Revelation 5:6-10 — The Slain Lamb Is Worthy
THE SLAIN LAMB RECEIVES WORSHIP AND PRAISE FOR BEING WORTHY TO OPEN THE SCROLL OF END TIME REDEMPTIVE HISTORY
Revelation 5:1-5 — The End Times Scroll with Seven Seals — Who Is Worthy?
ONLY JESUS IN HIS MESSIANIC ROLE AS VICTORIOUS KING CAN BE JUDGED WORTHY TO REVEAL THE DIVINE SECRETS OF END TIME JUDGMENTS AND ULTIMATE REDEMPTION
Revelation 4:1-11 — Worship Scene in Heaven around God’s Throne
THE VISION OF GOD ENTHRONED IN HEAVEN CALLS FORTH THE HYMN OF CREATION FROM HIS WORSHIPING ATTENDANTS IN PREPARATION FOR JUDGMENT
Revelation 3:14-22 — Letter to the Church in Laodicea: Lukewarm Church
NOMINAL CHRISTIANITY WITH ITS SELF-RELIANCE DESERVES CHRIST’S CRITICISM AS REPULSIVE
Revelation 3:7-13 — Letter to the Church in Philadelphia = Faithful Church
BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITHFULNESS (DESPITE NOT BEING OUTWARDLY IMPRESSIVE), THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA IS PROMISED SPECIAL PROTECTION FROM THE GREAT TRIBULATION
Revelation 3:1-6 — Letter to the Church in Sardis = Zombie Church
SPIRITUAL LETHARGY CALLS FOR REVIVAL -- FOR THE BELIEVING REMNANT TO WAKE UP AND STRENGTHEN WHAT REMAINS
Revelation 2:18-29 — Letter to the Church in Thyatira = Toleration of Jezebel
FALSE PROPHETS SEDUCE THE SAINTS TO IDOLATROUS COMPROMISE BUT THE CHURCH MUST PERSEVERE IN FAITH, LOVE AND GOOD WORKS
Revelation 2:12-17 — Letter to the Church in Pergamum = Worldly Compromise
MORAL AND THEOLOGICAL COMPROMISE UNDERMINE SPIRITUAL LOYALTY
Revelation 2:8-11 — Letter to the Church in Smyrna = Intense Persecution
ANTICIPATING FUTURE RESURRECTION FORTIFIES BELIEVERS TO FAITHFULLY ENDURE PERSECUTION EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH
Revelation 2:1-7 — Letter to the Church in Ephesus = Loveless Orthodoxy
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Revelation 1:9-20 — Commission to Record the Vision of the Glorified Christ
THE VISION OF THE GLORIFIED REIGNING CHRIST AND THE RECORDED INSIGHT INTO END TIME EVENTS FUEL THE PERSEVERANCE OF SUFFERING SAINTS
Revelation 1:8 — Prologue – Climax – 3 Self-Titles of the Lord God
YOU CAN COUNT ON THE PROMISE OF CHRIST’S RETURN BECAUSE THE ETERNAL GOD IS THE SELF-EXISTENT, ALL-POWERFUL SOVEREIGN CONTROLLING THE UNIVERSE