Revelation — Group study guide
Part 1 of 3 · chapters 1–8
8 chapters · 80 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Revelation 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 1 (KJV)
1. Whose revelation is the book of Revelation?
Revelation 1:1
- A. Of Jesus Christ
- B. Of Moses
- C. Of Daniel
- D. Of Paul
2. By whom did John receive the revelation?
Revelation 1:1
- A. By Peter
- B. By a dream of Daniel
- C. By an ancient book
- D. By an angel
3. What is he that readeth the words of this prophecy?
Revelation 1:3
- A. Cursed
- B. Wise
- C. Blessed
- D. A prophet
4. To how many churches did the apostle John write?
Revelation 1:4
- A. Twelve
- B. Seven
- C. Three
- D. Ten
5. What did the blood of Jesus do for us?
Revelation 1:5
- A. Washed us from our sins
- B. Gave us riches
- C. Made us angels
- D. Freed us from all labour
6. What hath Jesus made us unto God and his Father?
Revelation 1:6
- A. Servants and slaves
- B. Judges and prophets
- C. Angels
- D. Kings and priests
7. In what did John say he was a companion of the brethren?
Revelation 1:9
- A. In riches
- B. In government
- C. In tribulation
- D. In business
8. What was the name of the isle where John was?
Revelation 1:9
- A. Cyprus
- B. Patmos
- C. Crete
- D. Melita (Malta)
9. On what day was John in the Spirit?
Revelation 1:10
- A. On the Lord's day
- B. On the day of Pentecost
- C. On the day of the Passover
- D. On the day of atonement
10. What did John see when he turned to see the voice that spake with him?
Revelation 1:12
- A. A throne of ivory
- B. A ladder to heaven
- C. An ark of wood
- D. Seven golden candlesticks
11. What was the Son of man girt with about the paps (chest)?
Revelation 1:13
- A. A sword
- B. A breastplate of stones
- C. A golden girdle
- D. A purple robe
12. What keys did the Son of man say he has?
Revelation 1:18
- A. The keys of the temple
- B. The keys of hell and of death
- C. The keys of Jerusalem
- D. The keys of the treasury
13. What are the seven stars in the Lord's right hand?
Revelation 1:20
- A. The angels of the seven churches
- B. The seven days of creation
- C. The seven kings of the earth
- D. The seven seals
14. What are the seven candlesticks?
Revelation 1:20
- A. The seven Spirits
- B. The seven plagues
- C. The seven mountains
- D. The seven churches
Notes
Revelation 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 2 (KJV)
