Ten sessions. All twenty-two chapters. Room to write on every page.
Reading Revelation and understanding Revelation are different things. This workbook slows the book down to ten sessions and gives you somewhere to put what you find. It is complete in itself. You need nothing but a Bible.
From Richard French, author of the Amazon #1 best seller Revelation Explained: Verse by Verse.
116 pages covering the whole of Revelation in ten sessions: an orientation session first, then the twenty-two chapters across nine passages.
Each session gives you the passage in plain language, the Old Testament imagery standing behind it, the questions people actually ask, and ruled space to write down what you think. Scripture is quoted from the World English Bible.
The last book of the Bible has been used to frighten people, to sell predictions, and to win arguments. Somewhere in all of that it stopped feeling like something an ordinary reader was allowed to open.
John wrote to seven real churches under real pressure, and he wrote so they would understand him. This workbook takes him at his word. It moves at the pace of a group meeting once a week, and it assumes you are capable of reading the text and thinking about it yourself.
You will not be told what to conclude. Where faithful Christians have landed in different places, the positions are laid out side by side and the decision stays with you.
Facilitator guidance, a pacing table and a symbol reference are in the back. There is no separate leader's book to buy.
Individuals. Every question works alone. The bracketed group notes can be skipped without losing anything. A kitchen table, a Bible, a pen.
Small groups. Two to twelve works best. Ten sessions fit a quarter or a semester. Every participant needs their own copy, because the writing is where the study happens.
Group leaders. Pacing, facilitation notes and a timing table are in the back of the same book everyone else is holding.
People new to Revelation. No background in prophecy is assumed anywhere.
Download the front matter and all of Session 1: the four ways people read Revelation, how its symbolism works, and who John was writing to. It is a complete session and it stands on its own.
Leading a group? The sample is built at 8.5 x 11 with the ruled lines included, so you can print a copy for everyone and work Session 1 together before anyone spends anything.
No. A Bible is all you need. Every passage is summarised in the workbook itself, and nothing sends you off to read something else first.
No. Session 1 is the orientation, and it assumes you are starting from nothing.
Not really. The lines are the point, and one person ends up doing the writing while everyone else watches. Order one per participant.
The World English Bible, a modern English translation in the King James line. It is public domain, so quoting it costs nobody anything.
The 7 x 10 paperback is the standard. The 8.5 x 11 spiral-bound lies flat while you write, which matters over ten weeks of writing. The ebook is the cheapest way in, though the ruled lines are a print feature.
It reads Revelation as describing real future events, and it says so. On the questions where faithful Christians disagree, including the timing of the rapture and the nature of the millennium, it sets out the positions and leaves the conclusion to you.
All formats available on Amazon and the author's website.
Ruled lines are a print feature. Keep a notebook beside you.
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Contact usIf you want the long version, the commentary works through all 404 verses in detail, with the historical background and the Old Testament sources behind the symbols. 540 pages.
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