{"id":7011,"date":"2008-08-10T12:52:04","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T18:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/Revelation\/Lesson-10:-4&5.aspx"},"modified":"2014-07-01T23:07:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T05:07:35","slug":"lesson-10-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hisriches.com\/lesson-10-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 10: Chapters 4&5"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. \u00a0Read through Revelation 4<\/strong>.
\na. Compare Revelation 1:19<\/strong> and Revelation 4:1<\/strong>. What does this show about the time period of Revelation 4<\/strong> to Revelation 22<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

b. Where does Revelation 4 <\/strong>take place?<\/p>\n

c. Describe the One who sat on the throne. Compare with Ezekiel 1:25-28 <\/strong>and \u00a0context. List the similarities and the differences. What is your conclusion?
\n\u201cSince God dwells in \u2018unapproachable \u00a0light\u2019<\/strong> and is one \u2018whom no one has seen \u00a0or can see\u2019<\/strong> (1 Ti 6:16<\/strong>), he is described \u00a0in terms of the reflected brilliance of \u00a0precious stones\u2026\u201d NIV Study Bible
\n<\/em>
\nd. Describe the twenty-four elders and what they do (Revelation 4:9-11<\/strong>; 5:5-14<\/strong>; 7:11-17<\/strong>; 11:16-18<\/strong>; 14:3<\/strong>; 19:4<\/strong>). Who do you think the twenty-four elders are?\u00a0 (One view is that 24 Elders represent the Old and New Testament saints (Hebrews 12:23 2 Corinthians 5:8<\/strong>). In the new Jerusalem (Revelation 21:10-14<\/strong>) there are 12 gates of the 12 tribes of Israel and 12 foundations of the 12 apostles of the Lamb equaling 24 as a symbolic number combining OT and church believers.)<\/p>\n

e. \u201c…flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder…\u201d<\/strong> What important event does lightning and thunder represent here?
\n\u201cSymbolic of the awesome majesty and power of God…In Revelation<\/strong>, thunder and lightning always mark an important event connected with the heavenly temple (8:5; 11:19; 16:18<\/strong>).\u201d NIV Study Bible <\/em><\/p>\n

f. What are the seven lamps? Read Zechariah 4:2-10 Revelation 1:4<\/strong>; 3:1<\/strong>; 5:6-8 Isaiah 11:1-5<\/strong>. Where are they and what are they doing? What are the lampstands of Revelation 1:20<\/strong> and how do they relate to the lamps?<\/p>\n

g. Describe the four living creatures and what they do. Compare with Ezekiel 1<\/strong>.
\n\u201cfour living creatures. An exalted order of angelic beings whose task is to guard \u00a0the heavenly throne and lead in worship and adoration of God. covered with eyes.\u00a0 \u00a0Nothing escapes their attention.\u201d NIV Study Bible
\n<\/em>\u201clay their crowns. Acknowledgment that God alone is worthy of ultimate praise \u00a0and worship.\u201d NIV Study Bible
\n<\/em>
\nh. Where is the sea of glass?
\n“sea of glass. See 15:2<\/strong>. The source of the imagery may be Eze 1:22 <\/strong>(cf. Ex \u00a024:10<\/strong>), but it is also possible that it is the basin of the heavenly temple (cf. 11:19<\/strong>;\u00a014:15<\/strong>, 17<\/strong>, 15:5-6<\/strong>, 8<\/strong>; 16:1<\/strong>, 17<\/strong>), whose counterpart in the earthly temple was\u00a0referred to as the Sea (1Ki 7:23-25<\/strong> 2 Ki 16:17 2 Ch\u00a04:2<\/strong>, 4<\/strong>, 15<\/strong>, 39 Jer 27:19<\/strong>). \u00a0Other features of the temple in heaven are: the lamps (v.5<\/strong>), the altar (6:9<\/strong>) the \u00a0altar of incense (8:3) and the ark of the covenant (11:19<\/strong>).” NIV Study Bible
\n<\/em>
\ni. What do the four living creatures say? Put it in your own words. Why do you think they never stop saying this? Compare this with what the 24 elders say? “Holy, holy, holy. The repetition underscores God’s infinite holiness.\u201d NIV Study Bible<\/em>
\n\u201cwas…is…is to come. An expansion of the divine name in Ex. 3:14-15<\/strong>. God’s power and holiness extend from eternity past to eternity yet to come (cf. Isa 41:4<\/strong>).” NIV Study Bible<\/em>
\n2. Read Revelation 5<\/strong>.
\na. Describe the scroll.
\n\u201cwriting on both sides. Like the stone tablets of the OT covenant law (Ex 32:15<\/strong>\u00a0see Eze 2:9-10<\/strong>). The fibers of a papyrus scroll run horizontally on the inside, \u00a0which makes writing easier on the reverse side (where the fibers are vertical).\u201d NIV\u00a0Study Bible<\/em>
\n\u201csealed with seven seals. Indicating absolute inviolability (cf. Isa 29:11 Da \u00a012:4<\/strong>).\u201d NIV Study Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

