Revelation’s Star

Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church

Digital Evangelist Stephen L. Williams Sr.

Jesus is called by at least 37 different names or descriptive titles in the book of Revelation. Amazingly, He is mentioned by one of His names or titles, …

… or by a pronoun representing one of those names, over 137 times in the first three chapters, and over 250 times in the entire book of Revelation.

The Many Names or Titles Does Jesus Have?

Jesus is called by at least 37 different names or descriptive titles in Revelation. In fact, these names or titles are used over 250 times in Revelation.

What are some of these?

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A. Rev. 1:1 D. Rev. 5:8, 9

Jesus Christ The Lamb

B. Rev. 1:5 E. Rev. 17:14

Faithful Witness / 1st Begotten King of Kings

of the Dead &Lord of Lords

C. Rev. 3:18 F. Rev. 19:13-16

Son of God King of Kings / Lord of Lords / Word of God

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1. Do you have any doubt that Revelation is a book which has something very important to

say to us regarding Jesus?

Rev. 1. 1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

Rev. 1:1

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2. How does Revelation describe

Jesus?

Revelation 1:13-16 (1801)

Revelation 1:13-16

¹³ And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

Revelation 1:13-16

 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

Revelation 1:13-16

¹⁵ And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Revelation 1:13-16

¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

a. His garment down to the foot.

Revelation 1:13

(1801)

b. He wore a golden girdle.

Revelation 1:13

(1801)

c. Hair was white like wool or snow.

Revelation 1:14

(1801)

d. Eyes like flame of fire.

Revelation 1:14

(1801)

e. Feet like fine brass as burned in a furnace.

Revelation 1:15

(1801)

f. Voice as the sound of many waters.

Revelation 1:15

(1801)

g. Countenance bright as the sun.

Revelation 1:16

(1801)

Let’s open the Bibles...

Daniel 10:5-9 (1315)

Daniel 10:5-9

⁵ Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

Daniel 10:5-9

⁶ His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Daniel 10:5-9

⁷ And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

Daniel 10:5-9

⁸ Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Daniel 10:5-9

⁹ Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

OUR WONDERFUL SAVIOUR

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3. What has Jesus done for us?

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Rev. 1:5

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Revelation 1:5�

⁵ And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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4. What else has Jesus done for us?

Revelation 1:6 (1800)

Revelation 1:6�

⁶ And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

And He hath made us priests and kings.

Revelation 5:8,9,12�

⁸ And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Revelation 5:8,9,12�

⁹ And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Revelation 5:8,9,12�

¹² Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

6. Was Jesus’ sacrifice an afterthought, or was it

planned before sin entered?

Revelation 13:8 (1814)

Ephesians 1:4 (1714)

1 Peter 1:18-20 (1781)

Revelation 13:8

⁸ And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Ephesians 1:4�

⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

1 Peter 1:18-20�

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

1 Peter 1:18-20�

¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

²⁰ Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

Who verily

was foreordained before the foundation of the world.

7. Read chapters 4 (1804) and 5 (1805) of Revelation. Note

particularly the thrilling and awesome episode about the sealed book which no one could open.

Who finally opened the book?

Revelation 5:6-9 (1805)

Revelation 5:6-9�

⁶ And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Revelation 5:6-9�

 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

Revelation 5:6-9�

⁸ And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Revelation 5:6-9�

⁹ And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Jesus, the Lamb

8. What do you think this book is that Jesus has the

authority to open?

Rev. 3:5

Rev. 17:8

Rev. 21:27

Rev. 20:12

Revelation 3:5�

⁵ He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Revelation 17:8�

⁸ The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

a. Revelation 3:5 (1803)

& 17:8 (1818)

speak of the book of life.

b. Revelation 21:27 (1825) calls it the Lamb’s book of life.

Revelation 21:27

²⁷ And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

c. Revelation 20:12 (1823) mentions both books and the Book of Life.

Revelation 20:12

¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Thought question:

Why does God keep books?

1. Concerned with obedience - James 2:10-12 (1775)
2. To exonerate God’s character - Revelation 5:12, 13 (1805)
3. Because He loves us -

Romans 8:39 (1658)

ORIGIN AND POWER OF JESUS

9. Did Jesus have

His beginning when born of Mary, or did He exist prior to His Bethlehem birth?

Revelation 22:6, 7

(1825)

Revelation 22:6 & 7.

⁶ And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

⁷ Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

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He existed from eternity.

10. Who especially

is mentioned as involved in the creation of the world and the creation of man?

Revelation 3:14 (1804)

Revelation 3:14

¹⁴ 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;

Jesus

11. Is Jesus God?

Revelation 19:13-16 (1821)

John 1:1, 14 (1546)

Revelation 22:6, 7 (1825)

Revelation 19:13-16�

¹³ And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

John 1:1, 14.�

 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God..

John 1:1, 14.�

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Revelation 22:6,7�

⁶ And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

Revelation 22:6,7�

⁷ Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

Yes

He is The Word

of God

AN AMAZING TIME PROPHECY

12. How much time does Daniel 9:24 (1314) tell us was allotted to the Jewish nation?

Daniel 9:24

²⁴ Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

70 weeks

13. Using the Bible’s prophetic rule of “one prophetic day equals one

literal year,” Ezekiel 4:6 (1213), how long is this 70 week time period?

⁶ And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

Ezekiel 4:6 

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490 years

14. When was this 70 week (490 years) time period to begin?

Daniel 9:25 (1314)

first part

Daniel 9:25�

²⁵ Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

From the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem.

15. When was this decree issued?

Ezra 7:7, 12, 13 (768)

Ezra 7:7, 12, 13.

⁷ And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Ezra 7:7, 12, 13.

¹² Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

Ezra 7:7, 12, 13.

¹³ I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

In the 7^th year of Artaxerxes the king. (457 B.C.)

16. According to Daniel 9:25 (1314), how long was it to be from the decree of Artaxerxes till the Messiah appeared?

²⁵ Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Daniel 9:25

69 weeks or 483 years

The prophecy of 70 weeks

457

B.C.

34

A.D.

69 prophetic weeks – 483 literal years

27

A.D.

week -

7 literal years

70 prophetic weeks - 490 literal years

1 prophetic

31 A.D.

Luke 3:1, 21, 22

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

Luke 3:1, 21, 22

²¹ Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

Luke 3:1, 21, 22

²² And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Yes, He came right on time

18. When Jesus began preaching,

after his baptism and anointing by the Holy Spirit, what did He say which indicated he knew about Daniel’s prediction that he would be anointed and become the Messiah in 27 A.D.?

Mark 1:14, 15 (1452)

Mark 1:14-15

¹⁴ Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

¹⁵ And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

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The time is fulfilled.

JESUS’ CRUCIFIXION FORETOLD

19. We have now considered 483 of the 490 years privileged time given to the Jewish nation. …

…One final week of the 70 original remains (one week or 7 prophetic days = 7 literal years). What was to happen in the middle of that last week or seven years?

Daniel 9:26, 27 (1315)

Daniel 9:26, 27

²⁶ And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Daniel 9:26, 27

²⁷ And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Jesus was to be cut off

or crucified.

20. How much of this privileged time did the Jewish nation have left after 31 A.D., and when did it

end?

a. How much time was left?

3 ^1/2 years

b. When did it end?

fall of 34 A.D.

Galatians 3:29

²⁹ And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Romans 3:28-29

²⁸ Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

²⁹ Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

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Romans 9:6-8

⁶ Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

⁷ Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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Romans 9:6-8

⁸ That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

If ye be Christ’s then ye are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

22. In the light of Jesus’ matchless love, are you willing to serve and follow Him?

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