At the end of each book in the bible I take a look at all of the noteworthy verses at one time and try to take an overall view of what was contained within. Here is what caught my eye in Revelation. I've dispensed with grouping them according to good and bad, but looking over it there is basically nothing good in here unless you think the destruction of the "evil people" is positive thing.
--Afterlife--
Revelation 7:15 Heaven is serving God day and night
"Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple"
--Apocalypse--
Revelation 1:1,3 The end is near
"must soon take place", "the time is near"
Revelation 3:2,3 The end is near, although you can't be sure exactly when
"strengthen what remains and is about to die...I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you."
Revelation 3:10-11 Jesus is returning soon
"...I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon...."
Revelation 22:6,7,10,12,20 Jesus is coming back soon
"what must soon take place...I am coming soon...the time is near...I am coming soon...Surely I am coming soon"
--Blasphemy--
Revelation 13:5-6 Blasphemy is apparently the beasts biggest sin
"And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven."
--Deception--
Revelation 20:7-9 Satan allowed to trick people and get them killed by God
"when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,"
Revelation 19:20-21 Killed for being tricked into following the beast
"And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword"
--Evil--
Revelation 2:2 Avoid or expose evil
"...how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false."
--Faith--
Revelation 2:19 Faith is a virtue
"I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first."
--Fear--
Revelation 14:7 Worship God out of fear
"Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come"
--Free Will--
Revelation 6:4 God messes with free will
"...Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another..."
Revelation 13:10 Even the beast is following God's plan
"If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain..."
Revelation 14:8 You are not responsible for your sexual immorality [x-post to sexuality]
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
Revelation 17:8 Whether or not we are saved was determined at the beginning of time [x-post to justice]
"And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast"
Revelation 17:17 God forced the kings to help the devil [x-post to justice]
"for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled."
--Justice--
Revelation 14:9-10 Have the mark required for commerce nets you God's wrath
"If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God's wrath"
Revelation 16:13-14 People are tricked into following Satan
"And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty."
Revelation 17:8 Whether or not we are saved was determined at the beginning of time [x-post to free will]
"And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast"
Revelation 17:17 God forced the kings to help the devil [x-post to free will]
"for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled."
Revelation 20:15 Eternal punishment
"And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
--Lists--
Revelation 20:8 These things earn you hellfire
"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
Revelation 22:15 list of things that will keep you out of new Jerusalem
"Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood."
--Love--
Revelation 2:19 Love is a virtue
"I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first."
--Obedience--
Revelation 2:5 Worship God or else
"But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first [for God]. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first [worshipping God]. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent."
Revelation 2:10 Die for me and be rewarded
"Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."
--Patience and Endurance--
Revelation 2:2,3,19 Patience and endurance are virtues
--Science--
Revelation 7:1 The Earth has 4 corners, where wind originates from
"After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree."
--Sexuality--
Revelation 2:14,20-22 Sex is bad
"But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality."
"But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works"
Revelation 2:23 God will kill you if your mother is a prostitute
"and I will strike her children dead..."
Revelation 14:4 Girls are gross
"It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins..."
Revelation 14:8 You are not responsible for your sexual immorality [x-post to free will]
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
--Violence--
Revelation 2:15-16 Worship God or he will kill you
"So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth."
Revelation 2:23 God will kill you if your mother is a prostitute
"and I will strike her children dead..."
Revelation 6:4,8 God is a violent monster
"...Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another...they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth."
Revelation 9:5-6 God loves Torture
"They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them."
Revelation 14:10-11 God wants to watch you suffer
"and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever"
Revelation 14:20 God's punishment is sick and twisted
"And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia. (about 184 miles)"
Revelation 19:20-21 Violent punishment
"These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword"
--Women--
Revelation 20:2 Women are commodities
"And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."
--Worship--
Revelation 4:11 God is worthy of our worship
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power..."
Revelation 5:13 Jesus is worthy of worship
"And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!"
