Revelation-Sermon 2: The Time is Near- Part 2 of 2

Scripture Outline (continued)

3. In the Spirit on the Lord's Day (Rev 1:10a)

B. WHAT HE HEARD BEHIND HIM (Rev 1:10b-11)

1. A loud voice, as of a trumpet (Rev 1:10b)

2. Saying to him... (Rev 1:11)

a. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last"

b. "What you see, write in a book"

c. "Send it to the seven churches which are in Asia..."

C. WHAT HE SAW, AND HIS REACTION (Rev 1:12-17a)

1. Turning to see the voice, he saw... (Rev 1:12-16)

a. Seven golden lampstands

b. In the midst of the seven lampstands, One like the Son of

Man

1) Clothed with a garment down to the feet, girded about

the chest with a golden band

2) His head and hair white as wool, white as snow

3) His eyes like a flame of fire

4) His feet like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace

5) His voice as the sound of many waters

6) In His right hand, seven stars

7) Out of His mouth, a sharp two-edged sword

8) His countenance like the sun shining in its strength

2. Seeing Him, John fell at His feet as dead (Rev 1:17)

D. THE LORD'S WORDS TO JOHN (Rev 1:17b-20)

1. "Do not be afraid" (Rev 1:17b-18)

a. "I am the First and the Last"

b. "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive

forevermore. Amen."

c. "I have the keys of Hades and of Death."

2. "Write..." (Rev 1:19)

a. "The things which you have seen"

b. "The things which are"

c. "The things which will take place after this"

3. "The mystery of the seven stars...and the seven golden

lampstands"

a. "The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches"

b. "The seven lampstands...are the seven churches”