{"id":3358,"date":"2005-10-16T02:21:56","date_gmt":"2005-10-16T02:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=3358"},"modified":"2025-06-20T11:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:52:58","slug":"the-revelation-given-to-john","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/","title":{"rendered":"The Revelation Given to John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>The Revelation Given to John<\/h1>\nby Jeffrey W. Hamilton\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Book_of_Revelation_Chapter_1-1_Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/>\n<h2>Three Introductions to Revelation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/an-introduction-to-revelation\/\">An Introduction to Revelation<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 1:1-3)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/an-introduction-to-revelation\/biblical-numbers\/\">Biblical Numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-jesus-of-revelation\/\">The Jesus of Revelation<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 1:4-8)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-deity-of-jesus\/\">The Deity of Jesus<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 1:9-20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Seven Letters to the Churches<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/introduction-to-the-letters\/\">Introduction to the Letters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-message-to-the-church-in-ephesus\/\">Ephesus<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 2:1-7)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-message-to-the-church-in-smyrna\/\">Smyrna<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 2:8-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-message-to-the-church-in-pergamum\/\">Pergamum<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 2:12-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-message-to-the-church-in-thyatira\/\">Thyatira<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 2:18-29)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-message-to-the-church-in-sardis\/\">Sardis<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 3:1-6)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-message-to-the-church-in-philadelphia\/\">Philadelphia<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 3:7-13)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-message-to-the-church-in-laodicea\/\">Laodicea<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 3:14-22)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Vision of Heaven<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-throne-in-heaven\/\">The Throne in Heaven<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 4)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-worthy-lamb\/\">The Worthy Lamb<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Seven Seals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-seals\/\">The Seven Seals<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 6-8:1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Seven Trumpets<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-trumpets-the-first-five\/\">The First Five<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 8:2-9:12)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-trumpets-the-sixth-and-seventh-trumpet\/\">The Sixth and Seventh<\/a> (Revelation 9:13-11:18)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Seven Personages<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-personages-the-woman-the-man-child-and-the-dragon\/\">The Woman, The Man-Child, The Dragon<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 11:19-12:6)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-personages-michael\/\">Michael<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 12:7-17)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-personages-the-two-beasts\/\">The Two Beasts<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 13:1-18)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-personages-the-lamb\/\">The Lamb<\/a> (Revelation 14:1-20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Seven Bowls of Wrath<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/prelude-to-the-seven-bowls-of-wrath\/\">Prelude<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 15:1-8)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-seven-bowls-of-wrath\/\">The Seven Bowls<\/a> (Revelation 16:1-21)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Babylon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-great-harlot\/\">The Great Harlot<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 17:1-18)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-fall-of-babylon\/\">The Fall of Babylon<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 18:1-24)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/victory\/\">Victory!<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 19:1-20:3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jesus&#8217; Reign<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-thousand-year-reign\/\">The Thousand Year Reign<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 20:4-6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Judgment Day and the Outcome<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-destruction-of-satan-and-his-followers\/\">The Destruction of Satan and His Followers<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 20:7-15)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/a-new-heaven-and-earth\/\">A New Heaven and Earth<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 21:1-22:5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-conclusion\/\">The Conclusion<\/a>\u00a0(Revelation 22:6-21)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/\" 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Hamilton Three Introductions to Revelation An Introduction to Revelation\u00a0(Revelation 1:1-3) Biblical Numbers The Jesus of Revelation\u00a0(Revelation 1:4-8) The Deity of Jesus\u00a0(Revelation 1:9-20) Seven Letters to the Churches Introduction to the Letters Ephesus\u00a0(Revelation 2:1-7) Smyrna\u00a0(Revelation 2:8-11) Pergamum\u00a0(Revelation 2:12-17) Thyatira\u00a0(Revelation 2:18-29) Sardis\u00a0(Revelation 3:1-6) Philadelphia\u00a0(Revelation 3:7-13) Laodicea\u00a0(Revelation 3:14-22) A Vision&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3358","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3485,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-revelation-given-to-john\/the-conclusion\/","url_meta":{"origin":3358,"position":0},"title":"The Conclusion","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 16, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The Conclusion Revelation 22:6-21 Testimony to the truth of the book The truth of Revelation rests on God, who inspired the prophets of the past and sent the angel to John (Revelation 1:1). 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