Most exciting book of the Bible

It is a book containing

Symbolism

Prophecy

Truth

Blessings

Cursings

A great deal of other stuff!

Some principles of Bible study:

Take the text in context

Be sure of literal or symbolic interpretations

Don’t be afraid to ask the Author ;)

Cooper’s first rule of Interpretation:

If the plain sense of Scripture makes good sense, then seek no other sense!

Four levels of meaning in the book itself:

1. Local to the people in that time and place

2. Broader to all the churches:

“Let he who has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the Churches…”

3. Homiletic (to all believers):

“Let he who has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the Churches…”

4. Prophetic (historical and/or future events)

KT Ch. 1:3: A Present Promise of Coming Events

Ch. 1-5: Let the Hearers Understand

Ch. 6-9: God’s Judgement of Wrath Begins

Ch. 10-13: The Players and the Stage

Ch. 14-18: Final Events and Fall of Evil

Ch. 19-22: The Coming Lord and His Kingdom

“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written

in it; for the time is near.”-- Revelation 1:3

“Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take

place after these things.”-- Revelation 1:19