But before we do that, give us the big picture for people that are just joining us for the
very first time.
Hindson: Okay, John.
We're coming up on the halfway point of the book of Revelation.
Chapter 1 is like the preface, the introduction.
The risen Christ appears to John on the island of Patmos and commissions His own personal
disciple, "Write the book of the Revelation."
Then in chapters 2 and 3 Jesus proclaims, a proclamation of the letters to the seven
churches in Asia Minor back on the coast.
And to each church He speaks as Lord of the church with authority.
And then we came to the section where you have the problem that had to be resolved in
the book in chapters 4 and 5.
John was caught up into heaven.
He sees God the Father on the throne.
The seven-sealed scroll is in His hand, but no one is found worthy to open the seals and
proclaim the inheritance until the Lamb appears.
And Jesus then appears throughout the book of Revelation symbolically as the Lamb of
God, the one who died for our sins.
He is worthy; He can come and open the scroll, pronounce the judgments.
And then we saw that as He opened the seals you begin to see a process of judgment that
follows in chapters 6 through 11.
The six seals are opened; the wrath of the Lamb is being poured out.
Then you have an interlude.
Then the seventh seal is opened.
And out of the seventh seal come the sounding of the seven trumpet judgments.
And then after the seven trumpet judgments, reach the sixth one, all of a sudden you have
another interlude that deals with the little book that John was told to eat[!?] and two
dead men that are going to be killed [!?] and yet resurrected and will come back to life!?
What in the world is all of that about right there in the middle of the book of Revelation?
Ankerberg: Yes.
Let's start, Ron, with the little book.
What in the world is this little book that they're talking about?
Rhodes: Well, there's different interpretations as to what that little book is.
In fact, just recently I was looking at some commentaries and one guy thought it was maybe
a title deed of the earth, kind of similar to what we talked about earlier with the other
book.
Ankerberg: With the scrolls.
Rhodes: There's others who say it's the seven-sealed scroll itself.
I personally believe that it contains information about the prophecies that are yet to come
during the tribulation period.
And, in fact, if I was to title it, I would title it "Things to Come," kind of like
the book of one of my old professors, Dwight Pentecost.
The reason I think it contains that information is that John is portrayed as eating the book.
And it's sweet to the taste, but then it becomes sour.
And what I think that means is that he's talking about the good stuff that's yet
ahead for Christians.
We've got the millennial kingdom coming; we've got the eternal state which is just
indescribably great.
So that's sweet.
But then as it goes down to his stomach it turns sour.
And I think that that probably metaphorically represents the prophecies about unbelievers
and the judgments that are yet to come for them, especially those terrible, terrible
bowl judgments at the end that will unfold in rapid-fire fashion.
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