THE PROPHECY OF THE APOSTLE JOHN!

THE CHURCH IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION!

The Key Verse to Rightly Dividing the Book of Revelation:

1:19 - Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

THE THINGS JOHN HAD SEEN IN THE PAST!

John 20:29-31 - Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.  And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book:  but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name.

THE THINGS WHICH WERE HAPPENING IN JOHN'S DAY!

Revelation Chapter One:

4 - John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before His throne;  

11 - Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 

20 - The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Revelation Chapter Two:   

1 - Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, Who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;  

7-8 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.  And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, Who was dead, and is alive; 

11-12 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.  And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith He Who hath the sharp sword with two edges;  

17-18 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.  And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, Who hath His eyes like unto a flame of fire, and His feet are like fine brass; 

23 - And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am He Who searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.  

29 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation Chapter Three: 

1 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.  

6-7 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.  And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; 

13-14 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

22 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

THE THINGS WHICH WOULD HAPPEN AFTER JOHN'S DEATH!

[Note:  The Church is not mentioned in Revelation Chapters Four through Twenty - which addresses the time period that includes the seven-year Tribulation (a.k.a. The Time of Jacob's Trouble - Jeremiah 30:7; and Daniel's Seventieth Week - Daniel 9:27), Christ's Second Coming, and the Millennial Reign of Christ.]

Revelation 4:1 - After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.

THE CHURCH IS MENTIONED IN CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO, 

BUT ONLY IN CLOSING THE BOOK OF REVELATION! 

Chapter Twenty-Two:

16 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

THE CHURCH WILL BE REMOVED FROM THIS WORLD PRIOR 

TO THE POURING OUT OF GOD'S WRATH UPON MANKIND 

(JOHN 14:1-3; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-54; 1 THESSALONIANS 1:10; 4:13-18; 5:9)!

 

GOD'S WRATH IS HIS LAST ATTEMPT AT BRINGING SOULS TO REPENTANCE 

(2 PETER 3:9; REVELATION 9:20-21; 16:9-21)!