• 10.07.03
:: Commentary completed and online. • 11.07.03
:: Made available on CD-ROM
• 10.02.04 :: Number of individuals and churches using the outline or commentary: 159
• :: The outline consist of 2,000+ lines and the commentary is 9.2 MB or a 350 page book. Contains drawings of each chapter and question and answer sheets.
I. The Seven Churches - 1:1-3:22
A. The Sovereign Christ of The
Seven Churches - 1:1-20
B. The Seven Conditions of The
Seven Churches - 2:1-3:22
C. The Seven Seals - 4:1 - 7:17
1. The Recognizing of The
Sovereign - 4:1-11
2. The Receiving of The
Scroll - 5:1-14
3. The Revealing of The
Seals - 6:1-17
4. The Refreshing of The
Saints - 7:1-17
This is artist Peter Olsen's rendition of the throne scene in heaven.
In chapter six Jesus begins to open the book one chapter at a time. The first chapter contains seven seals. These are revealed one at a time. As each one is revealed we see things getting worse. It gets bad for Rome, because judgment is bad. It gets bad for the church, because Rome will see to it that the church will suffer. The seals contain agony for Rome, and Rome intends agony for the church. Satan uses Rome to lash out at God through the church. Christians do not automatically escape horrible death. In the fifth seal the martyrs want to know when God will vindicate the cause for which they died (faith in the resurrected Christ). When the sixth seal is opened, horrible things begin to happen to the unsaved world.
