"Revelation: Transition To New Era" Series

The transition to a New Era described in Revelation is not the first transition to a New Era recorded in the Bible! In this ebook thought provoking questions are asked about other transitions to a new era recorded in the Bible. This is likely to give a clearer understanding of the transition to a new era described in the book of Revelation in the Bible. The ebooks in this series can be most effective in group study / discussion sessions. Select a time and place for group discussion. Then give invitations showing time and place of meeting along with the web address where each person can obtain their own ebook copy. Encourage participants to read the ebook before the meeting. Most of the ebooks in this series are rather short, so it will take only a few minutes to read the ebook. Most of the ebooks is this series will lend themselves to one or two half-hour or one-hour discussion sessions. Some of the longer ebooks in the series, such as “The Apocalypse,” may require several half-hour or one-hour discussion sessions. May you find the blessing contained in Revelation 1:3, “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” The books in the “Revelation: Transition to New Era” Series currently include: 1. Revelation: Transition to a New Era (This ebook) 2. Letters to the Churches 3. Good Churches 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad 5. Bad Churches 6. The Key of David 7. Heavenly Worship And The Sealed Book 8. The Apocalypse: 7 seals Including 4 Horsemen Other books will be included when they become available.

Rev 1:11 says, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” Read these letters as if they were written to each of us personally. As if they were written to our family. As if they were written to our group. As if they were written to our church. As if they were written to our denomination. As if they were written to the world wide church. The Study / Discussion Topics section of this ebook encourages participants to begin by reviewing the first ebook of this series. Then you will be asked how you would react if / when placed in a situation such as John who wrote the book of Revelation. A series of personal questions will be asked. The personal questions will be repeated in different formats in each of the next three ebooks in this series. As suggested in the first ebook of this series, give participants the website address from which the ebook can be downloaded and encourage them to read the ebook before the meeting. . The books in the “Revelation: Transition to New Era” Series currently include: 1. Revelation: Transition to a New Era 2. Letters to the Churches (This ebook) 3. Good Churches 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad 5. Bad Churches 6. The Key of David 7. Heavenly Worship And The Sealed Book 8. The Apocalypse: 7 seals Including 4 Horsemen Other books will be included when they become available.

The Study / Discussion Topics section of this ebook contains a number of questions to help participants appreciate what the “Word of God” means to Christian churches and to themselves personally! Some of the questions deal with what may be perceived as inequitable treatment, favoritism and God's definition of a couple of commonly used words. Sometimes God turns things upside down. These ebooks about churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 reveal where the world sees poverty and affliction God sees richness. See Rev 2:9a for example, “I know your afflictions and your poverty-yet you are rich!” And where the world sees good active churches God sees inaction and imperfection. See Rev 3:1b for example, “I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.” The books in the “Revelation: Transition to New Era” Series currently include: 1. Revelation: Transition to a New Era 2. Letters to the Churches 3. Good Churches (This ebook) 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad 5. Bad Churches 6. The Key of David 7. Heavenly Worship And The Sealed Book 8. The Apocalypse: 7 seals Including 4 Horsemen Other books will be included when they become available.

The "Part Good and Part Bad Churches" in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 are: - Ephesus: commended for: deeds, hard work. But you have forsaken your first love! - Pergamum: Where Satan Has His Throne. Commended for being true to God's Name and not renouncing their faith. Yet, you have people who teach Balaam and others who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans! - Thyatira: I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance. But you tolerate a false teacher; called Jezebel. Passages from other parts of the Bible are referenced to give additional insight. The books in the “Revelation: Transition to New Era” Series currently include: 1. Revelation: Transition to a New Era 2. Letters to the Churches 3. Good Churches 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad (This ebook) 5. Bad Churches 6. The Key of David 7. Heavenly Worship And The Sealed Book 8. The Apocalypse: 7 seals Including 4 Horsemen Other books will be included when they become available.