1. Whom did the church of Ephesus try?
Revelation 2:2
- A. The Gentiles
- B. The elders
- C. The deacons
- D. Them which say they are apostles, and are not
2. For whose sake did the church of Ephesus labour?
Revelation 2:3
- A. For the love of money
- B. For the love of fame
- C. For his name's sake
- D. For the love of the city
3. What did the Lord have against the church of Ephesus?
Revelation 2:4
- A. That it suffered Jezebel
- B. That it had left its first love
- C. That it was lukewarm
- D. That it had a name that it lived, and was dead
4. What did the Lord say he would do if the church of Ephesus did not repent?
Revelation 2:5
- A. Remove its candlestick out of his place
- B. Give it hidden manna
- C. Make it a pillar in the temple
- D. Give it the morning star
5. What will the Lord give to him that overcometh in Ephesus?
Revelation 2:7
- A. A white stone
- B. White raiment
- C. Power over the nations
- D. To eat of the tree of life
6. Was the church of Smyrna rich or poor?
Revelation 2:9
- A. Rich, but Jesus said it was poor
- B. Rich in everything
- C. Poor, but Jesus said it was rich
- D. Neither rich nor poor
7. What are they which say they are Jews, and are not?
Revelation 2:9
- A. Children of Abraham
- B. The synagogue of Satan
- C. Pillars of the church
- D. True prophets
8. Who did the Lord say would cast some of them into prison?
Revelation 2:10
- A. The devil
- B. The emperor
- C. The Jews
- D. The elders
9. Why would they be cast into prison?
Revelation 2:10
- A. To punish them
- B. To teach them the law
- C. So that they may rest
- D. That they may be tried
10. What shall not happen to him that overcometh in Smyrna?
Revelation 2:11
- A. Hunger
- B. Persecution
- C. Being hurt of the second death
- D. Tribulation
11. Where did the church of Pergamos dwell?
Revelation 2:13
- A. By the sea of glass
- B. Where Satan's seat is
- C. On mount Sion
- D. On the isle of Patmos
12. What faithful martyr of Pergamos was slain?
Revelation 2:13
- A. Antipas
- B. Stephen
- C. James
- D. Timothy
13. How will the Lord fight against those who hold the doctrine of Balaam and of the Nicolaitans?
Revelation 2:16
- A. With an army of angels
- B. With fire from heaven
- C. With locusts
- D. With the sword of his mouth
14. How will the Lord reward him that overcometh in Pergamos?
Revelation 2:17
- A. With a crown of gold
- B. With lands and houses
- C. With hidden manna and a white stone with a new name
- D. With the tree of life
15. What did the Lord have against the church of Thyatira?
Revelation 2:20
- A. That it had left its first love
- B. That it suffered Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess
- C. That it was lukewarm
- D. That it held the doctrine of Balaam
16. Did Jezebel want to repent?
Revelation 2:21
- Yes
- No
17. What reward will Jesus give to him that overcometh in Thyatira?
Revelation 2:26
- A. Hidden manna
- B. White raiment
- C. A new name on a stone
- D. Power over the nations
Notes
Revelation 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 3 (KJV)
1. How did Jesus say he would come on Sardis if they did not watch?
Revelation 3:3
- A. With a trumpet
- B. With an army
- C. In a cloud
- D. As a thief
2. What is the reward for him that overcometh in Sardis?
Revelation 3:5
- A. He shall receive the key of David
- B. He shall be a pillar in the temple
- C. He shall be clothed in white raiment
- D. He shall eat hidden manna
3. What key does Jesus have, according to the letter to Philadelphia?
Revelation 3:7
- A. The key of Moses
- B. The key of David
- C. The key of Solomon
- D. The key of the temple
4. Who can shut the door that Jesus opens?
Revelation 3:8
- A. No man
- B. The angels
- C. The kings
- D. The devil
5. From what will he be kept that kept the word of Jesus' patience?
Revelation 3:10
- A. From all labour
- B. From physical death
- C. From poverty
- D. From the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world
6. What will be done with him that overcometh in Philadelphia?
Revelation 3:12
- A. He will receive power over the nations
- B. He will eat of the tree of life
- C. He will be made a pillar in the temple of God
- D. He will receive white raiment
7. Which church was lukewarm?
Revelation 3:14-16
- A. Ephesus
- B. Laodicea
- C. Smyrna
- D. Philadelphia
8. What did Jesus counsel the church of Laodicea to buy?
Revelation 3:18
- A. Gold tried in the fire
- B. Lands
- C. Slaves
- D. Cattle
9. Whom does the Lord rebuke and chasten?
Revelation 3:19
- A. Only the Gentiles
- B. Only kings
- C. No one
- D. As many as he loves
10. Why did Jesus sit down with his Father in his throne?
Revelation 3:21
- A. Because men chose him
- B. Because he inherited it from David
- C. Because he overcame
- D. Because the angels gave it to him
Notes
Revelation 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 4 (KJV)
1. What did John see set in heaven?
Revelation 4:2
- A. A temple of stone
- B. A walled city
- C. A throne
- D. An ark
2. What was round about the throne, twenty-four in number?
Revelation 4:4
- A. Twenty-four pillars
- B. Twenty-four seats (thrones)
- C. Twenty-four candlesticks
- D. Twenty-four gates
3. What are the seven lamps of fire before the throne?
Revelation 4:5
- A. The seven Spirits of God
- B. The seven churches
- C. The seven kings
- D. The seven seals
4. With what were the four beasts (living creatures) full before and behind?
Revelation 4:6
- A. With golden feathers
- B. With precious stones
- C. With fire
- D. With eyes
5. Three of the four beasts were like what animals?
Revelation 4:7
- A. Bear, leopard and wolf
- B. Horse, camel and lamb
- C. Lion, calf and eagle
- D. Serpent, dove and raven
6. What did the four beasts not cease to say day and night?
Revelation 4:8
- A. Alleluia, Amen
- B. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty
- C. Hosanna to the Son of David
- D. Glory to God in the highest
7. What did the twenty-four elders cast before the throne?
Revelation 4:10
- A. Their crowns
- B. Their robes
- C. Their swords
- D. Incense
Notes
Revelation 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 5 (KJV)
1. What was in the right hand of him that sat on the throne?
Revelation 5:1
- A. A book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals
- B. A rod of iron
- C. A golden cup
- D. A sharp sickle
2. What did the strong angel proclaim with a loud voice?
Revelation 5:2
- A. Babylon is fallen!
- B. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth!
- C. Fear God, and give glory to him!
- D. Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3. Why did John weep much?
Revelation 5:4
- A. Because he was a prisoner
- B. Because he saw the beast
- C. Because no man was found worthy to open the book
- D. Because he was hungry
4. Is there anyone who can open the book and loose its seven seals?
Revelation 5:5
- Yes
- No
5. Before whom did the four beasts and four and twenty elders fall down?
Revelation 5:8
- A. Before the Lamb
- B. Before John
- C. Before the angel
- D. Before the beast
6. What are the golden vials full of odours (incense)?
Revelation 5:8
- A. The wrath of God
- B. The riches of heaven
- C. The tears of the martyrs
- D. The prayers of saints
7. What hath the Lamb made us unto our God?
Revelation 5:10
- A. Judges
- B. Angels
- C. Kings and priests
- D. Prophets
8. How many angels were round about the throne?
Revelation 5:11
- A. A hundred and forty-four thousand
- B. Ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands
- C. Twelve thousand
- D. Seventy
Notes
Revelation 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 6 (KJV)
1. Why did he that sat on the white horse go forth?
Revelation 6:2
- A. To sow
- B. Conquering, and to conquer
- C. To heal
- D. To fish
2. What power was given to him that sat on the red horse?
Revelation 6:4
- A. Power to take peace from the earth
- B. Power to heal
- C. Power to bring rain
- D. Power to build cities
3. What did he that sat on the black horse have in his hand?
Revelation 6:5
- A. A bow
- B. A great sword
- C. A sickle
- D. A pair of balances
4. What was the name of him that sat on the pale horse?
Revelation 6:8
- A. War
- B. Famine
- C. Death
- D. Abaddon
5. Over what part of the earth was power given to Death?
Revelation 6:8
- A. Over the third part
- B. Over the fourth part of the earth
- C. Over half
- D. Over all the earth
6. Who were under the altar?
Revelation 6:9
- A. The souls of them that were slain for the word of God
- B. The four and twenty elders
- C. The seven angels
- D. The kings of the earth
7. Why were the souls told to rest yet for a little season?
Revelation 6:11
- A. Because heaven was full
- B. Because they had more to learn
- C. Because the earth had not been created
- D. Until their fellowservants and brethren that should be killed should be fulfilled
8. At the opening of which seal is there a great earthquake?
Revelation 6:12
- A. The first seal
- B. The fourth seal
- C. The sixth seal
- D. The seventh seal
9. Who hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains?
Revelation 6:15
- A. Only the children
- B. The kings, great men, rich men, chief captains, mighty men, every bondman and every free man
- C. Only the angels
- D. The four and twenty elders
10. From what did they want to hide?
Revelation 6:16
- A. From the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb
- B. From the rain
- C. From the Romans
- D. From the locusts
Notes
Revelation 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 7 (KJV)
1. What were the four angels standing on the four corners of the earth doing?
Revelation 7:1
- A. Holding the four winds of the earth
- B. Sounding trumpets
- C. Measuring the temple
- D. Pouring out vials
2. Until when could the angels not hurt the earth, the sea and the trees?
Revelation 7:3
- A. Until the seventh day
- B. Until Babylon fell
- C. Until the last trumpet sounded
- D. Till the servants of God were sealed in their foreheads
3. What was the number of them which were sealed?
Revelation 7:4
- A. Twelve thousand
- B. Seventy thousand
- C. A hundred and forty and four thousand
- D. One thousand two hundred sixty
4. Where were those who were sealed from?
Revelation 7:5-8
- A. From Egypt
- B. From the tribes of Israel
- C. From Rome
- D. From the isles
5. What did the multitude which no man could number cry with a loud voice?
Revelation 7:10
- A. Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb
- B. Babylon is fallen!
- C. Woe, woe, woe!
- D. Crucify him!
6. Who were they which were arrayed in white robes?
Revelation 7:14
- A. The Levite priests
- B. The seven angels
- C. The kings of the earth
- D. They which came out of great tribulation
7. What will he that sitteth on the throne do for them?
Revelation 7:15
- A. