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an important teaching of the book of
Revelation, some detailed events attending
it, such as the rapture, are noticeably absent.
On this Walvoord writes,
The rapture as a doctrine is not
a part of the prophetic foreview
of the book of Revelation. This
is in keeping with the fact that
the book as a whole is not
occupied primarily with God’s
program for the church. Instead
the primary objective is to
portray the events leading up to
and climaxing in the second
coming of Christ and the
prophetic kingdom and the
eternal state which ultimately
will
follow.11
Most
premillennialists place the rapture
either at 4:1 or between 3:22 and
4:1. Christ’s return to the earth is
clearly identified in 19:11-21.


H. MILLENNIUM (20:1-6)
This is the one New Testament passage
explicitly referring to the Millennium
(“thousand years”). Most of the Bible’s
descriptions of the Millennium appear in the

Old Testament. What will the Millennium be
like, according to these prophecies: Psalm
72; Isaiah 2:2-4; 9:6-7; 11:4-9; 30:15-33;
chapters 35, 44, 49; 65:17—66:14; Jeremiah
23:5-6?
The millennial kingdom is primarily God’s
restoration to Israel of an earthly kingdom
in the last days, promised through His Old
Testament prophets (see Ezekiel 20:34-38).
It will come to an end after one thousand
years and will be followed by the new
heaven and the new earth (21:1 .). (See
Chart 129.)
How does the chart show the Millennium
to be the dwelling place of both Jewish


believers and non-Jewish believers?
I. HEAVEN (21:1—22:21)
The Bible opens with the story of the
creation of the heavens and earth, followed
by man’s sin and the curse it incurred (Gen.
1-3). The Bible closes with the appearance
of a new heaven and new earth, followed by
a description of the saints’ eternal home,
where sin and curse will have no part (Rev.
21-22).
This nal section of Revelation is the
brightest part of the book. Any Christian
reading its pages must feel relieved to move

from the long, dark catacombs of the
judgment chapters (6-20) to the fresh,
heavenly air of John’s last visions. This
glorious message for believers is God’s last
recorded words.


No earthly words can fully describe
heaven. John’s vision was of a city — New
Jerusalem — a glimpse of heaven. Use the
following outline as you read the text: