Here I set forth my intentions for teaching an adult Sunday School class the Book of Revelation. I have an 'odd' approach: I prefer to start with the final two chapters and work a series of six threads back into the earlier chapters. That way, I know the six elements that end up accounted for and, happily, discover that The Revelation describes the steps along which these six elements reach their eternal destinies.

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6. A MAP OF THE BOOK
Introduction
Letters to the Seven Churches
The Story of the Tribulation
The Doom of Babylon
Christ’s Return
The Millennium
Great White Throne Judgment
The Eternal City
Final Message

7. THE LARGEST SECTION
OF REVELATION:
Introduction
Letters to the Seven Churches
The Story of the Tribulation
The Doom of Babylon
Christ’s Return
The Millennium
Great White Throne Judgment
The Eternal City
Final Message

8. THE ELEMENTS OF
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12. THE END MAKES NARRATIVE
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The Doom of Babylon
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The Millennium
Great White Throne Judgment
The Eternal City
Final Message
Rev 22
Rev 19

13. THE END MAKES NARRATIVE
SENSE-ALL BY ITSELF
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The Story of the Tribulation
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The Eternal City WHAT to get curious about
Final Message
We know WHERE the earlier tribulation events end
up as they present themselves in 5-13. Rev 22

14. WHO ARE THE
TRIBULATION SIX?
The Tribulation Saints
The AntiChrist and his False Prophet
Satan himself
Israel
The Nations
Creation (Earth and Heavens)

15. MY PLAN
First, learn how God’s plan ends, from the
return of Christ to the Eternal State
Then you’ll know how each of the Tribulation
Six ends up when we meet them in chaps. 5-13
Finally, focus on the Tribulational backstory for
each of the Six individual Tribulation ‘players’
in turn in Chapters 5-13
Understand what each one experienced
in the Tribulation section of Revelation.
Let our understanding of the Tribulation
form around these actors’ experiences.

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XXIII: Gates Never Close

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