The Call to Be Faithful

• Apocalyptic (1:1)
  • Uses vision, symbols, and allegories
    • Reveals a heavenly perspective
  • Describes past, current, and future events
• Prophetic (1:3)
  • Who Go dis (God’s Covenant/Commandments)
  • What God Desires (Our Sing/need for repentance)
  • What God Demands of His People (Consequences/what will happen)
• An Epistle (1:4)
  • Written to specific people
  • Written for specific situations
  • Applicable for future individuals

“Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicia.” Revelation 1:11

“When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But He laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last. I am the living one. I died, but look – I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.” Revelation 1:17-18