Blessings in the Book: Demystifying the Prophetic Text to Uncover the Blessings in the Book of Revelation

By Mary L. Page MAABS MPA BSBM

Are you afraid to read the book of Revelation? Do you find the symbols and prophetic language difficult to comprehend, lacking applicability to your life today? Many believers can find it difficult to find the meaning behind the mystique of Revelation, yet as a chronicle of Satans defeat, its prophetic vision is full of blessings, good news, and Gods promises.

Blessings in the Book: A Study Guide for the Book of Revelation is a phenomenal resource for those seeking to understand the fundamentals of the book of Revelation in a clear and concise manner, and it is written in everyday language so that even beginning students of eschatologythe study of the last dayscan enjoy the incredible blessings contained in the book of Revelation. Author and evangelist Mary L. Page exposes and diffuses the enemys tactics of fear, which cause many to avoid the book altogether and miss the details of the last days that the Lord wants them to know.

You have been invited to the reading of the last will and testament of your rich relative Jesus, who has left you a grand, everlasting inheritance. The book of Revelation contains the details of this inheritance, showing you how you can be victorious alongside the Lord in these last days of the enemy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: May 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973627562

Mary L. Page MAABS MPA BSBM

Mary L. Page has a masters degree in applied biblical studies from Moody Bible Institute, and she also earned a masters degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco. Mary has taught eschatology across the United States, Italy, and West Africa, and her teachings are relevant and inspirational, punctuated with real-life stories, songs of praise and worship, and a dash of humor.

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WestBow Press rev. date: 05/16/2018

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

More about the Author

Introduction to Instructors and Facilitators

Chapter 1 Blessings in the Book of Revelation? What Blessings?

Chapter 2 Instructor Notes: Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Chapter 3 Proposed Course Outline

Chapter 4 Instructor Notes: End-Times Prophecy Pre-Test

End-Times Prophecy Pre-Test

Chapter 5 Instructor Notes: A Reason for Hope—Seven Reasons for a Pre-Wrath Rapture

Chapter 6 A Reason for Hope: Seven Reasons a Pre-Wrath Rapture

Chapter 7 Revelation at a Glance: A Four-Point Outline

The Book of Revelation at a Glance: A Four-Point Outline

Chapter 8 Instructor Notes: Revelation Chapter Summary

The Book of Revelation Chapter Summary

Chapter 9 Instructor Notes: Brief Overview Proposed Sequence of Events

Brief Overview: Proposed Sequence of Events

Chapter 10 Instructor Notes: The Seven Churches of Asia Minor

Seven Churches of Asia Minor Worksheets

Chapter 11 Instructor Notes: The Revelation Hymn Book

The Revelation Hymn Book

Chapter 12 Instructor Notes: The Tribulation Judgments

Chapter 13 Daniel’s Seventieth Week

Chapter 14 God’s Series of Tribulation Judgments

The Seven Seals Chart

The Seven Trumpets Chart

The Seven Bowls Chart

Chapter 15 Instructor Notes: The Millennial Reign of Christ

The Millennial Reign of Christ

Chapter 16 Instructor Notes: Eternity and Beyond

Eternity and Beyond: Behold—I Make All Things New

Chapter 17 Pre-Test Answer Sheet

Chapter 18 The Seven Churches of Asia Minor Answer Sheets

References, Resources and Additional Reading

Contact Information

Dedication

I dedicate this second edition of Blessings in the Book: A Study Guide for the Book of Revelation to all my fellow teachers, facilitators, and students of the Good News of Jesus Christ as found in the book of Revelation.

As you peruse and study this enhanced volume, may your heart be stirred to feast on the Word and share it with renewed passion and exuberance. We know that the Second Coming of our Lord is nearer than when we first believed. Therefore, let us be about our Father’s business as we strive to enhance the kingdom of God, telling a dying world that Jesus is indeed coming back again just as He said He would.

Preface

The mandate to teachers of the Word is to declare the everlasting, indisputable, unchangeable truth of scripture and do so with anointing, power, and clarity. The reality of our Lord’s Second Coming excites the spirits and stirs the hearts of believers the world over. Christians are filled with eager anticipation as they look forward to that blessed hope, to the time when our Lord will reign forever. Jesus is coming back, and we are convinced it won’t be long.

We are living in the last days. Most of us have heard that statement ever since we first accepted the Lord as Savior and became aware of His Second Coming. This amazing truth resounded in the hearts and minds of the disciples and believers of the early church as well. They were curious and concerned about knowing the signs of His coming and of the end of the world.

Jesus did not rebuke or berate them for inquiring about this important topic. Rather, He gave them detailed instructions, cautionary words of wisdom, and some of the most specific information ever given about the Tribulation, His Second Coming, and what they could expect in the last days (Matt. 24:3ff; John 14:1–3).

This desire to know also permeated the congregations of new believers as represented throughout the New Testament. The apostle Paul said that he would not have them to be ignorant concerning the things of the end times (1 Thess. 4:13). God wants His people to know and be acutely aware of the signs of the times. He does not want us to be caught off guard and taken by surprise like a thief in the night (1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10). But this is not to say we should stray into the folly of trying to establish dates and attempting to learn things God has not chosen to reveal (Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32).

During John’s island experience, God used him to take this quest for answers to a new level. He utilized powerful and descriptive apocalyptic imagery and phenomenal, prophetic events as he toured the heavens with his personal angelic guides.

The apostles Peter and Paul and others spoke and wrote about His Second Coming; but in the book of Revelation, the apostle John takes us there not only in words but also in vivid, living color as given by God Himself. The message went from God to Jesus and then to the angel, to John, and to us, the church (Rev. 1:1), but it lost nothing in transition. Rather, the Word gained a spiritual momentum that remains and inspires believers to this day.

The challenges the church faces in the twenty-first century are the same as those faced by the first-century church—to remain vigilant, sober, and on fire for the Lord. Unlike the churches at Ephesus and Laodicea, we must be found loving Him as we did when we first met Him lest we be like those described by the apostle Peter who mocked the believers and the Word of God asking rhetorically, "Where is the promise of His coming? …