SCRIPTURE: Revelation 22:6-21 (Page 1474); Daniel 2:1-49 (Page 1052)
SERMON: The Lord is Coming Quickly!							  17 June 2001

  I. INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 22

A. THEME OF CHAPTER: QUICKNESS (22:7,12,20; see seals, trumpets, bowls!; see Rev.8:13; 9:12; 11:14)

B. PERSPECTIVE OF BOOK: BEGUN (22:7,12,20 & 22:6)
1. complementation: letters & visions (chps.1b-3 & chps.4-22a; see Ex.4:28; Jn.9:5,7; Heb.2:3,4)

2. parallelism: introduction & conclusion (22:6&1:1; 22:7&1:3; 22:8&1:1)

3. contrast: the future has begun!
a. after/quickly,[near] (Dan2:28,29&45(NAS,marg); Rev1:19&4:1 and 1:1[3]&22:6(7,12,20)[10]; Lk10:9f&11:20)

b. closed/open (see Dan.12:4,9&Rev.22:10; see Rev.5:1f; 6:1f,etc.chps.6-22a)

c. future/present (Dan.12:4,9,13/ Dan.12:10&Rev.22:11; Dan.12:7&Rev.10:4; 11:2,etc.)

II. THE LORD IS COMING QUICKLY!

A. HE IS COMING
1. Law, Prophets, Psalms (Lk.24:44; see Gen.3:15; 5:29; 12:3; 49:8f; Deut.18:15; 2Sam.7:12f; Ps.2,110; Is.42:1,etc.; Jer.23:5f,etc.; Dan.7:13)

2. Gospel, Acts, Letters (Lk.1:32; 3:23-38/ 9:26; Jn.4:25,26; 11:27; 12:13,15; Acts 1:11; 3:21; 1Thes.1:10; 2;19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23,1f; Rev.1:19; 4:1 & 1:3 & 22:6)

B. HE IS COMING QUICKLY
1. parables: thief (Mt.24:43; Lk.12:39; 1Th.5:2,4; 2Pt.3:10; Rev.3:3); bridegroom (Mt.25:5,6)

2. declarations: suddenly (Lk.18:7,8; see Mt.24:22(Rev.12:14; 11:2,etc.); Mal.3:1)

3. descriptions: quickly (2Th.2:3f,8b; Rev.19:11f; 20:7f,9b; Ezk 38:19; Is.37:36; see Ex.34:6,7; 20:5)

C. PROBLEM & SOLUTION (see 2Pt.3:4f)
1. a long-standing problem (2Pt.3:3f; see Mt.24:48; 25:5,19)

2. a guaranteed answer (2Pt.3:5f; see Gen.1:3a&b; 3:15(Jn.12:31; Rev.12:1f); see Rev.22:6(13); 1:2; see 21:5)

3. a matter of perspective (2Pt.3:8; see Ps.90:4)

4. patient, not slow (2Pt.3:9; 1:11,2f; Rev.18:4; see Rom.2:4; Ezk.18:30f; 33:11; Acts 17:30)

5. quickly, not soon (2Pt.3:10f; yet see Mk.13:14-23&28-31 and 24-27&32-37)

III. GET READY NOW!

A. BE PERSUADED! (22:6&7,12,20; 1:3; see 1:19; 4:1 & 1:3; 22:6(8:13; 9:12; 11:14); see seals, trumpets, bowls; Dt.19:15)

B. BE ALERT! (22:7,12,20; Mk.13:33,35,37; Mt.24:42f; Lk.21:34-36(Mk.4:19; 1Jn.2:16); 1Thes.5:4f; 2Pt.3:12,13,14; see Rev.12:10f; 13:7f,14f(2Th.2:9f); see Col.3:1ff)

C. BE PREPARED! (Rev.19:7,8; 21:2,9; see 21:7; 2:7,etc.; Mt.24:42,44; 25:13,10; 14f; 2Pt.3:11; Mt.6:19f)

D. BE TIMELY! (22:11; Dan.12:10; Is.21:2,9; 2Chr.36:16; Ex.34:6,7; 20:5; Rom.2:4; see Rev.22:6,7,12,20; 1:19; 4:1 & 1:3; 22:6(8:13; 9:12; 11:14))

E. WORSHIP HIM! (22:9; 19:10; see 21:2(Ps.45:11); see 5:9; 14:3; 15:3 (Ps.96:13,1f,9; 98:9,1f; Is.42:9-13))