The Apocalypse

The lesson on December 6, 2015 was part 2 of "The Apocalypse" study.  Perspective is the emphasis of this lesson helping us understand how John the revealer is writing Revelation in the context of a future event. The path of how this Revelation is given is from God to Christ to an angel and then to John. We learn when Christ is speaking to Peter when asked who he was, Peter said you are the Messiah, the Son of God was the rock that Christ said that the foundation of the church will be laid.  Not on Peter who denied him three times but on the Son of God.  The perspective of future events means you can't find the seven churches in Revelation being addressed in John's gospel.  John's gospel is written from a different perspective that Matthew, Mark and Luke for it is written for the world and in it John highlights eight signs of the many more that weren't recorded.   The scripture reading was from John 12:37-41 KJV

The lesson on January 3, 2016 was part 4 of "The Apocalypse" study.  There was a 20 minute review of what was previously covered in the earlier lessons before Wayne asked the questions "What is Revelation revealing"? and exploring the passage in Romans 6:23 where we learn that the wages of sin is death... but there are two deaths mentioned in scripture so what death did Jesus Christ die, the first or second death? Time is spent on learning how to interpret Revelation 1:19-20. Wayne compared the passages speaking to the "Overcomers" and the impact on their eternal life if they don't overcome.  This is in strong contrast as to what the Apostle PAul tells us in Ephesians pointing out the fact that Revelation is entrenched with the nation of Israel.  The scripture reading was from Revelation 3:7-13 KJV