An overview of the recurring themes, theological message, and common interpretations of the book of Revelation.
An Introduction To John’s Revelation l Voddie Baucham
Revelation 1:1-20:
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
Greeting to the Seven Churches
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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It is not John 's revelation. The book says in the first chapter, it is the revelation of Jesus Christ
I LOVE your sermons. I would be GREATLY appreciative if you would do a sermon on The Sabbath Day. God told us it was Saturday and God never, and if you understand that God exists throughout time all at the same time, God CANNOT change. Man changed the Sabbath to Sunday (I cant find any place in the Bible. Not other than we should not fight over the day and we should worship our Lord EVERY day but Sabbath is a special day. I AM NOT 7 day Adventist, I am a Reformed Baptist and try to follow the Bible.
The Revelation given to John is MY favorite study. It tells us when our Lord will come (not by date but by signs). I look forward to the day our Lord comes and claims us and makes our body, and the Earth anew!
I LOVE both Daniel and Isaiah and I have Psalms 1 through, I think about 39. I JUST read , I dont comment. I feel there really is no need in Psalms. I need to start that again and tackle about the last 100……
Thank you for teaching the truth of God's Word!!
Several years ago I listened to Dr. Baucham's series of Revelation I found on web. So excited to see it offered on YT. I started a personal study about 3 weeks ago on this book through the pen of John Gill (1697-1771). I agree with Dr. Baucham's point about the rapture that is mostly taught in all churched today. The rapture does not belong in end time discussions. And, after learning that the "rapture" discussion came out of the head of a young girl around the year of 1830 and taken by John Darby to be prophesy, I knew something had gone wrong here. In any case, my study through the writing of John Gill have been interesting and very reasonable. John Gill does use historical references, hebrew language and Old Testament references to determine his body work. I certainly appreciate that depth of research. After listening for many years to Dr. Baucham, I know he also offers that depth of knowledge as well. Needless to say, I am looking forward to all these discussions on Revelation. I agreed with what he interpreted on Revelation a few years ago. I am sure his perspective will not disappoint this time either. Thank you Dr. Baucham for sharing again. We need this right now!
Thanks you Now I can explain revelation bit better in depth to people
Enjoy listening to Voddie. I'm not trinatarian though. I believe God, the Father in the O.T. is the same as God, the Son in the N.T. They both claim to be the I AM and the Alpha & Omega. Also, ISAIAH 9:6, gives some titles of Jesus CHRIST. They are THE MIGHTY GOD, and not a MIGHTY God. THE EVERY LASTING FATHER. I believe in 1 God, who has 3 roles/titles, but not 3 dieties/persons. Kind of like water can be in the form of a solid, liquid or gas, but can all be from the same water. 🙏🤔
This appearance of yeshua is also in the book of Daniel. Almost exactly the same description of the one standing above the river. Jesus is the Alpha and Omega. AMEN
I love the old testament. Beautiful books. And such an amazing journey.
For me, I’m afraid it’s true. That’s why I always avoided that book as a child.
STOP SAYING AMEN, already
Please
why does it get cut when he says lets pray?? thats so sad when it happens.
I think that is the Chrustianity today.
They don't preach Revelation.
They are afraid of it.
Bless be the name of OUR LORD AND KING JESUS CHRIST 🙏
I always say the Revelation of Jesus Christ. That's what it says it is
thank you for the ministry. The holy spirit truly speaks through you Dr. Voddie Baucham
I wish you had mentioned the Partial Pteterist position in your reference to Eschatalogical views. I used to hold to that view but now I would call myself as one who holds to what I call "Promise Theology" from Genesis 3:15 and am something of an electic between Historic Pre-Mil and Amil views and believing that 70 AD was an important historical event but not as the Preterist views it. Not all prophesy was fulfilled on that date.
I am very much interested in hearing what else you have to say as I desire to understand and obey all of what GOD has to say on this important subject..
