A Tour Through John, Lesson 47

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/tour-john-lesson-47/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p>(1) General</p><ul><li>1 Paul 87 chapters ~ 1/4 of NT</li><li>2 Luke 52 chapters ~ 1/4 of NT</li><li>3 Thus P + L = 1/2 of NT</li><li>4 Matthew 28 chapters</li><li>5 Peter 24 chapters</li><li>6 John 50 chapters</li><li>Heb, Jas, Jud (19 chapters in all)</li><li>260 chapters in the NT, of which John's contribution is about 15% (by pages).</li></ul><p>2) Name</p><ul><li>Revelation</li><li>Not ‘s’ (even though multiple things are revealed)</li><li>Apocalypse </li></ul><p>3) Geography</p><ul><li>Patmos = island a few hours off the west coast of Asia Minor</li><li>Rome = chief city of the empire</li><li>Ephesus+ (7 cities in all) = principal city of western Asia Minor</li><li>Asia = westernmost province in Asia Minor (modern Turkey)</li></ul><p>4) Literary genres</p><ul><li>Prophecy - “Book of prophecy”: Telling people what they need to hear.</li><li>Letter (2-3 only): epistles </li><li>Apocalyptic (mainly): An OT genre find in the latter parts of Daniel and Zechariah, but also in many other locations. In the NT, most prominent in Matt 24 (= Mark 13 = Luke 21) and Rev.</li></ul><p>5) Text</p><p>1:1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servantswhat must soon take place; he madeit known by sending his angel to his servantJohn, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.</p><p>3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.</p><p>4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:</p><p>Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.</p><p>To him who loves us and freedus from our sins by h