The Once and Future Church
The book of Revelation is the consummation of all
things. It presents the climax of God’s
plan for mankind. It is the only book in
the Bible that promises a blessing to the reader and hearer of its
prophecy. The first three chapters
provide a description of Christ, an outline for the structure of the book and
the seven letters to the seven churches.
Dr. Missler challenges the audience to make a list of all
the “sevens” in the book of Revelation.
He begins that list for us as he teaches this material. Since our small group is planning to take two
weeks off, then begin his 24 Hours in Revelation study, I think I should start
assembling my list, now.
So, the outline of the book of Revelation is as
follows: Jesus instructed John to write
what he has seen (Christ’s description – chapter 1), the things that are (the
seven churches – chapters 2, 3) and the things that will be (what follows after
the churches – Chapters 4-22).
I cannot wait to go through Dr. Missler’s in-depth teaching
on the book of Revelation. I just
finished a nine-week study on the churches and the New Jerusalem which added to
the knowledge I’ve accumulated from previous studies and Dr. Missler’s teaching
presented additional material that I don’t recall learning before. He created a prophetic profile between the
seven churches and the seven kingdom parables of Matthew 13 – FASCINATING! He parallels these seven churches with seven
churches to which Paul preached.
This is incredible stuff.
I would like to spend more time on each topic we touch on. But I suppose that’s what Dr. Missler’s more
concentrated studies are for. This is
also supposed to whet the student’s appetite to study certain topics on their
own.
Have you gone through “Learn the Bible in 24 Hours”? Has it prompted you to study anything on your
own? I’d love to hear about it!
Homework for next time:
Revelation 4-22
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