It’s meant to be a picture book not a puzzle sounds catchy but not true. It takes discernment from the Holy Spirit to understand Revelation. I think you have allot more studies to do on the subject Voddie.
40 years I have studied The Revelation along with Daniel and the Psalms, Isaiah and Ezekiel! I’ve studied every view point that exists! Thank you Voddie for this teaching. I’m going to go and reread The Revelation with a different mindset and see the pitcher and leave the puzzle alone!
I wish you would read from the KJV…. It's hard to follow along with your other version. They do not seem to say the same thing in many places.
Tribulation
Are we living in the tribulation / millennium / messianic kingdom now? Are they all the same time period?
Christ said in this world we will have tribulation. I believe the tribulation and the wrath are separate events. Tribulation is from Satan and the wrath is from God.
Christ also said there are many antichrists and many false prophets. Also many “false gods” / idols. I believe they are present in every generation and every generation goes through the/a tribulation.
Where is the holy place that the antichrist is supposed to desecrate?
It’s in the temple, right? Well, where is the temple now, post-70 AD? Is it not in our hearts?
If Satan sets himself up as God in our hearts, he becomes our God. We take on HIS Mark. That desecrates God’s temple. Whoever or whatever rules our lives, if not God, is mystery Babylon. An anti-Christ. And we were told to come out of her.
I think the whole story of the Bible, including the messianic kingdom, the millennium, Armageddon, New Jerusalem – they’re all an allegory of how God chose his elect, redeems us through HIS actions (not ours), and how HE defeats the enemy (Satan and death), how HE IS THE ONE TRUE ETERNAL GOD, and HE DESERVES ALL THE GLORY.
The tribulation is just our life journey.
Then comes the harvest/ aka the resurrection of the elect, and the wrath / aka the destruction of all evil, and eternity.
The gospel. The story of salvation.
The tribulation is just a collection of examples (parables/analogies) of our journey through life. Trials and blessings… With God we receive eternal life. With Satan we are eternally damned.
"There are several difficulties with the futurist approach. Not the least of which is that it makes everything after chapter 3 irrelevant to all but one generation of believers."
Wow. Calling the culmination of all history, the summing up of all things in Christ and the true hope of EVERY believer, which is to see Christ bring His kingdom in–including all those who reside outside of the tribulation–irrelevant to basically everyone born of God in the history of the world is preposterous. If that's your biggest problem with the futurist position, you have major issues with your own view. Just because something is taking place in the future apart from most Christian's existence, simply because they're not apart of the Tribulation, does not mean that it is irrelevant at all. It is completely, remarkably and amazingly relevant. How could Baucham say that the futurist interpretation makes Revelation irrelevant? He didn't give you any reason in his sermon. He could have given a bad reason, at least he would have been honest enough to do so. Since He doesn't understand the relevance of a futurist interpretation (which is ironically a bit selfish on his part–so passages in the Bible should only be interpreted in way that makes them relevant to us-?–how about reading the text with a thicker and richer purpose in mind, like the glory of God and realizing that not everything revolves around us as His children, but they revolve around God and what He wants to accomplish in His will) let me do it for you:
Christ is my future hope. He will reign in truth and righteousness. We will see the power of His discernment and His power to hold evil in contempt in the Millennial Kingdom. He will rule the world in the way the first Adam could not. And God bringing about His promises to Israel, which is what the prophets meant in the original context, makes God irresistibly, constantly and eternally faithfully to His Word. And might I also add this: The victory does not belong to the church (postmil) or the Gospel (Amil) but the victory belongs to Christ, and we're all going to be there to see it and we will worship Him to the pinnacle of our glorified ability which His glory demands. Relevant!!!
Amen about the Rapture!!!
Speaking of the revelation 11-12, I had a dream that I saw the New Jerusalem under construction! It was beyond anything that mere words could express. Glory to the Lamb of God!
Thank you for this Teaching ❤ 🙏
One of the best preachers in the world. ❤
Come Lord Jesuso😅😅😅
MARANATHA YESHUA ❤️🔥