Revelation

Lesson 14 w/answersRevelation 19

This week the emphasis in Revelation shifts from being focused on the activities of Satan, the Anti Christ and the False Prophet, to the Second Coming of Christ and the doom of all those who followed after them.

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No event in all the Bible is more anticipated than the Second Coming of Christ, the celebration and the judgments that accompany His return are awesome as we’ll see this week. I have no doubt as you study this week’s lesson you’ll see things in this chapter you had never noticed before, so let’s get started.

For our study this week read Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39 and Revelation Chapter 19 then consider the following:

  1. What does God prophesy He will do in Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39?
    1. ANSWER 1: Bring all of his enemies together in one place so that He can defeat them all and through it show Himself to be God.
    2. ANSWER 2: He will bring back to Israel all of the Jews and the 12 tribes, His chosen race will return from all over the world to Israel.
    3. ANSWER 3:Christ will be visible forever to everyone on the earth from this point on.
  2. How do we know these two chapters refer to end time prophecy? (See Ezekiel 38:16 and 39:28-29)
    1. ANSWER: “Latter days” and “Showing his face to everyone”
  3. How long will take to bury the dead after the great battle? (Ezekiel 39:12-15)
    1. ANSWER: Seven months, note how specific the description is of hiring people to do it and the steps involved, even marking remains with stakes…very specific.
  4. What do Revelation 19:18-19 have in common with Ezekiel 39:17-20?
    1. ANSWER: The feast of the fowls of the air on God’s dead and rotting enemies.
  5. Revelation 19:1-5 is a series of praises for God. Why are they praising Him? What does it tell us in 19:1 that led to these praises?
    1. ANSWER: “After this…” after the destruction of Babylon, the Anti Christ, the False Prophet and all that they stood for, including putting an end to the killing of the saints.
  6. Revelation 19:6-10 tells us about the marriage supper of the Lamb. In all prior references the Church is referred to as “the Bride of Christ” or as “the Bride”…how is the Church referenced in verse 7 and what can we discern from this reference?
    1. ANSWER: The Church is referred to as “his wife”…we can infer from this that the marriage has taken place, the Church is no longer a bride, thus it’s time for the marriage feast – the wedding reception if you will.
  7. Who is “called” or “invited” to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb? If the Church is His wife, who will the other invitees/attendees be at this great celebration?
    1. ANSWER: The Jews, God’s Chosen People, Old Testament converted Gentiles and those saved after the rapture of the Church during the tribulation period will be the guests. Each of these groups has a special role in God’s eternal plan, but only the Church will be Christ’s wife.
  8. Read Revelation 19:11-13. Verse 12 tells us that Christ “will have a name written that no man knew but he himself.” We won’t know that name until then, but He does have other names and titles when He comes again, what are they? (see 19:13, 19:16, and 1 Timothy 6:15-16)
    1. ANSWER 1: The Word of God, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Potentate.
    2. ANSWER 2: Note that His return will be as King, Lord, and Potentate, and not the Lamb.
  9. Read Matthew 24:30-31…could this be Revelation 19:14-16?
    1. ANSWER: Yes, absolutely.
  10. What will the war be like mentioned in Revelation 19:19? Will the saints who return with Christ have to slay any of Christ’s enemies? If not how will the enemies of Christ die? What will happen to Jerusalem during this battle and what will happen to it and Israel when Christ’s enemies are defeated? Read Zechariah Chapter 14 – what does it tell us about all these things?
    1. ANSWER 1: House to house combat, Jews initially flee.
    2. ANSWER 2: Christ will send a plague that will eat their flesh, and he will set the hands of his enemies against one another.
    3. ANSWER 3: Jerusalem will have a big earthquake, rivers will flow out of it and the dry and rocky places of Israel will be turned green and fertile.
    4. ANSWER 4: Christ will establish his earthly kingdom and rule it from Jerusalem, nations will come from all over the world to worship him. The nation of Israel will have great wealth and prosperity.
  11. In Revelation 19:20 who is thrown in the lake of fire?
    1. ANSWER: Only the Anti Christ and the False Prophet.
  12. Where do the dead go if not in the lake of fire? (Luke 16:23)
    1. ANSWER: Hades, or hell some refer to it – mistakenly Hell is NOT the Lake of Fire it is the abode of the dead until the “second resurrection” mentioned in Chapter 20.
  13. What happens to Satan, where is he sent? (Revelation 20:1-3)
    1. ANSWER: The “Bottomless Pit” for a thousand years, he doesn’t go to the lake of fire until the “Second Resurrection”.

Next week…the Thousand Year Earthly Reign of Christ. As we near the end of our study we can celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ even more as we anticipate His coming again and the beginning of his earthly reign.

Have a great week everyone!

Yours in Christ,

Wes