In Revelation chapters 2 and 3 the bad churches are: - Sardis: You are Dead in Deeds. Wake Up! - Laodicea: Your Deeds are Lukewarm. Jesus is outside knocking on the door to be let in! Study / Discussion Topics are included with thought provoking questions about the Bad Churches. Several questions are asked to get participants thinking about their personal life in light of what is said to the churches in Revelation. Passages from other parts of the Bible are referenced to give additional insight. Also included is a powerful “Think and pray about this” section. The books in the “Revelation: Transition to New Era” Series currently include: 1. Revelation: Transition to a New Era 2. Letters to the Churches 3. Good Churches 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad 5. Bad Churches (This ebook) 6. The Key of David 7. Heavenly Worship And The Sealed Book 8. The Apocalypse: 7 seals Including 4 Horsemen Other books will be included when they become available.

The door to understanding is shut to most people, because it is as the Lord said in Isaiah 6:8-10 and Jesus repeated in Matthew 13:10-17: “For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them” Matthew 13:15. This ebook is not lengthy, however the reading of numerous Bible verses, as well full chapters of the Bible that are suggested throughout the study, will aid in understanding the how and why God needs to “Get our Attention” in the book of Revelation. Plus, understanding how God’s Word applies to each person’s life will help you connect with God on a day-to-day basis. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28). Several “Study / Discussion Topics” are included. The books in the “Revelation: Transition to New Era” Series currently include: 1. Revelation: Transition to a New Era 2. Letters to the Churches 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad 5. Bad Churches 6. The Key of David (This ebook) 7. Heavenly Worship And The Sealed Book 8. The Apocalypse: 7 seals Including 4 Horsemen Other books will be included when they become available.

Revelation chapter 4 begins with, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this . . . and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it . . . Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders” Rev 4:1b, 2 and 4a. God is speaking to John (the apostle) throughout the book of Revelation. Apparently God is using words and symbols the reader (or listener) can decipher using words and symbols used in the Bible prior to the book of Revelation. Therefore this ebook explores where and how these words are used in other parts of the Bible; to give further insight as to the message being conveyed. Revelation chapter 5 begins with, “Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals" Rev 5:1. The Word of God is a sealed book--if it does not change our view of God's creation and our place in it. Soon God will get our attention--and His Word will be unsealed! This ebook is a bridge between the “The Key of David,” the sixth ebook in this series and the opening of the seals in “The Apocalypse," the eighth ebook in this series. The books in the “Revelation: Transition to New Era” Series currently include: 1. Revelation: Transition to a New Era 2. Letters to the Churches 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad 5. Bad Churches 6. The Key of David 7. Heavenly Worship And The Sealed Book (This ebook) 8. The Apocalypse: 7 seals Including 4 Horsemen Other books will be included when they become available.

"The Apocalypse" is a Bible Study of Revelation chapters 6 and 7, and verse 8:1. Chapter headings in this ebook include: - When Will The Apocalypse Take Place? - White Horse: First Seal of the Apocalypse - Fiery Red Horse: Second Seal of the Apocalypse - Black Horse: Third Seal of the Apocalypse - Pale Horse: Fourth Seal of the Apocalypse - Fifth Seal: How Long Oh Lord? - Sixth Seal: The Great Day of Wrath Has Come! Who Can Stand? - 144000 Sealed: They Serve God Day And Night - The Use of Numbers as Symbols in the Bible - Dates: Historical and Anniversaries - Seventh Seal: Silence for Half an Hour Study / Discussion Topics include: - A quick overview of significant events that have a bearing on today's dilemma - God's covenant (the word covenant is used 332 times in the Bible) - Understanding of prophecy and forecasts - A discussion of each of "the seven seals" in relation to current events - A re-evaluation of what is really meaningful in life - Pray continually Ebooks in the “Revelation: Transition To New Era” Series include: 1. Revelation: Transition To A New Era 2. Letters to the Churches 3. Good Churches 4. Churches: Part Good, Part Bad 5. Bad Churches 6. The Key of David 7. Heavenly Worship and The Sealed Book 8. The Apocalypse: 7 Seals Including 4 Horsemen (This ebook)