BSF Adult Lesson 12

Lesson 12 Questions

First Day: Read Lesson 11 Notes.

The notes and lecture fortify the truth of the passage for understanding and application to daily life.

1. How did the lecture encourage, challenge, or enlighten you about the promise of the Lord's return?

2.What new thoughts did you receive through the notes regarding the day of the Lord?
Notes page 139. “A Star marked Jesus’s first coming. His second coming will also be announced by the sun, moon, and galaxies.” That connection is potent. Connecting what I thought were disparate events—the humble birth of a baby in a stable vs. a Righteous Jesus come to judge and wage war against evil—He isn’t just the prophesied child who would be born, He Is the One whose appearance will be accompanied by the heavens and earth being destroyed.

Second Day: Read Revelation 6:1-8.

John saw the worthy Lamb beginning to open the seals of God's scroll.

3.a. What did each of the four living creatures say when the Lamb opened the first four seals?
b. What appeared as each seal was opened, and how were they visibly distinct?

4.What are we told about the rider of the white horse and his intent? Whom might he depict? (There are differing opinions.)
5. a. What power was given to the rider of the red horse? In what ways do you see this type of power wielded in the world today?

b. What is the source of strife and the solution for it? (See James 4:1-8 or other Scriptures.

Third Day: Reread Revelation 6:1-8.
Each horseman appeared with a specific purpose.
6.a. What was the rider of the black horse holding? What did one of the living creatures say?

b. What might this mean?

7. a. Describe the final horse, its rider, and the power given to them.

b. What is Hades, which follows the pale horse and its rider, Death? (See also Revelation 20:13-15.)

8. a. Read Zechariah 6:1-8 with Revelation 6:1-8. What are the similarities and differences in these accounts?

b. What prophecies of Jesus in Matthew 24:1-8 do you see experienced in Revelation 6:1-8?

Fourth Day: Read Revelation 6:9-11.
John saw a vision of faithful martyrs.

9.a. When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, who was under the altar, and what did they desire?

b. In what ways do you long for God to bring justice?

10. a. Why were those under the altar told to wait? What do you learn from this? (See also 2 Peter 3:9.)

b. What might the white robes represent? (See also Isaiah 61:10.)

11. a. What does the Bible say about suffering and persecution in a Christian's life? (See also Romans 5:3-5; 1 Peter 3:13-17; 4:12-16; 5:10; or any other relevant Scriptures.)

b. How do the descriptions of God in 1 Peter 5:10 and Revelation 6:10 help you trust Him?

Fifth Day: Read Revelation 6:12-17.
John saw incredible phenomena of nature as signs.

12.Describe the similarities between the following passages and the opening of the sixth seal.
Exodus 19:18
Isaiah 34:4
Jeremiah 4:23-26
Joel 2:30-31
Zechariah 14:3-5
13. a. Where did those in Revelation 6:15-16 take refuge? What refuge did they refuse to take?

b. Read Psalm 46 and Romans 5:1-11. What do these say about God that helps in difficult times?

Sixth Day:Review Revelation 6.

Only Jesus provides refuge from God's coming wrath.

14. How has this week's lesson about God's righteous wrath and refuge in Christ encouraged you?