Key Thought: The visions of chapter 4 and 5 of Revelation takes place in heaven’s throne room. The scenes portray God’s control of history and the plan of salvation.
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January 26, 2019

1. Have a volunteer read Revelation 4:1-5.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does it mean that a door was open in heaven and a throne was set?
3. Personal Application: How concerned or excited are you that judgment has begun in heaven? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study : One of your relatives states: “Who are these four and twenty elders around the throne? Why are they dressed in white and wearing golden crowns?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Revelation 5:1-6.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What is the meaning of the sealed book?
3. Personal Application: What do the seven horns, seven eyes, and seven Spirits represent on the Lamb? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why is Jesus alternately called the Lion and the Lamb as it had been slain? Why is there a contrast presented here? ” How would you reply to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Revelation 5:8-11.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What do you find in the Scripture here to give you hope and comfort in this dark and dismal world?
3. Personal Application: How does it affect you to know your prayers are saved up and presented before the throne with the sweet smell of perfume? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “Not only the twenty-four elders, but also the four living creatures sing about redemption. Does this indicate that the living creatures are human being redeemed form the earth?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Acts 2:32-36

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What focus does Peter have when he speaks of David not being in heaven but saying the Lord sit on my right hand
3. Personal Application: What assurance and hope do we have knowing that Jesus is on the right hand of God as both Lord and Master? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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