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Bible Study Series: 1999-2001
The Revelation of Jesus Christ

The Final Judgment of the World (17:1-19:21): Part 5 (19:1-10)             15 March 2001

  I. PREPARATIONS
A. PRAISE & PRAYER (Please pray for the Lord’s Blessing on the Teaching & Preaching! see 2Th.1:11,12; 3:1; Eph.6:19,20; Col.4:2-4)
B. SCHEDULE: 
1. Prayer on 3/21 (Wednesday)
2. Studies on 3/15 (Thursday); 3/28 (Wednesday); 4/4,11,25 (Wednesdays!); hope to finish 6/27 (pray!)
C. NOTE: EQUIPPED TO SERVE (Ephesians 4:12; Hebrews 5:12)
D. READ: Revelation 19:1-21

 II. THE FINAL JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD: PART 5 (19:1-10)

YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 19 (& etc.)

THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON: RESPONSE & RESULT (19:1-10)

REVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

1. How do chapters 17-22 fit in with what precedes? (see 17:1 & 21:9; see 17:16; 18:16 & 19:8)

2. In chapter 18,
a. What are the two exhortations? (18:4&20)

b. What is the basis for both? (18:2f & 21f; see 10,16,19; see 16:19; 14:8)

THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON: RESPONSE (19:1-7)

1. Compare 19:1-6 with 11:15-19.  Significance?

2. How do these verses fit together: 6:10; 18:20 and 19:1f?

3. How is it right to do this? (20; see Ps.58:10,11; 104:35; 109:1f,6f,21f,26f,30f; see Rom.12:19f; 13:1f)

4. What is the content of praise? (1; see 16:7; 15:3)
a. How are these attributes manifested? (2; see 18:20; 8,10)

b. What is noted specifically? (2; see 18:24; 6:10; Ps.79:10(12))

c. How is she described here? (2; see 11:18; Jer.51:25)

d. How is justice evident? (2; see 18:20; see 2 Sam.4:11; Ezk.3:18,etc.; see 2Kngs.9:7; Rev.2:20; 17:16)

5. What is the content of the “second stanza” of praise? (3; see 18:9,18; see 14:11; Is.34:9,10)

6. Who joins in this praise? (4; see Ps.106:48,42f)

a. What is the significance of this? (see 4:2f)

b. Who else speaks?  Significance? (5; see 6:6(7:17); 16:1,17; 21:3)

c. Compare 19:5 and 11:18,15f   Significance?

7. Who else joins in this praise? (6; see 1:15; 14:1,2 (Ezk.1:24; 43:2); see Ps.103:19-22; Heb.12:22f)
a. What is the content of praise here? (6; see 11:17)

b. How does this praise transition in v.7? (see 7f; compare 19:8 and 18:16!)

THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON: RESULT (19:7-10)

1. What is the result of the just destruction of the world? (6; 1f; see 11:15-19; 17:14; Dan.7:8&9f; 1f&13f; 21&22; 23f&26f; see 1Cor.15:24-28)

2. What is striking about the use of the term “Almighty”? (6; see 15; 21:22; also 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 16:7)

3. What goes along with the fullness of the Lord’s kingdom? (7,9; see Mt.22:10; 26:29; see Ezk.44:17; see chps.38,39 then 40f)

4. What is the condition of His wife? (7b; 21:2; see 2Tm.2:21(Rev.19:8b); see Mt.22:4)
a. OT background
1) Zech.3:5,6 (see Col.3:8,12); contrast Ezk.16:8-10(49)

2) Is.61:10-62:5; 54:5-8

3) Hos.2:14-20

4) Ps.45:3-5,13-14

b. Why is she called His wife? (7b; yet see 21:2; see 1Cor.11:25; Mt.26:29)

c. How has she prepared herself? (7b,8a; 21:2; 3:18; see 19:9 with Mt.22:11,14; see Rev.22:14; 7:14)

d. What is her garment? (8b; see 14; (clean,pure; 21:18,21; 22:1); Ps.45:13; 132:9; see Rev.3:5,18; 4:4; constrast Rev.18:5!;16; 17:4)

e. What does this garment symbolize? (8b; see 15:4; 22:11; see Eph.2:10; 5:26,27; Rom.13:14; 2Cor.5:21; contrast Rev.18:5; Ps.109:18)

f. What else may be involved in this symbol? (8b; see 15:3,4; 16:5,7; 19:2,11; see Rom.5:16)
1) see Ps.118:24(Rev.19:7a),22f; Mt.5:12

2) Rev.6:10,11; see Col.3:3,4; 2Th.1:10(2:1f))

3) Rev.3:5,18

g. Why marriage feast? (7,9; see Gen.29:22; Mt.22:10; Jn.2:1; see Mt.26:28,29)

5. What happens next? (9)
a. Why? (see 14:13; 21:5; see 1Tm.1;15,etc.)

b. What is the content of this? (9,10; see Mt.5:10-12 with Lk.13:28

c. How does one enjoy this blessedness? (9; see Mt.22:11,14; 2Th.2:13,14)

6. How did John respond to this? (10; see 22:8,9; Acts 10:25,26)
a. How did the speaker respond? (10; see 22:8,9; Acts 10:25,26; see Rev.17:1)

b. How did the speaker identify himself? (10)
1) In what sense is this? (10; see 1:2,9; 12:17; 20:4)

2) What is the meaning of “the testimony of Jesus”? (10; see 1:2,5; 22:16,20)

c. How is this testimony further described? (10; see 22:6)

7. How do verses 7-9 nicely articulate the complementary truths of the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man in salvation? (see Is.52:1&61:10; Phil.2:12&13; Eph.2:10&5:26,27)

III. DISCUSSION including suggestions for sermon focus, theme or topic

IV. CLOSING PRAYER

FOR NEXT WEEK: PRAY!