Revelation: Bible Study and Commentary

Christ will come again

A Bible Study in EasyEnglish (2800 word vocabulary) on the Book of Revelation

Keith Simons

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Revelation chapter 1
1:1-3 - Jesus will come again, soon
1:4-6 - God is both great, and kind
1:7 - Jesus will return in public
1:8 - The beginning and the end of all things
1:9 - John on Patmos
1:10 - The Lord’s day
1:11 - The 7 churches of Revelation
1:12 - 7 gold lampstands
1:13 - John sees Christ
1:14-15 - A description of Christ as judge
1:16 - Christ’s perfect character
1:17 - John’s fear of Christ
1:18 - The events that give Christians the confidence to love Christ
1:19 - The work of a prophet
1:20 - The ‘angels’ of the churches
Revelation chapter 2
2:1 - Christ’s letter to Ephesus
2:2-3 - Ephesus: the loyal church that lost its love for God
2:4 - The importance of love
2:5 - Why Christians may need to repent
2:6 - About the Nicolaitans
2:7 - A promise to Christians who overcome
2:8 - Christ’s letter to Smyrna
2:9 - Smyrna: true wealth
2:10 - The promise of the crown of life
2:11 - The second death
2:12 - Christ’s letter to Pergamum
2:13 - Pergamum: the place where Satan ruled
2:14 - About Balaam
2:15-16 - God’s word will act in judgement to separate people
2:17 - Christ’s promise to the Christians at Pergamum
2:18-19 - Christ’s letter to Thyatira
2:20 - Thyatira: Jezebel and the wrong things that she taught
2:21 - An opportunity to repent
2:22 - A judgement against people who are not loyal to God
2:23 - God’s judgement is against people who do evil acts
2:24 - ‘The deep things of Satan’
2:25 - Remain loyal to God
2:26 - Christians should do the things that God wants
2:27 - The rule of God’s people
2:28 - The morning star
2:29 - What it means to ‘hear’ God’s message
Revelation chapter 3
3:1 - Christ’s letter to Sardis
3:2-3 - Sardis: a message to a church in trouble
3:4 - God can remove the sin from our lives
3:5-6 - Promises for the people whom God has forgiven
3:7 - Christ’s letter to Philadelphia
3:8 - Philadelphia: an open door
3:9 - God changes people’s attitudes
3:10 - Endurance during troubles
3:11 - Guard what God has given to you
3:12-13 - A column in the temple of God
3:14 - Christ’s letter to Laodicea
3:15-16 - Laodicea: neither hot nor cold
3:17 - The dangers of wealth
3:18 - The valuable things that Christ offers
3:19 - Christ’s love for Laodicea’s Christians
3:20 - Christ stands at the door and knocks
3:21 - Christ’s special guest
3:22 - Lessons from Christ’s letters to the 7 churches
Revelation chapter 4
4:1 - John begins to see events in heaven
4:2 - God’s throne in heaven
4:3 - John’s description of God
4:4 - The 24 elders
4:5 - The greatness and power of God
4:6 - The 4 living creatures
4:7 - The description of the 4 living creatures
4:8 - Holy, holy, holy
4:9-10 - All honour is due to God
4:11 - God deserves all glory, honour and power
Revelation chapter 5
5:1 - The scroll with 7 seals
5:2-3 - Who can open the scroll?
5:4 - What was in the scroll?
5:5 - Christ had the right to open the scroll
5:6 - The special description of Christ as a lamb
5:7 - Christ at God’s right hand
5:8 - Prayers that please God
5:9-10 - A new song
5:11-14 - An expression of praise that fills the whole world
Revelation chapter 6
6:1-2 - The first seal: the rider on the white horse
6:3-4 - The rider on the red horse
6:5-6 - The rider on the black horse
6:7-8 - Death: the rider on the pale (green) horse
6:9-11 - God’s servants who suffered cruel deaths
6:12-14 - The great earthquake
6:15-17 - The day of God’s anger
Revelation chapter 7
7:1-3 - A delay in God’s judgements
7:4 - God’s plan for the Jewish people
7:5-8 - The 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel
7:9 - God’s people from every nation
7:10 - Salvation belongs to God
7:11-12 - All the angels praise God
7:13-14 - The people who came out of the great tribulation
7:15-16 - People who live under God’s protection
7:17 - The Lamb will be their shepherd
Revelation chapter 8
8:1 - Silence in heaven
8:2 - The message of the seven trumpets
8:3-5 - Prayers and judgements
8:6-7 - The first trumpet: a storm destroys a third of the earth
8:8-9 - The second trumpet: a burning mountain ruins a third of the sea
8:10-11 - The third trumpet: a star spoils a third of the fresh water
8:12 - The fourth trumpet: a third of the day and night become dark
8:13 - A bird declares its awful message
