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Seven Seals: Judgment and Salvation

Even as He brings great judgment upon the earth, God will also bring great salvation. In part 6 of Revelation: The End of the Beginning, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Revelation 6-7.

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Study Notes

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Interpretive Approaches to Revelation

  • Preterist
  • Historicist
  • Idealist
  • Futurist

Three Views

  • Premillennialism (Pre, Mid & Post-tribulational/ Dispensational)
  • Postmillennialism
  • Amillennialism

Dispensationalism

  • A theological system which makes a clear distinction between Israel and the Church and, it is argued, more consistently follows a “literal/normal/plain” hermeneutic (system of Bible interpretation).

Pre-tribulational, Dispensational Premillennialism

  • Rapture of the Church
  • Seven Year Tribulation period
  • Second Coming of Christ
  • Millennium (fulfillment of certain OT promises to Israel)
  • Final revolt
  • General resurrection and final judgment
  • New heaven and earth
  • Eternal state

Help!!! (For Further Reading…)

My approach to understanding Revelation…

  • Premillennialism (favoring Dispensationalism)
  • Amillennialism is a respected and viable view
  • Postmillennialism is difficult to reconcile with my understanding of Scripture

Understanding the Text

  1. Introduction: “What You Have Seen” (Revelation 1)
  2. Letters to the Seven Churches: “What is Now” (Revelation 2-3)
  3. The Revelation of the Future: “What Will Take Place Later” (Revelation 4-22)
    1. The vision of the heavenly throne (Revelation 4)
    2. The seven-sealed scroll (Revelation 5)
    3. Four horses with riders (Revelation 6:1-8)
    4. The cry of the martyrs (Revelation 6:9-11)
    5. Devastation and despair on the earth (Revelation 6:12-17)
    6. The 144,000 (Revelation 7:1-8)
    7. The great multitude of the redeemed (Revelation 7:9-17)

Applying the Text

  • Are you ready for His coming?