Ch 8b-11 The cycle of 7 trumpets and the unsealed scroll Flashcards
What does John do with the 7th trumpet?
John backs up and retells the story again with images from the Exodus story.
What do the first 5 trumpet blasts replay?
The plague sent upon Egypt.
What is released with the 6th trumpet?
The 4 horsemen that came from the first 4 seals.
What does John observe about the nations despite the plagues?
The nations did not repent, similar to Pharaoh in the Exodus story.
What does John do after describing the plagues?
He pauses the action with another intermission.
What does the angel bring to John?
The unsealed scroll that was opened by the lamb.
What is John instructed to do with the scroll?
He is told to eat the scroll and then proclaim its message to the nations.
What do the contents of the scroll reveal?
How God’s kingdom will come here on earth.
What does John see in the first symbolic vision of the scroll?
God’s temple and the martyrs by the altar, and he is told to measure and set them apart.
What happens to the outer courts in the city?
They are excluded and trampled down by the nations.
What do some believe the trampling of the outer courts refers to?
A destruction of Jerusalem that happened in the past or will happen in the future.
What is more likely the interpretation of the outer courts being trampled?
It symbolizes how Jesus’ followers may suffer persecution by the nations.
What do the 2 witnesses represent?
They are prophetic representatives to the nations.
What do some think about the 2 witnesses?
They believe it refers literally to 2 prophets who will appear in the future.
What does John call the 2 witnesses?
Lampstands, which symbolize the churches.
What is the role of Jesus’ followers according to the vision?
To take up the mantle of Moses and Elijah and call nations to turn back to God.
What happens to the witnesses when the beast appears?
The beast conquers the witnesses and kills them.
What does God do after the witnesses are killed?
He brings them back to life and vindicates them before their persecutors.
What is the outcome of the witnesses’ vindication?
Many among the nations finally repent and give glory to the Creator God.
What did God’s warning judgments fail to generate?
Repentance among the nations.
How did the Lamb conquer his enemies?
By loving them and dying for them.
What does the message of the Lamb’s scroll reveal?
The mission of his army, the church.
How will God’s kingdom be revealed?
When the nations see the church imitating the loving sacrifice of the Lamb.
What is the surprising claim about repentance?
It is God’s mercy shown through Jesus’ followers that will bring the nations to repentance.