Revelation chapter 9
9:1-2 - The devil opens the abyss
9:3-4 - An attack by evil spirits against the world
9:5 - Evil spirits that cause pain like scorpions
9:6 - God’s kindness to people who hate him
9:7-10 - John’s description of the evil spirits
9:11 - Abaddon or Apollyon
9:12 - The final judgement is certain
9:13-14 - Four evil angels at the Euphrates river
9:15 - A great army kills a third of all people
9:16-19 - 200 million soldiers fight a terrible battle
9:20 - A religion that is completely wicked
9:21 - People who have given their lives completely to the devil
Revelation chapter 10
10:1 - A strong angel comes to John
10:2 - The angel with the little scroll
10:3 - The roar of the angel, and the voice of the 7 thunders
10:4 - How God directed John as he wrote
10:5-6 - The angel’s promise and declaration
10:7 - The days of the 7th trumpet
10:8-11 - John eats the little scroll
Revelation chapter 11
11:1-2 - John measures the temple
11:3-4 - The two witnesses
11:5-6 - Acts of judgement by the two witnesses
11:7 - The antichrist kills the two witnesses
11:8 - The great city called Sodom and Egypt
11:9-10 - When happiness is evil
11:11 - The two witnesses become alive again
11:12 - The two witnesses rise into heaven
11:13 - A great earthquake
11:14 - The order of events in the Book of Revelation
11:15 - The 7th trumpet
11:16 - God’s kingdom will come on earth, as in heaven
11:17-18 - The time for God’s judgement
11:19 - The ark of the covenant in heaven
Revelation chapter 12
12:1-2 - The woman whose dress is the sun
12:3 - A description of the devil
12:4 - The devil’s most important acts
12:5 - Christ receives his place at God’s right side
12:6 - God’s plans for Israel, after Christ’s birth
12:7 - Michael and his angels
12:8 - Satan’s series of defeats
12:9 - The names and titles of Satan
12:10 - Satan, the accuser
12:11 - How Christians overcome
12:12 - Why the devil still fights against God
12:13-14 - The wings of an eagle
12:15-16 - A sudden, severe attack by the devil
12:17 - The devil attacks Christians
Revelation chapter 13
13:1 - The antichrist appears
13:2 - The terrible character of antichrist
13:3 - The antichrist recovers from a terrible injury
13:4 - People praise the devil and the antichrist
13:5-7 - Antichrist’s proud words against God
13:8-10 - How God’s people will live during their greatest troubles
13:11 - The false prophet appears
13:12-13 - The false prophet will do astonishing things
13:14-15 - The image of antichrist
13:16-17 - The mark of the antichrist
13:18 - 666: The number of the antichrist
Revelation chapter 14
14:1 - 144,000 people who remain loyal to God
14:2-3 - The new song
14:4 - About the 144,000 people
14:5 - God only accepts what is perfect
14:6-7 - An angel with good news
14:8 - An angel declares the defeat of Babylon
14:9-11 - God’s judgement against people who accept the mark of the antichrist
14:12 - God’s people must stand firm
14:13 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
14:14-16 - The harvest from the world
14:17-18 - God’s final acts of judgement against sin
14:19-20 - The fruit harvest as a word-picture of judgement
Revelation chapter 15
15:1 - The end of God’s anger
15:2 - God’s people stand on the sea of glass
15:3-4 - The song of Moses and the Lamb
15:5-7 - God’s judgements are very holy acts
15:8 - The smoke of God’s glory
Revelation chapter 16
16:1 - The order and purpose of the 7 bowls judgements
16:2 - The first bowl: judgement against the land
16:3 - Judgement against the sea
16:4-7 - Punishment for murder
16:8-11 - Judgements by the sun, and by darkness
16:12 - Preparations for the final battle
16:13 - The dragon, the beast and the false prophet
16:14 - The day of the Lord
16:15 - Be ready for Christ’s return
16:16 - The battle at Armageddon
16:17 - Judgement in the spirit world
16:18-20 - The earth shakes in the most severe manner ever
16:21 - Giant hailstones
Revelation chapter 17
17:1 - The evil power that causes rulers and people to oppose God
17:2 - The city that rules the present world
17:3 - The foolish acts of a proud and great city
17:4 - The use of beauty for evil purposes
17:5 - Babylon the great
17:6 - What causes great acts of cruelty?
17:7-8 - The spirit of antichrist
17:9-13 - 7 hills, 7 kings, and then 10 kings
17:14 - Christ will overcome the 10 kings who follow antichrist
17:15-16 - Antichrist destroys the greatest city
17:17 - God’s judgement and antichrist’s cruelty
