PART IV: THE ETERNAL JESUS (or how he challenges us today)
PART IV: THE ETERNAL JESUS
(or How He Challenges Us Today)
Introduction: ‘The Revelation of Jesus Christ’
1. Christ claiming to be the First and the Last, and the Living One (Rev. 1)
A vision of the resurrected and eternal Christ
2. Christ supervising his churches on earth (Rev. 2 – 3)
Seven marks of an ideal church
3. Christ sharing God’s throne in heaven (Rev. 4 – 5)
The throne, the scroll and the Lamb
4. Christ controlling the course of history (Rev. 6 – 7)
The seven seals and the two communities
5. Christ calling the world to repentance (Rev. 8 – 11)
The seven trumpets, the little scroll and the two witnesses
6. Christ overcoming the devil and his allies (Rev. 12 – 13)
The woman, the dragon, the male-child and the two beasts
7. Christ standing on Mt Zion with his redeemed people (Rev. 14:1 – 15:4)
The radical alternative: salvation and judgment
8. Christ coming like a thief in the night (Rev. 15:5 – 19:10)
The call to be ready
9. Christ riding in triumph on a white horse (Rev. 19:11 – 20:15)
The doom of the beast and of Satan
10. Christ coming as the bridegroom to claim his bride (Rev. 21 – 22)
The new universe, the city and the garden