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About Giffmex Apoca-Lists index Commentary Miscellaneous Giffmex's Blog of Apoca-Lists …free resources on the book of Revelation The structure of Revelation 19.11-21 The rider on the white horse (19.11-16) John sees the horse and rider in heaven (19.11a) One of the rider’s names (19.11b) The rider’s justice (19.11c) The rider’s eyes and head (19.12a) The rider’s secret name (19.12b) The rider’s robe (19.13a) Another of the rider’s names (19.13b) The rider’s armies (19.14) The rider’s sword (19.15a) The rider’s scepter (19.15b) The rider in God’s winepress (19.15c) Another of the rider’s names (19.16) The call of the angel in the sun to the birds (19.17-18) The defeat of the beast and the false prophet (19.19-21) The beast and his army gathers against the rider (19.19) The beast and the false prophet are captured (19.20a) Explanation of the signs of the false prophet (19.20b) The beast and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire (19.20c) The death of the armies and the feast of the birds (19.21) The author’s own outline. Leave a Comment February 12, 2013 · Filed under 2. Outline -- The structure of Revelation 19.1-10 John’s first hearing of the multitude (19.1-5) John hears the multitude (19.1a) The song of the multitude (19.1b-3) The worship of the elders and living creatures (19.4) The command to praise, from the throne (19.5) John’s second hearing of the multitude (19.6-10) John hears the multitude (19.6a) The song of the multitude (19.6b-8a) Parenthetical explanation of the linen (19.8b) The angel commands John to write (19.9) The angel prohibits John from worshiping him (19.10) Author’s own outline. Leave a Comment February 12, 2013 · Filed under 2. Outline -- Four English hymns that refer to Revelation 3.14-22 Using hymnary.org to search the Psalter Hymnal, Singing the New Testament and Sing! A New Creation, I found four hymns based on Revelation 3.14-22. Stanza 2 of Clothe yourself, my soul, with gladness (Psalter Hymnal #305) refers to Revelation 3.20. ( link to text at hymnary.org ) Stanza 1 of Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Psalter Hymnal #329) refers to Revelation 3.21. ( link to text at hymnary.org ) Here I stand at the door (Singing the New Testament #247) refers to Revelation 3.20 ( link to entry – no text available – at hymnary.org ) The Son of Man has been revealed (Singing the New Testament #245) refers to Revelation 3 ( link to entry – no text available – at hymnary.org ) Leave a Comment July 31, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized -- Six connections between Revelation 12 and Revelation 17 (Witherington) Both the heavenly woman in chapter 12 and the prostitute in chapter 14 are depicted as mothers (Rev. 12.2, 17.5). Both women are seen in the wilderness at some point (Rev. 12.6, 17.3). Both chapters mention eating and drinking in connection with death. In Revelation 12.4 the dragon wishes to devour a child as he is born. Revelation 17.6 says that the prostitute drank the blood of the murdered saints. Revelation 12.1 and 17.4 use the same Greek word to describe women being ‘clothed’ with splendid attire. Both chapters mention red animals with seven heads and ten horns (the dragon in Revelation 12.3 and the beast in Revelation 17.3). Revelation 12.7 mentions people who hold the testimony of Jesus, and Revelation 17.6 mentions witnesses of Jesus. Source: Ben Witherington, Revelation . (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Leave a Comment April 22, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized -- Seven connections between the seals in Revelation 6 and the visions in Revelation 19-20 (Tavo) In Revelation 6.2 there is a rider on a white horse sent out to conquer. In Revelation 19.11, 19.14 there is a rider on a white horse prepared to make battle. In Revelation 6.8 there is a rider with a great sword, and in Revelation 19.15, 19.21 the rider has a sharp sword. Death and Hades are mentioned in Revelation 6.8 and they are both thrown into the lake of fire in Revelation 20.13-14. Revelation 6.9 mentions souls slain on account of the word of God and their witness. Revelation 20.4 mentions souls beheaded for their witness and on account of the word of God. Heaven vanishes in Revelation 6.14, and heaven flees from sight in Revelation 20.11. Both Revelation 6.15 and 19.18 mention kings, generals, the powerful, slaves and the free. Both Revelation 6.17 and 19.15 mention the wrath of God. Felise Tavo, The structure of the Apocalypse: re-examining a perennial problem . (Novum testamentum 47 no 1 2005), 66. Leave a Comment April 22, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized -- Seven connections between Jezebel in Revelation 2.18-29 and the prostitute in Revelation 17-18 (Witherington) Ben Witherington has a chart showing seven different parallels between Jezebel in Revelation 2 and Babylon in Revelation 17-18: In chapter two, Jezebel is a mother (Rev. 2.23) who engages in adultery and sexual immorality (20-22). The prostitute in chapter 17 is called a mother (Rev. 17.5) and engages in adultery (Rev. 17.2, 17.4). Both women are linked to character’s from Israel’s distant past: Jezebel in ch. 2 and Babylon in ch. 17. Both of them lead others astray (Rev. 2.20 and 18.23). Both are depicted as active agents rather than passive victims. Both are depicted as sexually active Both women eat food that defiles them: Jezebel eats food sacrificed to idols in Revelation 2.20 (implied), and the prostitute drinks human blood in Revelation 17.6. The destruction of both women is predicted (Rev. 2.22, 17.6). Source: Ben Witherington, Revelation . (Cambridge University Press, 2003), 75. Comments (1) April 22, 2011 · Filed under 2. Outline -- Four arguments in favor of tying Revelation 1.9-12a with 1.9b-20 rather than with 1.1-8 Should Revelation 1.9-12a go with 1.1-8 o with 1.12b-20? There are several clear indications that 1.9-12a belong with the vision that follows: In Revelation 1.9 we begin an autobiographical narrative, which is also what we find in the following section. In contrast, Rev. 1.1-8 is not narrative. There is actually a hodgepodge of subgenres in Rev. 1.1-8: title, beatitude, epistolary greeting, doxology, prophecy and a divine self-identification. In Revelation 1.9 we begin a first-person narrative, which is what we find continued in Rev. 1.12b-20. By contrast, in 1.1-8 John does not speak in the first-person. John refers to himself in the third -person in the first verses. The only first-person speech in this section is from God, in Rev. 1.8, not from John. Revelation 1.9-12 is specifically a prophetic commissioning narrative. Jesus is commissioning John to write to the churches. In OT versions of such narratives, such as Isaiah 6, we see both the call narrative and a glorious description of God. That is what we find in Revelation 1.9-20. Working backwards we see that in Rev. 1.12b we have a mention of John’s turning. In Rev. 1.12a we learned that the turning was to find the source of a voice. In Revelation 1.10-11 we hear the voice for the first time. And Rev. 1.9 sets the stage for the narrative, introducing the protagonist (John) and his setting or circumstances. So all of these verses belong together. Source: author’s personal study. Leave a Comment April 22, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized -- 18 observations about the structure of Revelation The structure of the book of Revelation is hotly debated among scholars. Some have joked that there as many different outlines of the book as there are commentators. The outlines on this blog do not attempt to resolve the issue. They just note the internal structure of the basic sections of the book. Nor will I attempt to list the many different outlines I have seen. My goal in the list below is simply to introduce the reader to many of the features which scholars have used as markers to divide the book. Distinguishing the basic sections of Revelation is easy. What is difficult is figuring out the relationships between these sections. Pretty much everyone is agreed that Revelation 1.1-8 and 22.6-21 are a prologue and e...