1) lion representing power; 2) calf representing submission/sacrifice; 3) man representing wisdom; 4) eagle representing swiftness
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The Scroll (ch 5)
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The scroll probably represents the title deed to the earth, which Jesus alone was worthy to claim from the Father because of His sacrificial death
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Four Horsemen?
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White Horse:Picturing a pseudo world-peace; the rider probably pictures the antichrist RED: War. BLACK: Famine. PALE: Death.
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144,000?
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144,000 Jewish evangelists on earth
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Palm Branches?
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Used to celebrate a victorious general returning from battle
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Abbadon/Apollyon?
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: Meaning destroyer; a reference to Satan (vs. 1), or possibly to one of his chief demons
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Wormwood?
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The falling star that poisons the fresh water.
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The outer court John measured (ch. 11): ?
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picturing God’s protection of His people during the last 3.5 years of the Tribulation
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Two witnesses and Olive trees?
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: Oil comes from olive trees to fuel light in lamps this light imagery represents their light as proclaimers of God’s truth.
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Three Woes?
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: First: Opening of the bottomless pit from whence-forth the scorpions come out to torment unbelievers for five months, and they can’t find death. Second: The interlude between the sixth and seventh trumpet. Third woe: we don’t know.
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The woman (rev 12)
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Israel
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The Sun/Moon/Twelve Stars?
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clothed with heaven’ glory (the sun) as God’s chosen people. The moon under her feet: ruling over creation, being “under her feet”. 12 stars on her crown twelve Israelite tribes.
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The ten horns of the beast? (ch 12)
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Ten kingdoms of the revived Roman empire which exist during the second half of the great tribulation.
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The beast from the sea and the earth? (ch 13)
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Most likely the antichrist Representing him coming from 1) the Gentiles; 2) out of the bottomless pit; 3) the masses of people
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The first and second deaths and resurrections?
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Physical death and spiritual death.
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Main Themes?
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a. Revelation of the glorified Christ. b. Exposure of false teachers c. Future victory of the saints: Encouragement to faithfulness during persecution.
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Sub Themes?
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Worship, and ministry of the angels.
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The four keys of prophetic literature?
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A. God’s judgement on the wicked.
B. God’s mercy to the penitent. C. God’s faithfulness to the remnant. D. God’s sovereignty over the nations (Dan. 4.17) |
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List two miracles which the false prophet performed to solicit worship and obedience to the Antichrist (Rev. 13:12-18).
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1. Fire falling from heaven (13):
2. Animating the image of the beast |
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Be familiar with the four hermeneutical strategies for interpreting Revelation.
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I. Preterist: events described all occurred in the first century.
II. Historicist: Event described are symbolic of the church age. III. Idealist: Events described are purely symbolic of the historic struggle between good and evil. IV. Futurist: Events described in chapters 6-22 will all occur after Christ’s second coming. |