b. Who is worthy to open the scroll? Why is He worthy?<\/p>\n

c. What are the golden bowls of incense? How are the saints rewarded according to\u00a0Revelation 5:10<\/strong> (See 2 Timothy 2:12 Revelation 2:26-27<\/strong>; 20:4<\/strong>, 6<\/strong>; 22:5<\/strong>)?<\/p>\n

d. Why a \u201cnew song\u201d<\/strong>?
\n\u201cnew song. Cf.14:4 Ps 33:3, 96:1, 144:9 Isaiah 42:10<\/strong>. In the OT a new song \u00a0celebrated a new act of divine deliverance or blessing. That is also its sense here; \u00a0notice the theme of the song.\u201d NIV Study Bible
\n<\/em>
\ne. How many angels are there and what are they doing? How does their song \u00a0compare with the songs of the living creatures and 24 elders in Revelation 4<\/strong>?
\n3.\u00a0What in Revelation 4 and 5 pertains to the Father, to Jesus, to the Spirit? What does this show you about their relationship?
\na.\u00a0Read Daniel 7:9-14<\/strong>, 22<\/strong>, 26-27<\/strong>. Describe the Ancient of Day. What is His relationship to the Son of Man?<\/p>\n

b.\u00a0Read Daniel 10:5-6<\/strong>. Describe the Man that stood before Daniel. Compare with Revelation 1:12-18<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

c.\u00a0Read Revelation 1:1<\/strong>; 22:6.<\/strong> Who wrote the book of Revelation<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

d.\u00a0See Revelation 5:6<\/strong>. What is the significance of Jesus as the Lamb (Genesis 22:8\u00a0\u00a0Exodus 12:21 Isaiah 23:7 Luke 22:7 John 1:29<\/strong>, 38 Acts 8:32 1 Corinthians 6:7 1 Peter 1:19 Revelation 5:6<\/strong>, 8<\/strong>, 12<\/strong>, 13<\/strong>; 6:1<\/strong>, 3<\/strong>, 5<\/strong>, 7<\/strong>, 16<\/strong>; 7:9<\/strong>, 10<\/strong>, 14<\/strong>, 17<\/strong>; 12:11<\/strong>; 13:8<\/strong>; 14:1<\/strong>, 4<\/strong>, 10<\/strong>; 15:3<\/strong>; 17:14<\/strong>; 21:14<\/strong>; 22<\/strong>, 23<\/strong>; 22:1<\/strong>, 3<\/strong>)?
\n“Lamb. Pictured as the sacrifice for sin (“slain”; cf. Is 53:7 Jn 1:29<\/strong>)and as \u00a0the mighty conqueror (17:14<\/strong>). Revelation <\/strong>uses a special word for “lamb”\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(29 times\u00a0in Revelation<\/strong> and only once elsewhere in the NT–Jn \u00a021:15<\/strong>).” NIV Study Bible<\/em>
\n“as if it had been slain. Bearing the marks of its slaughter–he had come to \u00a0power \u00a0through his death.” NIV Study Bible
\n<\/em>
\ne.\u00a0Of what significance is being the Lion of the Tribe of Judah?
\n“Lion of the Tribe of Judah. A Messianic title taken from Gen 49:8-10<\/strong> where Judah is named a ‘lion’s cub’<\/strong> and promised the right to rule ‘until he comes to whom it belongs’<\/strong> (see also Ez 21:27<\/strong>).\u201d NIV Study Bible
\n<\/em>
\nf.\u00a0Read Revelation 14:14;\u00a09:11-16<\/strong>. What is the One \u201clike a son of man\u201d<\/strong> and the Rider on the white horse doing? (Acts 17:31<\/strong>) Explain your reasoning.<\/p>\n

g.\u00a0Read Revelation 21:22; 22:5<\/strong>. What are the Lord God and the Lamb?<\/p>\n

h.\u00a0How is Jesus Christ described in Revelation 1:5<\/strong>, 13-18<\/strong>; 2:18<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

i.\u00a0Read Revelation 22:7-20<\/strong>. What does Jesus say about Himself?
\n(1 Of what significance is being the Root of David (Isaiah 11:10\u00a0Romans 11:16<\/strong>; 15:12<\/strong>; Revelation 5:5<\/strong>)?
\n“Root of David. See Isa 11:1<\/strong>, 10<\/strong>, which looks forward to the ideal\u00a0king in the line of David. The title is interpreted Messianically in Ro\u00a015:12<\/strong>.” NIV Study Bible<\/em>
\n(2 Of what significance is being the Offspring of David (Isaiah 11:1, 10 Romans 1:3<\/strong>)? God is talking to David in 2 Samuel 7:12-13<\/strong> and\u00a01 Chronicles 17:11-14<\/strong>.
\n(3 Of what significance is Jesus being described as the bright\u00a0Morning Star?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. \u00a0Read through Revelation 4. a. Compare Revelation 1:19 and Revelation 4:1. What does this show about the time period of Revelation 4 to Revelation 22? b. Where does Revelation 4 take place? c. Describe the One who sat on the throne. Compare with Ezekiel 1:25-28 and \u00a0context. List the similarities and the differences. What<\/p>\n

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