Can Revelation be Understood?Intro Over two hundred years ago one of the most important archaeological discoveries was uncovered from the mud of the Nile River. I’ll be back in a moment with the prophetic perspective on Deciphering the Discoveries of Revelation. Message Hello, this is Cody Francis with Prophetic Perspectives. That ancient discovery was none other than the Rosetta stone which unraveled the riddle of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. For years they had tried to understand those hieroglyphics, but to no avail. Then in 1799 an officer in Napoleon’s army discovered this ancient stone written in ancient Egyptian, Demotic and Greek. The French scholar Champollion translated the Greek and with his knowledge of modern Egyptian and the Greek was able to break the ancient Egyptian code. Just think, there that stone lay in the mud for hundreds of years as the scholars vainly tried to understand ancient Egyptian, and all the time the key to deciphering the language lay buried in the Nile. That reminds me of today. Thousands are trying to decipher Revelation unsuccessfully, all the while the key is readily available, if we will just look. Today that is where we want to turn our focus, into unraveling the riddle of Revelation. As we look at the subject “Can Revelation Be Understood?” With all the apocalyptic symbols many have given up attempting to understand this mysterious book. Others have turned the symbols into Hollywood style best sellers—selling millions of books and related items. But our interest today is not Hollywood, but simply what does the Bible say? Can Revelation be understood? What is the purpose of all these confusing symbols of prophecy? OutlineI. Prophecy’s Purpose A. God’s Challenge 1. Is. 46:9, 10 2. Amos 3:7 B. Prophetic Word Confirmed 1. 2 Pet. 1:19 C. Examples of Prophecies 1. Egypt Diminishes – Ez. 29:14, 15 2. Babylon Desolate – Is. 13:19, 20; Jer. 51:37 II. A Revealed Book A. Blessings – Rev. 1:3 B. Not Sealed – Rev. 22:9, 10 C. For Our Time – Rev. 1:3 D. Revelation of Jesus – Rev. 1:1 1. John 5:39 2. Know Jesus today through prophecy
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