Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: How to Approach Revelation

• An Overview of Commentaries

• Central Themes in Revelation

• Interpretive Principles for Reading Revelation

• Reading Revelation Badly

• Common Questions When Interpreting Revelation

• Reapplied Symbols in Revelation

• Exploring Symbols: 666 and Babylon

• The Symbolism of the Mark of the Beast

• The Time Structure of Revelation

• Emperor Worship and the Setting of Revelation

• The Context of Apocalyptic Literature

• Comparing Revelation and Other Apocalyptic Texts

Unit 2: The Beginning of Revelation

• Jesus in Revelation

• The Time Is Soon

• Epistolary Introduction

• The Centrality of Jesus

• The Narrative Introduction

• The Portrayal of Jesus

• Jesus among the Lampstands

• The Seven Stars and the Seven Angels

Unit 3: The Messages to the Seven Churches

• The Church at Ephesus

• The Church at Smyrna

• The Church at Pergamum

• The Church at Thyatira

• The Church at Sardis

• The Church at Philadelphia

• Excursus: The Period of Tribulation

• The Church at Laodicea, Part 1

• The Church at Laodicea, Part 2

Unit 4: The Throne Room Vision

• A Scene of Heavenly Worship

• The Elders and the Four Creatures

• Jesus the Lamb

• Hymns of Redemption

Unit 5: Opening the Seven Seals

• Seals of Judgment

• Martyrs as Sacrifices

• God’s End-Time Army

• Interpreting the 144,000

• Reapplying Traditional Biblical Symbols

• Plague of Locusts

• Eating the Scroll

Unit 6: Key Imagery in Revelation

• Two Witnesses and the Temple

• The Earth Belongs to God

• The Mother, the Child, and the Dragon

• A Reapplication of Time

• Celestial Combat

Unit 7: Identifying the Beasts

• The Beast from the Sea

• The Dragon, the Beast, and the Lamb

• The Parody of the Beast

• The Beast’s Name

Unit 8: The Beginning of Judgment

• The Army on Mount Zion

• Announcements of Judgment

• God’s Winepress

• Bowls of God’s Anger

• The Plagues Begin

• Babylon the Prostitute

• The Kings of the Earth

• Babylon’s Economy

• The Arrogance of Rome

• The Economics of Rome

• Crucial Imports

Unit 9: The Reign of God

• The Beginning of God’s Reign

• Views of the Millennium

• The Millennium as a Literary Device

• New Heavens and Earth

• A Depiction of the City

• The Glory of God’s City

Conclusion

• Final Thoughts

Details

• Title: NT385 Book Study: Revelation

• Instructor: Craig S. Keener

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2016

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 9