THE CONTENT OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION

The Content of the Book of Revelation

 "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;" Rev. 1:19

- Facts of the Past - "Things which thou hast seen." cf. "What thou seest" Rev. 1:11 "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."

         - Facts of the Present - "The things which are"
              cf. "Seven Churches which are" - Rev. 1:4 "John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne."
              cf. "Seven Churches which are" - Rev. 1:11 "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."

- Facts of the Future - "Things which shall be hereafter." cf. "After this" - Gr. - "After these things" - Rev. 4:1 cf. "Things which must be hereafter" - Gr. - "After these things." "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter."