Introduction: These transcripts of Kay Arthur's lectures on Revelation (Parts 2-4) are provided as a service to the body of Christ with the written permission of Precept Ministries International. This material is the property of Precept Ministries International and all rights are reserved. The transcripts are for the most part verbatim with deletions identified by the characters (...). The utilization of italics, bolding, hyperlinks and pop up notes represent editorial additions. Any written additions are identified by the designation "Ed note". Note that all text in blue identifies a link or popup. All reference are the NASB unless otherwise indicated. Please note that these lectures by Kay Arthur supplement the excellent Precept Upon Precept inductive Bible study on the Revelation. Click the following links to view each division of this encouraging study and note that you can also download the first lesson of each of the 4 parts:
Revelation - Pt 1 - Revelation 1-3, 10 lessons
Revelation - Pt 2- Revelation 4-22, 12 lessons
Revelation - Pt 3- Revelation 4-22, 11 lessons
Revelation - Pt 4 - Revelation 4-22, 14 lessons
If you can find a local Precept class studying Revelation, I would strongly encourage you to join the class, as I know of no other study available anywhere in the world that will equip you so thoroughly to discern the signs of the times and cause you to live expectantly as you look for Christ's Return!
Literal chart summaries
Revelation 4-10
Revelation 11-16
Revelation 17-19
Revelation 20-22
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Where are you going to spend eternity? There are only 2 destinations.
All these events lead up to one AWESOME CLIMAX, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Even though those who pierced Him were Jews, we see they will remain a nation all through this book. Rev 4-19 record the events Preceding His Return and Rev 20-22 record the events Following His Return. So Revelation gives us the whole picture from the time of the church to creation of the new heaven and new earth. REVIEW: There are two kingdoms, two powers (Click Lecture 11 for further discussion of these "two's"). You can't have the best of both. There are two women. Today we will discuss....TWO DESTINATIONS and ANOTHER WOMAN ONE DESTINATION: (1) THE LAKE OF FIRES IS A PLACE OF TORMENT, DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER
Although this verse does not directly use the phrase "Lake of fire", it is clear from comparison with other passages that John is referring to that destination. There is a teaching (Ed comment: even in some evangelical circles) on HELL which says that after a period of time, the individual in this location will experience annihilation. This teaching however is not in the Word of God but origins in the heart of men who won't receive the truth. For unbelievers, there is no escaping this torment, and no escaping that it is forever. Revelation 19 occurs following the Return of Christ...
Who is going there? Those who received the mark. The beast and the false prophet.
The FALSE PROPHET appears to be the Second BEAST in Rev 13:10-14.
So those DESTINED FOR Those men and women who have the mark of the beast, the beast, the false prophet and the dragon (devil). The last 3 are the first to be thrown into the Lake of Fire. Remember that God did not make the Lake of Fire for man because He is not willing that any should perish. In the gospel of Matthew Jesus teaches on the original purpose of eternal fire recording....
Note that the Greek word for ''eternal'' is aion and used to modify both eternal life and eternal punishment. So if eternal punishment ceases (annihilation) then eternal life would also have to cease. In summary, we see two destinations and you can choose your destination. (2) THE LAKE OF FIRE IS THE SECOND DEATH At the Great White Throne, books opened and the dead are being judged
Eph 2:1, 2 teaches that all (after Adam sinned cf Ro 5:12) were born into death because every man is a sinner and each have walked after their own way. THE FIRST DEATH when you were physically born, you were born spiritually dead. THE SECOND DEATH If you never receive Christ as Savior, your body dies and corrupts while your soul goes to Hades (hell).
Luke 16:19-31 describes a poor man named Lazarus and a rich man, both of whom die and go to a place called Hades,. Lazarus went to the "cool side" of Hades, which Jesus refers to as Abraham's bosom (before the Cross everyone who died went to either the "hot" or the "cool" side of Hades) where he is comforted. The rich man is on the "hot" side of Hades, crying out to Father Abraham to send Lazarus to him with just a dip of water on his finger so that his tongue might be cooled because he is in flames and torment. Abraham answers he cannot do this because "there is a great chasm fixed" . The rich man is still in Hades today and will remain there until the time of the Great White Throne judgment. At that time he will be brought out of Hades to stand before God at the Great White Throne (Rev 20:11-15) and be judged according to his deeds. The rich man could have received eternal life but he rejected the free gift of salvation that was even offered in "Moses and the prophets" (the Old Testament). At that time the rich man will be cast into the lake of fire , which is the Second Death and which is also the destiny of SATAN, the one who deceived him! If you have not believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and been transformed into a new creation in Christ, then you are deceived. Scripture describes those who will be present in the Lake of Fire as..."the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part [will be] in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death " (Rev 21:8) because as Peter says "there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name (other than Jesus Christ) under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Today is the day for the blinders to come off if they have not done so before. THE OTHER DESTINATION:
Those who go to hell stay there with their father. God the Father and the father of lies, the devil, who came to steal, kill and destroy (not annihilate) forever and ever. God wants to to be your Father. Who will you believe?
Are you tied of crying? There is coming a day when you shall no longer cry again if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. And these will no longer have fear of death. HAVE YOU HAD A LOUSY LIFE, PAIN-RIDDEN, GUILT-RIDDEN LIFE? It will all pass away in HEAVEN--it's all over then.
OVERCOMERS are described in Rev 2-3 (Click here for summary chart). Not everyone sitting in church is going to heaven. Not everyone who has professed Jesus Christ is going to heaven, but only those who have Christ IN them, those that have been TRANSFORMED. HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE THEM?
So the OVERCOMERS are people of FAITH, those who believe God, who have been born of God. John goes on to issue a warning...
So there are TWO DESTINATIONS: WHERE ARE YOU HEADED? You need to make sure today because you don't know what happens tomorrow. There is no such thing as reincarnation for "it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment" (Heb 9:27). Every person is eternal and will end up in one of two destinations. THE WOMAN Remember that in Rev 16:17 John records that "the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air; and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is done." So we know that at the 7th bowl Babylon is falling. Rev 17-18 describes Babylon in great detail. And then in Rev 19 John records that...
Within the great harlot are all the other religions of the world. These other religions cause one to commit spiritual adultery or to ''fornicate'' with those religions instead of marrying the Lord Jesus Christ. The great harlot corrupts the world with her immorality and she will let you worship and live any way you want. She will deceive you by telling you that any way that you think is fine. She will take you into the eternal fire for the smoke of Babylon goes up forever and ever. Babylon will also put to death those who live for Christ. THE THIRD WOMAN:
Those that are going to live in the destination of the new heaven and earth commit RIGHTEOUS ACTS--they do things that are RIGHT, and what is RIGHT is what God says is RIGHT, not what we think is right. ANOTHER GROUP
The BRIDE of Christ has a special place throughout eternity--the individual believers compose the temple of the living God, the Lamb's wife.
How should believers respond to this incredible truth? This truth ought to cause us to fall prostrate, flat on our face...the awesome privilege of being the Bride of Jesus Christ. And when you get off of your face, then clothe yourself with the living garment of righteous acts and don't degrade yourself by living in sin. Instead live righteously. Live as the bride of the Lamb, continually walking in a manner worthy of the calling to which we have been called. There are others (the Old Testament believers) who are coming to the marriage supper but they are not the bride and not the groom and yet they too will step into eternity in God's presence.
Who are the armies ? They are the "Third Woman, the Bride of Christ". This is us beloved! Do you want to be there? The invitation is still open. The door has not been shut. You can still hear the Spirit saying "Come and drink of the water of life freely. Come now, Jew and Gentile." That is what the church is all about...Jew and Gentile in one body. But if Jews do not listen and respond to the invitation, then a great tribulation awaits them. All the nation of Israel will go through this tribulation, but only one-third of the Jews will survive and be present at the marriage supper of the Lamb (see Zechariah 13:7-9 below).
Rev 1:19 The Outline of the Revelation: "the things which you have seen, Rev 2:1-3:22 The message to the 7 churches in Asia Minor Rev 4:1 After these things... Rev 5:2, 4, 9, 12 Lamb worthy to take the sealed scroll, the "title deed to the earth" (Click for discussion of "the title deed") Rev 6:1, 2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 The 7 sealed scroll is opened by the Lamb, seal by seal (6 seals in Rev 6) Rev 8:1, 2-12, 13 Out of the 7th seal come 7 trumpets Rev 11:7 After the 6th trumpet is blown, two witnesses are put to death (having witnessed for 3.5yr Rev 11:3) by the beast Rev 13:1ff After this the beast is given authority for an additional 3.5 yr period Rev 13:5 Rev 12 The Woman, Israel, persecuted by the dragon for 1260 days or 3.5 years Rev 12:6 (Satan who has been cast out of heaven Rev 12:4 and only has 3.5 years Rev 12:13-14) flees into wilderness during the3.5 yr period that the beast is ruling the world The sounding of the 7th Trumpet (Rev 11:15 Rev16:1ff) signals the arrival of the 7 bowls Rev 16:17, 18, 19 At the 7th bowl, Babylon is destroyed, followed by the return of Christ to earth bringing the BRIDE with Him (Rev19:11-21). Somewhere prior to this time the BRIDE got to heaven. Rev16:16 Battle of Armageddon (more accurately the name of the place the armies initially gather). Rev19:11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17-21 Christ defeats the beast & false prophet who are cast into the lake of fire. In Rev 20:1, 2, 3 Satan is bound for 1000 yrs in a bottomless pit During this same time those who died for the testimony of Christ are raised to rule and reign with Him for 1000 years. At the end of the 1000 yrs, Satan is loosed, goes out to deceive the nations, but is quickly defeated by fire from heaven. Rev 20:10 Satan is cast into the lake of fire to join the beast and false prophet who have been there for 1000 years. Rev 20:11, 12, 13, 14 The Great White Throne judgment occurs at the end of the 1000 years, at a time when the old earth and heaven have disappeared ("earth and heaven fled away and no place was found for them.") Rev 21:1ff A New Heaven & a new Earth are created. Rev 22:1ff The Lamb, the Holy City, no need for sun, tree of life, nations eat of it (Yes, the nations are different than the bride.) "Behold, I am coming quickly
If you teach anything other than 2 destinations...if you teach reincarnation...if you teach that all men can be saved regardless of what they believe... you can know that YOU HAVE ADDED TO THE WORD OF THIS BOOK and to you have been added the plagues in this book and you will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire. Or if take away from the words of this book and you say you don't believe that God would send anyone to the lake of fire, because a loving God would not allow that to happen. If you believe that then you have just taken away from the words of this book and God will judge you and you will spend eternity in the lake of fire. Over and over God says WRITE FOR THESE WORDS ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE. You many say "I don't like what I see about God." But remember that God is righteous and just in all His ways. If you go to hell, if you end up in the Lake of Fire, precious one, it is because He is righteous and you would not acknowledge that He is God and that Jesus, the Lamb of God is the only way to be saved. Think of what you are going to miss. Read Rev 21 and Rev 22. "Come!" O Beloved, where are you headed? Deeds don't save you, but just show whose you are--God's or the devil's. God leads you into |
Credits: These transcripts of Kay Arthur's lectures on Revelation (Parts 2-4) are provided as a service to the body of Christ with the written permission of Precept Ministries International. This material is the property of Precept Ministries International and all rights are reserved. The transcripts are for the most part verbatim with deletions identified by the characters (...). The utilization of italics, bolding, hyperlinks and pop up notes represent editorial additions. Any written additions are identified by the designation "Ed note".
Please note that these lectures by Kay Arthur supplement the excellent Precept Upon Precept inductive Bible study on the Revelation. Click the following links to view each division of this encouraging study and note that you can also download the first lesson of each of the 4 parts:
If you can find a local Precept class studying Revelation, I would strongly encourage you to join the class, as I know of no other study available anywhere in the world that will equip you so thoroughly to discern the signs of the times and cause you to live expectantly as you look for Christ's Return!