Book of Revelation
Teachers
Lesson Summary
During the class, the teacher unpacked the opening chapters of Revelation, describing the heavenly throne scene, the scroll with seven seals, and the subsequent series of trumpets that signal God’s judgment against the persecutors of the Church—identified as the Roman Empire. He explained how the saints who were martyred stood below the throne, pleading for vindication, and how God responded with a sequence of judgments: natural disasters, internal decay, and external attacks, each represented by a different trumpet. The focus then shifted to the interlude in chapter 10, where an angel with a rainbow over his head presented a small open book. The teacher quoted Revelation 10:1‑2 and 10:8‑11, emphasizing the symbolic act of eating the book—sweet in the mouth but bitter in the stomach—as a picture of the gospel’s sweet message contrasted with the bitter reality of persecution. He concluded that despite the Church’s trials, the proclamation of the gospel will continue, bringing ultimate victory for believers today.
Key Scriptures
And the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands so as to not worship demons and the idols of gold and silver and brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their immorality, nor of their thefts.
And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire. And he had in his hand a little book which was open... And I heard a voice from heaven saying, seal up the things which are which the seven pills of thunder have spoken, and do not write them... and they said to me, you must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.