Epistles--Prophecy

1. Question: When the Lamb opened the third seal, a horse and rider appeared  with the rider holding  a pair of scales. Was his horse white, black, red, or pale?

2. Fill in the blank: As the Lamb opened the fourth seal, John saw a horse and rider.  For the first time in the opening of the seals, the rider was given a name. His name  "was --------, and Hades followed with him."

1. Black (Rev. 6:5). With the black horse and rider came famine on earth.

 The blackness denotes the bleakness of the time.

2. "Death" (Rev. 6:8).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Question: When the Lamb opened the first seal, a horse and rider appeared. Was the horse black, white,or red?

2. When the Lamb opened the second seal of the scroll in Revelation 6, a horse and rider were revealed.  Did the rider possess a sword or a bow?

1. White (Rev. 6:2).

2. A sword (Rev. 6:4). The sword was given to take peace from the earth, and the people would kill one another.

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Multiple choice: In Revelation 5, an angel told John not to weep because " the (a) King; (b) Lion; or (c) priest of the tribe of Judah....has prevailed to open the scroll."

2. Fill in the blanks: In John's vision of the risen Christ in Revelation 5, Christ appeared as a Lamb that had been slain. He was also seen to have seven ---------- and seven --------.

1. (b) "Lion" (Rev. 5:5). As  Jacob blesses his sons before his death, he says of Judah, "Judah is a lion's whelp" (Gen. 49:9). Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of that prophecy, being the conquering lion worthy to open the seven seals of God's judgment.

2. Horns...eyes (Rev.5:6).

Epistle--Prophecy

1. Multiple choice: How many living creatures were around the throne of God in John's vision of Revelation 4? (a) Three; (b) seven; or (c) four.

2. As John saw God holding the sealed scroll, he also saw an angel asking, "Who is (a) Able; (b) wise enough; or (c) worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?

1. (c) Four (Rev. 4:6). One had a face like a man. The others were like a lion, a calf and an eagle.

2. (c) "Worthy" (Rev. 5:2). 

Epistles--Prophecy

1. True or false? The twenty-four elders surrounding the throne of God in Revelation 4 were  wearing crowns.

2. Multiple choice: In Revelation 4, John saw seven  lamps burning before the throne of God. What were these lamps? (a) Words of God ; (b) Spirits of God; or (c) gifts of God.

1. True (Rev. 4:4). The typical reference to crowns in the New Testament was in relationship to winning some contest. Chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation make several references to those who have overcome.

2. (b) Spirits of God (Rev. 4:5).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Sentence completion: Because the church in Laodicea was lukewarm, Christ said, "I will...."

2. A well -known promise was given to the church in Laodicea. Christ said, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If  anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I..."

1. "Vomit you out of My mouth" (Rev. 3:16).

2. "Will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me" (Rev. 3:20).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Multiple choice: The one who overcomes will be made a (an) (a) Lampstand; (b) alter of incense; or (c) pillar in the temple of God.

2. The name of what city will be written on the one who overcomes? (a) New Jerusalem; (b) Heavenly
Jerusalem; or (c) Zion.

1. (c) Pillar (Rev. 3:12).

2. (a) New Jerusalem (Rev. 3:12).