--Afterlife--
Revelation 7:15 Heaven is serving God day and night
"Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple"
--Apocalypse--
Revelation 1:1,3 The end is near
"must soon take place", "the time is near"
Revelation 3:2,3 The end is near, although you can't be sure exactly when
"strengthen what remains and is about to die...I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you."
Revelation 3:10-11 Jesus is returning soon
"...I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon...."
Revelation 22:6,7,10,12,20 Jesus is coming back soon
"what must soon take place...I am coming soon...the time is near...I am coming soon...Surely I am coming soon"
--Blasphemy--
Revelation 13:5-6 Blasphemy is apparently the beasts biggest sin
"And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven."
--Deception--
Revelation 20:7-9 Satan allowed to trick people and get them killed by God
"when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,"
Revelation 19:20-21 Killed for being tricked into following the beast
"And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword"
--Evil--
Revelation 2:2 Avoid or expose evil
"...how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false."
--Faith--
Revelation 2:19 Faith is a virtue
"I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first."
--Fear--
Revelation 14:7 Worship God out of fear
"Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come"
--Free Will--
Revelation 6:4 God messes with free will
"...Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another..."
Revelation 13:10 Even the beast is following God's plan
"If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain..."
Revelation 14:8 You are not responsible for your sexual immorality [x-post to sexuality]
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
Revelation 17:8 Whether or not we are saved was determined at the beginning of time [x-post to justice]
"And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast"
Revelation 17:17 God forced the kings to help the devil [x-post to justice]
"for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled."
--Justice--
Revelation 14:9-10 Have the mark required for commerce nets you God's wrath
"If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God's wrath"
Revelation 16:13-14 People are tricked into following Satan
"And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty."
Revelation 17:8 Whether or not we are saved was determined at the beginning of time [x-post to free will]
"And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast"
Revelation 17:17 God forced the kings to help the devil [x-post to free will]
"for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled."
Revelation 20:15 Eternal punishment
"And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
--Lists--
Revelation 20:8 These things earn you hellfire
"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
Revelation 22:15 list of things that will keep you out of new Jerusalem
"Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood."
--Love--
Revelation 2:19 Love is a virtue
"I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first."
--Obedience--
Revelation 2:5 Worship God or else
"But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first [for God]. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first [worshipping God]. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent."
Revelation 2:10 Die for me and be rewarded
"Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."
--Patience and Endurance--
Revelation 2:2,3,19 Patience and endurance are virtues
--Science--
Revelation 7:1 The Earth has 4 corners, where wind originates from
"After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree."
--Sexuality--
Revelation 2:14,20-22 Sex is bad
"But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality."
"But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works"
Revelation 2:23 God will kill you if your mother is a prostitute
"and I will strike her children dead..."
Revelation 14:4 Girls are gross
"It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins..."
Revelation 14:8 You are not responsible for your sexual immorality [x-post to free will]
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
--Violence--
Revelation 2:15-16 Worship God or he will kill you
"So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth."
Revelation 2:23 God will kill you if your mother is a prostitute
"and I will strike her children dead..."
Revelation 6:4,8 God is a violent monster
"...Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another...they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth."
Revelation 9:5-6 God loves Torture
"They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them."
Revelation 14:10-11 God wants to watch you suffer
"and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever"
Revelation 14:20 God's punishment is sick and twisted
"And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia. (about 184 miles)"
Revelation 19:20-21 Violent punishment
"These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword"
--Women--
Revelation 20:2 Women are commodities
"And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."
--Worship--
Revelation 4:11 God is worthy of our worship
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power..."
Revelation 5:13 Jesus is worthy of worship
"And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!"
Looking forward to the subject themed posts that you mentioned on the podcast, they should be easy references for us Haus readers.
ReplyDeleteI'll spread the word to all my creationist buddies that you're about to cover Genesis. ;-)
Thanks Grundy :)
DeleteI wish I was a little more prepared for them, I want to have a pretty good plan overall before I start writing them so I need to get some prep done. I'll probably wind up writing some this weekend, which I typically try to not do.