STUDY QUESTIONS FOR Revelation Lesson 1
(Keys 1-4 to Understanding the Book)

  1. What is the first key to understanding the Book of Revelation?

  2. What is the second key to understanding the Book of Revelation?

  3. What is the third key to understanding the Book of Revelation?

  4. What is the fourth key to understanding the Book of Revelation?

  5. What does the Greek work apokalupsis mean? How does it apply to the Book of Revelation?

  6. When were the events of the Book of Revelation going to take place?

  7. What does the number “666” of Revelation 13:18 represent?

  8. What is the triple “Woe, woe, woe…” of Revelation 8:13 intended to convey?

  9. List the seven congregations to whom John wrote on behalf of Christ (Rev. 1:11).

10. If God pronounced a blessing on the people who heard or read the Book of Revelation (Rev. 1:3), what is the implication of such a blessing?

11. According to Peter’s comment (2 Pet. 3:15-16) about certain of the apostle Paul’s writings, what was a characteristic of those writings?

12. If Christians today fail to read and comprehend the Book of Revelation, they will undoubtedly be missing out on something. What is that “something”?

13. What is the comfort for the Christian (of the first century, or the twenty-first century) that is contained in Revelation 14:13?

14. What was the only type of worship condoned by the Roman government of the first century?

15. What is the relationship among Romans 8:18, Revelation 2:10, and Revelation 14:13?

16. What is the importance of the word “signified” in Revelation 1:1?

17. The books of Matthew through Jude should be taken literally, unless something dictates otherwise. What is that “something”?

18. Why did John use a “triple holy” (“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty”) in Revelation 4:8?

19. Are the two beasts of Revelation 13 literal or symbolic?

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