#Revelation bible study series#

The question is, how do we tackle such an intimidating book? Beths teaching is an overview of the book of. And since many of us are just trying to make it to the end of the day with a somewhat clean house and half our to-do list checked, we figure we just donвЂ™t have time for that.Д«ut Revelation is part of the God-breathed Scriptures, 'profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness, equipping us for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16)!' Therefore we need to study it. Part 2 of PaulвЂ™s case against combining the Law and Grace. Everything about Revelation is the consummation of what began in Genesis. Maybe, we assume, that by studying Revelation we will need to come to some final conclusion about where we stand on this big, confusing thing called eschatology (the study of end times).

#Revelation bible study series#

A well-known Bible expositor and conference speaker, he has written more than six dozen books, including the MacArthur New Testament Commentary series and the MacArthur Study Bible. 'Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near' (Revelation 1:3). MACARTHUR pastors Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and serves as president of the Master's College and Seminary.

I mean, what are we to do with a book that speaks of locusts with scorpion tails (Revelation 9:10) and a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns (Revelation 12:3)? Yet no other book begins with such a direct encouragement to the reader:

Maybe this is part of the reason we tend to avoid studying it. Of all the books in the Bible, none produces such a plethora of interpretations and conclusions as Revelation. The book of Revelation can prompt very strange behavior. Signs warning me about вЂњthe mark of the beastвЂќ and the end of the world accompany a man in an old truck selling a book that promises to keep me safe in these tumultuous end times. He sends an angel to bring that revelation to John. Bible study students who are unable to commit to the level of homework level in this Precept Upon Precept Bible study may wish to choose the corresponding In &. Jesus intends to share it with the entire Church through His servant John. Sometimes there are puppies for sale, other times itвЂ™s rugs. The first verse clearly shows the entire book is one revelation given by God the Father to His Son, Jesus Christ. ThereвЂ™s an intersection near my house thatвЂ™s known for peddling. The answer is simple: you teach them the entire Bible Consequently, our Revelation study examines not only the 22 chapters of John's vision, it also covers relevant sections of Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, Ruth, Kings and Chronicles, Job, the Psalms, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, all the minor prophets, the Gospels and the Epistles.