Study Guide #6, for Revelation 15–19 • July 23, 2002
1. What is the significance of
the title of the song in 15:3 (“the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb)? Is
there any message latent in linking Moses and the Lamb in this way? What is or
was the song of Moses? What is the content and the
significance of the song? What are its emphases? What are the implications of
believers singing it?
2. Do you believe the words of
the angel and the altar (16:5-7) are true? That is, do
you believe that God’s judgments in these chapters really are just? Why or why
not? What is justice? How do the words of the angel and the response to it (vv.
5-7) compare with the song in 15:3-4? Do you see God’s hand in natural
disasters? Do you see God warning us in the midst of present-day personal and
social tribulations? If so, how? What is God warning
us about and what kind of response is appropriate?
3. What is the significance of
the time references in this passage (15:1 and
4. Cite all the evidence you can from
Revelation, but especially from chapters 17 and 18, to establish who the “great
whore” is (17:1). What is the relationship between the whore, the beast and
5. Using chapter 18 as a source, construct a
brief political and economic indictment of
6. Assess the tone of chapter 18. Is it
jubilation, grief, anger, relief or some other sentiment? Why do you think so?
7. In what ways are Christians
enjoined to participate in the final conflict according to these chapters (esp.
chap. 19)? How did the Israelites participate in the archetypal Exodus event?
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