Bible Discussion Thread

INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION (Part 5):

V. ABOUT THE WRITING STYLE OF JOHN:

John uses a heptadic system. Heptadic means a series of sevens. So, he uses a series of sevens, a heptadic system of writing for the book of Revelation.

EXAMPLES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION:

There are seven blessings, seven churches, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls, seven lampstands, seven spirits, seven stars, seven promises, seven horns, seven eyes, seven angels, seven thunders, seven heads, seven crowns, seven plagues, seven mountains, and seven kings.

This is why it's called a heptadic writing system. As we'll see in a moment, he was told to write in symbols what spiritual truth he saw. And so, he used the number seven.

Now the number seven in scripture represents completeness or perfection. And we will see that whenever the number seven is used, he's talking about the fullness and complete blessings.

There are seven churches that are going to receive seven messages. And you put all those seven messages together, and you have the complete message of Christ to the church until He returns.

So, everything is in its fullness and its completion.

VI. ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF 1, 2, 3 JOHN AND REVELATION TO THE REST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT:

John's letters were the last written in the New Testament.

Four of the letters are classified in the Jewish Literature section of the New Testament since John wrote mostly to the believing Jews who were scattered in Asia Minor.