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

The Final Judgment of the World (17:1-20:15): Part 6 (19:10-21)           28 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 4/18 (Wednesday)
2. Studies on 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 6 (19:10-21)

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

THE JUDGE /MENT OF THE BEAST & THE FALSE PROPHET (19:10-21)

REVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

1. How do these final chapters fit in with what precedes? (see 17:1 & 21:9)

2. How does this help us with the connection between the two parts of this chapter? (19:9 & 19:17)

3. What basic truth do both of these things demonstrate? (see Ps.1)

THE REVELATION OF THE FINAL JUDGE (19:11-16)

1. What is going on now? (17,19; see 20:1; 18:1; compare 19:1)

2. What marks this as a particularly significant section? (11a; see 4:1; 11:19&15:5; see Ezk.1:1; Acts 7:56)

3. What is the first thing John sees? (11b)
a. What is the significance of this? (11b; see 6:2f; 9:7f; 14:20; see Ezk.26:11; compare Mt.21:5=Zech.9:9)

b. What does he see next? (11c; see 19,21; contrast 18)

c. What identification is made? (11d; see 10; 21:5; 22:6; 3:14; see Jer.42:5; see Ps.9:8; 72:2; 96:13; 98:9)

d. What is the context of these attributes in all these references? (see 18:20)

e. What is the context of these attributes in this verse as well? (11d)

f. What is the particular sense of “judgment” here? (11d; see 19; 11:7; 12:7; 13:4,7; 17:14; see Dan.7:21)

4. What is the first observation John makes about His appearance? (12a; see 1:14; 2:18; Dan.10:6)
a. What is next observed? (12b,16; 1:5; 14:14(Dan.7:13; 2:45); 17:14 compare 12:3; 13:1; 17:3,7f)

b. What does He have? (12c; see 2:17; 3:12; see 19:11,13,16; see Is.62:2,3; 65:15)

c. What is the significance of this? (12c; see Ex.6:3,7; Is.49:23; 52:6; Ezk.37:6,13 constrast Ezk.38:23; 39:6)

d. Note
1) 12b & 16

2) 13b & 11b (see 11:8; 12:9; 16:16)

e. see 17:5; also 1:20 and 10:7

f. see Col.3:1-4; 2Th.1:7f,10f; 2:8,13
5. Compare
a. 12 & 16

b. 13a & 15b

c. 13b & 15a

d. How does 14 fit into this?

6. What is the significance of His garment? (13a; see Is.63:1-4(Rev.19:15; 14:18-20); see Rev.19:11-21)

7. By what Name is He called? (13b)
a. see 10 with 1:2,9; 20:4 and 6:9

b. see 17:17; Is.61:10 (Rev.21:5; 22:6)

8. Who are the armies that follow Him? (14; see 17:14; 14:4; 
a. What are they wearing? (14b; see 8; 3:4,5,18; 4:4; 6:11; 7:9,13,14; see 15:6; 7:9,14,15; contrast 18:16)

9. What is the word that is spoken? (15)
a. Is.49:2; 11:4 (see Rev.1:16; 2:12,16; 2Th.2:8)

b. Heb.4:12; Eph.6:17; Ps.45:3-5

c. Ps.2:8,9,12 (see Rev.2:27; 12:5; see Mic.5:6; Jer.6:3; 22:22; Ps.80:2)

d. Is.63:2-6 (see 13; 14:17f; 16:19)

10. What other name is He revealed in? (16; see 13; Ps.45:3f; see Dan.4:37LXX(2:45); Rev.17:14; 1Tm.6:15)
a. How does this relate to the dragon and the beasts? (19f; see Dan.7)

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT (19:17,18)

1. What marks off this section? (17; see 11; 20:1)

2. Compare 19:17 with 18:1,2.  What is the point?

3. What does John see now and what is the significance of it? (17; see 8:13; 14:6)
a. Compare v.17 & v.9.  What is the point?

b. see Ezk.39:4,17-20 with Rev.19:17,18

c. Why Ezekiel?
1) see 39:7 & 22,28

2) 39:8-20

d. Why is it called the great supper of God? (17)

THE EXECUTION OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT (19:19-21)

1. What follows the announcement of judgment? (19-21; compare 14:6f & 14f)

2. What does John see first? (19; see 11:7; 13:7(Dan.7:21) and 17:14)
a. Who are “the kings of the earth”? (19; see 6:10; 17:18; 18:9)

b. Compare 19:19 with 16:13,14 & 20:8 (see Ezk.38:2-9; 39:2; see Ps.2; Zech.12-14; Zeph.3)  What is the significance of this comparison?

3. What happens? (20,21)
a. Why are the beast and the false prophet thrown into the lake of fire? (20; see 13:13-16; 14:9,11; 16:2)

b. What is their condition when they are cast into the fire? Significance? (20; see Num.16:33; see 14:10,11; 20:10; 21:8)

c. What is the nature of this lake? (20; see Ezk.38:22; Dan.7:11; compare Dan.3)

d. Why are the rest destroyed? (21; see 20; see 13:13-16; 14:9,11; 16:2; see 2Th.2:10,12)

e. How are they destroyed? (21a; see 19; Is.49:2; 11:4; see Heb.4:12)

f. What is the outcome of this? (21b; see Rev.19:18; Ezk.39:17f)

g. Does this mean they are spared the punishment of those whom they followed? (19:20; see 20:11-15; Mt.35:41)

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

IV. CLOSING PRAYER

FOR NEXT WEEK: READ REVELATION 20 (The Millennium!)