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The Bible Academy started up again on 25th Owing to the length of the book, the exploration
October for a new round of studies, this time of Revelation is divided into two parts of six
looking at the book of Revelation. It is safe to say sessions each;
that no book has caused more controversy and
widely divergent interpretations than Revelation. Bible Academy Autumn Sessions
Nor has any book of the bible been more The Book of Revelation Part I
misunderstood, misapplied or avoided by the
ordinary Christian reader. After all, what are Session 1: Introduction - A Heavenly Vision
we supposed to do with all those seals, trumpets, (1:1-20)
bowls, beasts and dragons?
Session 2: Letters to the Seven Churches
The intention of the Bible Academy for this (2:1-3:22)
session is to demonstrate that Revelation is not Session 3: The Throne Room of God (4:1-5:14)
a book that was given to confuse but to ‘reveal’. Session 4: Opening the Seven Seals (6:1-8:1)
It is a book, as one author puts it, ‘that can be Session 5: The Seven Trumpets (8:2-11:19)
understood by a child’ and sometimes children will Session 6: Seven Symbolic Histories
be better interpreters than the rest of us. Also, as
one participant pointed out in the first week, it is (12:1-14:20)
the only book in the New Testament that promises
a blessing to those who read it! Far from being
a book to be avoided, Revelation is particularly Bible Academy New Year Sessions
relevant to our own day and age. The Book of Revelation Part II
It was written for a church facing major opposition Session 1: Review of Previous Sessions &
from the surrounding culture and gives us great The Seven Bowls (15:1-16:21)
hope and assurance that no matter how bad things Session 2: Babylon the Prostitute (17:1-19:10)
get in our own day and age, in the end, Christ wins! Session 3: The Appearing of Christ & the Final
Battle (19:11-21)
Session 4: The Judgments (20:1-21:8)
Session 5: The New Jerusalem (21:9-22:5)
