Revelation 21-22

Revelation 21-22 to be discussed May 12 LAST CLASS UNTIL SEPTEMBER
Day 1: Read Revelation 21:1-8, Isaiah 25:8-9
1. Read the chapter heading for Revelation 21. What period of earth’s history is described in this chapter?


2. What will be “new” about heaven and earth after the millennium? List celestial qualities of the earth that appeal to you. (See also Isaiah 25:8-9.)


3. List specific promises in Revelation 21:7 to those who overcome the world.



Day 2: Read Revelation 21:9-14, Ezekiel 48:30-35
4. What did the angel with a vial invite John to see?


5. How did John describe this vision?


6. What was written on the gates of the holy city? The foundations? Why were the walls so high? (See also Ezekiel 48:30-35.)



Day 3: Read Revelation 21:15-20 (with footnote 16b), Ephesians 2:19-22, Psalm 51:17-18, D&C 43:7
7. Why do you think the Lord is so specific about the measurement of his city?



8. Read footnote 16b. If a furlong is about 607 feet and there are 5,280 feet to a mile, approximately how many miles will the holy city measure on each side?



9. If you likened you and/or your family to the holy city, what would be the foundations? The walls? The gates? (See also Ephesians 2:19-22, Psalm 51:17-18, D&C 43:7.)



Day 4: Read Revelation 21:21-27, Alma 34:36
10. Why will there be no temple in the New Jerusalem?



11. Why will there be no need for the sun? (See also Revelation 22:5.)



12. Read Alma 34:36. Who will sit down in the Lord’s kingdom?


Day 5: Read Revelation 22:1-7, 1 Nephi 11:21-25, Genesis 3:17-24, 1 John 3:2-3
13. Read 1 Nephi 11:21-25. What do the river of water and the tree of life represent in Lehi’s dream? How does this behave like a river? Like a tree?


14. From Revelation 22:2, what special property do the leaves of the tree of life possess?


BONUS: Read 1 John 3:2-3. How does this verse explain Revelation 22:4?


15. Who will be “blessed” or happy, according to Revelation 22:7?


BONUS: Read Genesis 3:17-24. At the Fall of Adam, how was the earth cursed? When will the curse be lifted?


Day 6: Read Revelation 22:8-15
16. Why did the Lord’s angel refuse to allow John to worship him?


17. What phrase is repeated in Revelation 22: 7 and 12? What does this mean?


18. According to Revelation 22:14, who will be blessed and with what?


Day 7: Read Revelation 22:16-21, 2 Peter 1:19
19. How can Christ be both the root and the offspring of David? How is he like a bright and morning star? (See also 2 Peter 1:9.)


20. List groups from Revelation 22:17 who are asked to invite others to come unto Christ.


21. Revelation 22:18-19 give strong warnings regarding tampering with John’s Revelation.* In your own words, give the spirit of these warnings and tell why you think John included them.


From the Institute Manual
*(56-19) Revelation 22:18, 19 . Do Modern Revelations “Add unto These Things”?
“Of course, a careful reading of this text shows very clearly that John the Revelator was speaking only of the book of Revelation and not of any collection of other sacred writings. Moses used a similar expression in speaking to ancient Israel when he said: ‘Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, . . .’ This is found in the fourth chapter of the book of Deuteronomy ( verse 2 ). In the 12th chapter of the same book Moses said this: ‘What things soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.’ ( Verse 32 .)
… In warning against additions to the book of Revelation [John] spoke of that book only, insisting that no one attempt to change or corrupt what he had said. The Bible was not compiled when John wrote the book of Revelation, so he could not possibly have referred to it.
“Furthermore, scholars tell us that the Gospel of John was written after the book of Revelation, and if this be true it becomes another indication that John had no thought of precluding other writings but only of protecting this particular book of Revelation from change or corruption.” (Mark E. Petersen in CR, Oct. 1964, p. 121.)