PLUS QUE CONQUÉRANTS

Une interprétation du livre de la Révélation (Apocalypse).

par

William Hendriksen

 

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Traduction et mise en pages par

Jean leDuc et Alexandre Cousinier

Février 2024

(Voir version française et Pdf)

 

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BIOGRAPHICAL TRIBUTE

 

CHAPITRE 1

PURPOSE, THEME AND AUTHORSHIP OF REVELATION

I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK

II. THE THEME OF THE BOOK

III. THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THE BOOK IS ADDRESSED

IV. THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

V. THE DATE OF THE BOOK

 

CHAPITRE 2

GENERAL ANALYSIS

I. THE SEVEN PARALLEL SECTIONS

1. Christ in the midst of the lampstands (i: 1-3: 22)

2. The vision of heaven and the seals (4: 1-7: 17)

3. The seven trumpets (8: 1-11: 19)

4. The persecuting dragon (12: 1-14: 20)

5. The seven bowls (15: 1-16: 21)

6. The fall of Babylon (17: 1-19: 21)

7. The great consummation (20: 1-22: 21)

 

II. OTHER ARGUMENTS FOR PARALLELISM

 

III. THE TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS

 

CHAPITRE 3

THE UNITY OF THE BOOK

I. CHRIST IN THE MIDST OF HIS CHURCH

 

II. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD

 

III. THE JUDGMENTS UPON THE PERSECUTORS

 

IV. VICTORY THROUGH CHRIST

 

V. THE BOOK AN ORGANIC WHOLE

 

CHAPITRE 4

PROGRESSIVE TEACHING CONCERNING FINAL JUDGMENT

 

CHAPITRE 5

SYMBOLISM IN THE BOOK

 

I. THE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE CENTRAL THEME

 

II. THE NEED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRINCIPLE AND DETAIL

 

III. WHAT DO THE SYMBOLS MEAN?

 

CHAPITRE 6

BACKGROUND AND BASIS FOR INTERPRETATION

 

I. THE NEED TO NOTE THE CONTEMPORARY BACKGROUND

 

II. THE NEED TO HAVE REGARD TO THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF SCRIPTURE

 

III. THE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK IN THE MIND OF GOD

 

CHAPITRE 7

REVELATION 1: THE SON OF MAN

1. The Introduction (verses 1-3)

2. The salutation and adoration (verses 4-6)

3. The announcement of Christ's second coming (verse 7)

4. Christ's self-designation (verse 8)

5. John's commission to write the Apocalypse (verses 9  —  11)

6. The vision of the Son of Man (verses 12-16)

7. The effect of the vision on John (verses 17-20)

 

CHAPITRE 8

REVELATION 2, 3: THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS

1. The letter to Ephesus (2: 1-7)

2. The letter to Smyrna (2: 8-11)

3. The letter to Pergamum (2: 12-17)

4. The letter to Thyatira (2: 18-29)

5. The letter to Sardis (3: 1-6)

6. The letter to Philadelphia (3: 7-13)

7. The letter to Laodicea (3: 14-22)

 

CHAPITRE 9

REVELATION 4-7: THE SEVEN SEALS

1. The vision of the throne (4: 1-6)

2. The elders and the living ones (4: 7-11)

3. The sealed scroll taken by the Lamb (5: 1-7)

4. The adoration of the Lamb (5: 8-14)

5. The four riders and their horses (6: 1-8)

6. The cry of the martyrs (6: 9-11)

7. The final judgment (6:12-17)

8. The sealed multitude (7:1  —  17)

 

CHAPITRE 10

REVELATION 8—1 I: THE SEVEN TRUMPETS

1. The seventh seal (8:1-6)

2. The first four trumpets (8: 7-13)

3. The fifth and sixth trumpets (9:1-21)

4. The angel with the little book (10:1-11)

5. The measuring of the Temple (11:1, 2)

6. The two witnesses (i i: 3-14)

7. 'The seventh trumpet (11:15-19)

 

CHAPITRE 11

REVELATION 12-14: THE CHRIST VERSUS THE DRAGON AND HIS ALLIES

1. The woman, the child and the dragon (12: 1-6)

2. The expulsion of the dragon (12: 7-12)

3. The final assaults of the dragon (12: 13-17)

4. The helpers of the dragon (13: 1 — 18)

5. The triumph of God's Church (14: 1-16)

6. The judgment of the wicked (14: 17-20)

 

CHAPITRE 12

REVELATION 15, 16: THE SEVEN BOWLS

1. The sea of glass mingled with fire (15: 1-4)

2. The opening of the sanctuary (15: 5-8)

3. The seven bowls of wrath (16:1-21)

 

CHAPITRE 13

REVELATION 17-19: THE FALL OF THE DRAGON'S ALLIES

I. THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON

1. The woman and the beast (17: 1-6)

2. The history of the beast (17: 7-18)

3. The fall of Babylon (18: 1-24)

 

II. REJOICINGS IN HEAVEN

1. The marriage of the Lamb (19: 1-10)

2. The glorious Victor (19: 11-21)

 

CHAPITRE 14

REVELATION 20-22: VICTORY THROUGH CHRIST

I. FROM THE BINDING OF SATAN TO THE FINAL JUDGMENT

1. The binding of Satan (20: 1-3)

2. The reign of the saints (20: 4-6)

3. The final conflict (20: 7-10)

4. The great white throne (20: 11-15)

 

II. GOD'S FINAL TRIUMPH

1. The new heaven and the new earth (2 1: 1 -8)

2. The new Jerusalem (21: 9-22: 5)

3. Conclusion (22: 6-21)

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

TOPICAL INDEX