17:18 - The power of selfish human effort
Revelation chapter 18
18:1 - The Bible’s prophecies about Babylon
18:2 - Babylon has fallen!
18:3 - Evil behaviour when people follow their own selfish desires
18:4 - God urges his people to escape from Babylon
18:5 - Babylon’s evil deeds reach heaven
18:6 - God measures the punishment that is right and proper
18:7-8 - Babylon as queen and as widow
18:9-10 - Kings will weep because of Babylon
18:11 - Traders will weep because of Babylon
18:12 - International trade at the time of the Bible
18:13 - How trade can become evil
18:14 - LIPARA and LAMPRA: What people truly desire
18:15-16 - Reactions to the sudden loss of great wealth
18:17-19 - Seamen will weep because of Babylon
18:20 - Bitter words about God’s judgement
18:21 - When will God’s judgement against Babylon happen?
18:22 - The end of a great city
18:23 - Reasons for God’s judgement against Babylon
18:24 - A proper punishment for the murder of God’s holy people
Revelation chapter 19
19:1 - A great crowd in heaven praises God
19:2 - God, the avenger of blood
19:3 - The reaction in heaven to God’s judgements
19:4 - God’s government
19:5 - Everyone and everything should praise God
19:6 - The day of heaven’s royal wedding
19:7 - The marriage of the Lamb
19:8 - The bride of Christ
19:9 - The invitation to the marriage of the Lamb
19:10 - John’s error
19:11 - The commander of heaven’s armies
19:12-13 - Christ, the leader of heaven’s armies
19:14 - The armies of heaven
19:15 - The power of Christ
19:16 - King of kings and Lord of lords
19:17-18 - The terrible great meal upon the earth
19:19 - The battle at Armageddon begins
19:20-21 - The events of the battle at Armageddon
Revelation chapter 20
20:1-3 - The devil’s punishment
20:4 - The millennium: Christ’s 1000 year rule on earth
20:5 - The resurrection of God’s people
20:6 - The first resurrection and the second death
20:7-8 - The devil persuades people to oppose God for the last time
20:9-10 - The final defeat of the devil
20:11 - The last judgement
20:12 - God’s great court at the end of the world
20:13 - Three prisons: the sea, the grave, and hell
20:14-15 - The punishment of the spirits called Death and Hell
Revelation chapter 21
21:1 - A new heaven and a new earth
21:2 - The New Jerusalem
21:3 - God will live with his people
21:4 - A world without trouble, pain or death
21:5 - God will make everything new
21:6 - The time when God will complete all his promises to his people
21:7 - God’s promise to Christians who overcome
21:8 - God warns people to turn from their evil deeds
21:9-10 - An angel shows the New Jerusalem to John
21:11 - The New Jerusalem shines with the glory of God
21:12-14 - The wall and gates of the New Jerusalem
21:15-17 - The measurements of the New Jerusalem
21:18-21 - The beauty of the New Jerusalem
21:22 - No temple in the New Jerusalem
21:23 - Light that comes from God
21:24 - The nations of the new earth and their kings
21:25-27 - A world that serves God
Revelation chapter 22
22:1 - The differences between Ezekiel and Revelation
22:2 - The water of life and the tree of life
22:3 - There will be no more curse
22:4 - God’s people will see his face
22:5 - Questions about the New Jerusalem
22:6 - ‘I am coming soon’
22:7 - The blessing for the people who read Revelation
22:8-9 - John’s wonderful experience and his wrong reaction
22:10 - Revelation: a book without a seal
22:11 - The choice that people must make
22:12 - Rewards for God’s servants
22:13 - Why it is sensible to believe in Christ’s return
22:14 - Who can enter the New Jerusalem?
22:15 - Who cannot enter the New Jerusalem?
22:16 - A message from Christ to God’s people
22:17 - The invitation: ‘Come!’
22:18-19 - We must respect the Bible
22:20-21 - A promise, a prayer and a final blessing
Revelation - a study guide
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Revelation: Bible Study and Commentary

Revelation chapter 1

Revelation chapter 2

Revelation chapter 3

Revelation chapter 4

Revelation chapter 5

Revelation chapter 6

Revelation chapter 7

Revelation chapter 8

Revelation chapter 9

Revelation chapter 10

Revelation chapter 11

Revelation chapter 12

Revelation chapter 13

Revelation chapter 14

Revelation chapter 15

Revelation chapter 16

Revelation chapter 17

Revelation chapter 18

Revelation chapter 19

Revelation chapter 20

Revelation chapter 21

Revelation chapter 22

Revelation - a study guide