The Sunday School Lesson Mysteries in the Revelation by David McGee
Apr 18, 2021
Mysteries in the Revelation (46:35)
Referenced Scriptures: Revelation 2:7; Isaiah 11:1-5; Revelation 1:4-20; Revelation 3:1; Revelation 4:1-11; Revelation 5:1-6; Revelation 8:1-2; Revelation 12:1-9; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-11; Revelation 15:1-8; Revelation 16:1-2
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The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.
Revelation 2:7
7) He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
Isaiah 11:1-5
1) There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
2) The Spirit of Yahweh shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
3) His delight shall be in the fear of Yahweh; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
4) but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked.
5) Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Revelation 1:4-20
4) John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, 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 the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
6) and he made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7) Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
8) "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
9) I John, your brother and partaker with you in oppression and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God‘s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord‘s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet
11) saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
12) I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.
13) And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
14) His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
15) His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
16) He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
17) When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don‘t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
18) and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
19) Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
20) the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
Revelation 3:1
1) "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Revelation 4:1-11
1) After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this."
2) Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
3) that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
4) Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
5) Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6) Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like a crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
7) The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
8) and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes around about and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
9) When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
10) the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and will throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
11) "Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created."
Revelation 5:1-6
1) I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written within and on the back, sealed shut with seven seals.
2) I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
3) No one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.
4) And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.
5) One of the elders said to me, "Don‘t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome to open the book and its seven seals."
6) I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.
Revelation 8:1-2
1) When he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2) I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Revelation 12:1-9
1) A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2) She was with child. She cried out, laboring and in pain, giving birth.
3) Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
4) His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
5) She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
6) The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
7) There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
8) They didn‘t prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
9) The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 13:1-18
1) Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
2) The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
3) One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.
4) They worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
5) A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to continue for forty-two months was given to him.
6) He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tent, those who dwell in heaven.
7) It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.
8) All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
9) If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
10) If anyone gathers into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11) I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
12) He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
13) He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky on the earth in the sight of men.
14) He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
15) It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn‘t worship the image of the beast to be killed.
16) He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead;
17) and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18) Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.
Revelation 14:1-11
1) I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
2) I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpers playing on their harps.
3) They sing something like a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. None could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
4) These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
5) In their mouth was found no lie. They are without fault.
6) I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
7) He said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"
8) Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."
9) Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
10) he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
11) The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
Revelation 15:1-8
1) I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God‘s wrath is finished.
2) I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire. Those who overcame the beast, and his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
3) They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
4) Who wouldn‘t fear you, Lord, And glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.
5) After these things I looked, and the temple of the tent of the testimony in heaven was opened.
6) The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out from the temple, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts.
7) One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
8) The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
Revelation 16:1-2
1) I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!"
2) The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image.
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