Revelation - A Hugely Practical Book

  Chapter 1 is God is totally in control, His death and resurrection prove His love, and He is about to prove his sovereignty. Get ready the time of mercy is drawing to a close and the time of judgment (which is still mercy but in a different light) is coming.

 

 Chapter 2 and 3 Get ready people of God, the stakes are high the reward is great, show the world I am worth it all. A time is coming when He is going to purify His people. The third commandment has to do with not "bearing the name of God in vain" which is to say, God bought us with a price and we are His. We are His ambassadors, His representatives, the bearers of His Name, His reputation with the people of the world is in our hands, which is why He is very hard on hypocrisy.  https://www.openbible.info/topics/hypocrisy  These chapters speak of the fire of purification falling on the followers of Messiah, so that they can be good witnesses of Him at the crucial time before the fire of judgment falls on the earth.

 

Chapter 4 and 5, The Judge of all the earth is seated and the time of mercy is drawing to a close and the time of Judgment is about to begin in all its righteous fury. Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand.The courtroom of God is in session as is shown by all the parallels to Daniel 7, which is the scene in heaven when God starts to reveal to Daniel how He is going to purify His people AND judge the nations. 

Revelation Chapter 4 and 5 and the allusions to Daniel 7

1. Introductory vision phraseology (Daniel 7:9 [cf.7:2,6-7]; Rev 4:10

 2. A throne set in heaven (Daniel 7:9a; Rev.4:2a [cf 4:4a] 

3. God sitting on a throne (Daniel 7:9b; Rev.4:2b) 

4. Gods appearance on the throne (Daniel 7:9c; Rev4:3a) 

5. Fire before the throne (Daniel 7:9d-10a; Rev 4:3a) 

6. Heavenly servants surrounding the throne (Daniel 7:10b; Rev. 4:4b, 6b-100; 5:8, 11, 14) 

7. Book(s) before the throne (Daniel. 7:10c; Rev.5:1-5) 

8. The book(s) opened (Daniel 7:10c; Rev. 5:2-5,9) 

9. A divine (messianic) figure approaching God’s throne to receive authority to reign forever over a kingdom (Daniel 7:14-14a; Rev. 5:5b-7, 9a, 12-13) 

10. The kingdom scope: “all peoples, nations, and tongues” (Daniel 7:14a [MT]; Rev 5:9b) 

11. The seer’s emotional distress on account of the vision (Daniel 7:15; Rev. 5:4) 

12. The seers reception of heavenly counsel concerning the vision from one of the heavenly throne servants (Daniel 7:16; Rev. 5:5a) 

13. The saints given divine authority to reign over at Kingdom (Daniel 7:18, 22, 27a; Rev. 5:10) 

14. Concluding mention of God's eternal reign (Daniel 7:2-3; Rev. 4:6) (Beale - Use of the OT in Revelation)