John was on the island of Patmos on the the Lord's day when he received the vision of Revelation with specific instructions from Christ to write what he has seen and distribute it to seven churches in Asia.
In chapter one we read a description of the glorified Christ, and also instructions to John to write the things that he has seen, the things that are, and the things which will soon take place after this. This structure helps us to rightly divide the contents of Revelation.
Chapter one is past for John...what he has seen when Christ instructs him to write. Chapters two and three are present...seven literal churches that existed in John's day, and chapter four and following pertain to future things.
Everything in Revelation that follows chapter four fits within Daniel's seventieth week, aka...the Tribulation. The tribulation is seven literal years, and is referred to precisely in scripture by years, months, and even the number of its days.
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Joel Dover is the Senior Pastor of the Calvary Chapel Church in Newnan GA, a church that he started in 2014 from a living room Bible study.
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