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Additional Resources for Explaining All The Scary Stuff In Revelation

The previous post, IMHO. It comes from my Lutheran Study Bible and includes both a brief summary of the Book of Revelation and a handy chart/timeline. I wanted to share it with all of you, because this was significant in helping me to properly understand what the Word of God has to say about this controversial subject (and because students of Bible prophecy absolutely love.

Use these additional resources to supplement your study on this topic. Because of the Internet's changing nature, a link may modify or get deleted. If you discover a bad link in the list below, please contact us!

• Letters to Three Churches Study Three 3. Letters to Four Churches Study Four 4. The Open Door Into Heaven Study Five 5. Who is Worthy to Break the Seals Study Six 6. The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse Study Seven 7. The Fifth Seal and the Great Tribulation Study Eight 8. The Sixth Seal Cosmic Disturbances Study Nine 9.
• Addressing this situation, the Rev. Ken Klaus, Speaker of The Lutheran Hour, has penned a brand-new Bible study for the LHM Mens NetWork: Explaining All The Scary Stuff In Revelation. In this four-part study, Pastor Klaus explains how Revelation reveals Gods divine plan for His creation and has Him fully in control. Though Revelation indicates Gods people will endure.

STUDY RESOURCES:

• Revelation
  by Dr. Louis A. Brighton (theologian version)
• Revelation
  by Dr. Louis A. Brighton (popular version)
• Revelation - People's Bible Commentary
  by Wayne Mueller
• Worthy Is the Lamb
  By Rodney L. Rathmann, Julene Dumit, and Dale E. Griffin
  God's Word for Today series (Bible study)
• The Lutheran Study Bible
  The notes accompanying the book of Revelation are tremendously helpful.

SESSION TWO:

• Read an Old Testament prophecy of Alexander the Great's accomplishments
  Daniel 8:1-8, 15-22
• What did Alexander have to do with Greek becoming the universal language of the Roman Empire and, ultimately, the New Testament?
  Read Dr. James W. Voelz' Concordia Theological Quarterly article: 'The Linguistic Milieu of the Early Church'
• Read an in-depth biography of Alexander the Great.
  
• Read the eyewitness account of Jewish historian Josephus.
  
• Learn about the Roman celebration after the victory.
  
• How did the Roman emperors become involved in religion?
  
• Read about the Nazareth Inscription - its translation, commentary and date.
  
• Find out more about the historical context of the Nazareth Inscription.
  About an inscription forbidding people to take bodies out of tombs.
• Julius Caesar
  Roman leader who sought to turn the Roman republic into an empire
• Julius Caesar
  An eyewitness portrait of Julius Caesar
• Caesar Augustus
  Emperor at the time of Jesus' birth
• Tiberius
  Emperor at the time of Jesus' death and resurrection
• Nero
  In John's day, many Romans feared Nero would rise from the dead and come out of exile with a multitude from the east to attack the empire. Some scholars think John referred to this legend in Revelation 13:3.
• Domitian
  First emperor to carry out empire-wide persecution of Christians

SESSION THREE:

• Nero's Persecution of Christians
  
• Perpetua - a Martyr's Story
  This is the story of a young woman martyred for her Christian faith.
• Read some accounts of current persecution from Voice of the Martyrs.
  

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SESSION FOUR:

Revelation Qaindepthonline Lutheran Bible Study Scriptures

• Revelation's 1,000 years
  
• A Lutheran Response to the Left Behind Series
  This document from the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations discusses the Left Behind series.
• A Lutheran Study Guide dealing with the Topic of the Left Behind Series
  The CTCR wrote this study guide to accompany the above document.
• The End Times
  This document from the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations explores the resurrection of the dead, the rapture, the millennium, the final judgment, the new creation, eternal damnation, eternal life, and contested texts. (See Romans 11:25-27 concerning the rapture and Revelation 20 regarding the millennium.)