5. The end. 22:20-21
V.20 c) Expectation of His Coming -
I. Coming of Christ.
For the 3rd time in this chapter Jesus proclaims His soon return.
II. Countdown has begun
Jesus is returning soon, the countdown has begun, the clock is ticking, the sand in the time glass has soon run out.
III. Confirming Cry of John.
A. John prayed for His coming and so should we. Matt.6:10; Luke 11:2
B. Before Christ 2nd Coming the Jews has to seek Him, perhaps by asking Him to return. Hos.5:15
V.21 d) Ending grace -
I. Concluding Need of man.
A. If man is to be found faithful in doing His work and not become the Christ rejecters described in this book, he then needs daily the grace of Christ.
B. John began by declaring the grace of God upon his readers and ends with the grace of God.
C. The Old Testament’ s last verse is a curse. Mal.4:6
The New Testament’ s last verse is grace.
II. Confirming Nod of man.
Let not only John say Amen but also every believer in Christ Agree with God concerning the content of the book.
“ Behold I Am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of the book.” Rev.22:7
“The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple” Psalms 119:130
Reference material used in making the Bibleschool manual:
Bible Commentaries: Thomas L. Constable’ s - Notes on Revelation.
Chuck Missler’ s - Written and audio commentary on the book of Revelation.
Jon Courson’ s - Thru-the-Bible audio commentary on Revelation.
Chuck Smith’ s - What the world is coming to, A Commentary on the Book of Revelation.
Chuck Smith’ s - Audio commentary on the book of Revelation.
Skip Heitzig’ s - Audio commentary on the book of Revelation.
Edward Hindson/Michael Woodrow’ s - King Jame's Bible Commentary on the book of Revelation.
Zondervan’ s Niv’ s - Expositor's Bible Commentary on the book of Revelation.
J. Vernon McGee’ s - Commentary on the book of Revelation.
David Hocking’ s - Commentary on the book of Revelation.
H. L. Willmington’ s - Guide to the Bible.
Old commentaries were used as well with minor help.
Bible Surveys and outlines:
Valleys Bible Church’ s - Bible survey on the book of Revelation.
J. Hampton Keathley’ s - Survey on the book of Revelation.
Nelson’ s - Complete book of Bible maps and charts.
H. L. Willmington’ s - The Outline Bible.
Harvestime International Institute’ s - Basic Bible survey.
Bob Bolender’ s - Survey on the book of Revelation.
Gerald Duckett - Bible’ s survey of the book of Revelation.
Mark A. Copeland’ s - Executable Outlines.
Ray C Stedman’ s - Panorama of the Scriptures.
Old Testament types and figures:
Kevin T. Connor’ s - The feasts of Israel.
Kevin T. Connor’ s - The tabernacle of Moses.
Kevin T. Connor’ s - The temple of Solomon.
Encyclopaedia/ Dictionaries:
International standard Bible Encyclopaedia.
Nelson’ s - Illustrated Bible dictionary.
Dictionary of Biblical imagery.
Greek reference material:
Strong’ s - Exhaustive concordance.
Thayer’ s - The new Thayer’ s Greek-English lexicon.
Englishman’ s - The Englishman’ s Greek concordance and lexicon.
Vine’ s - Complete expository dictionary.
Bible versions:
King James Version 1984 - Is the Bible translation used in this manual.
Hendrickson’ s - The interlinear Bible.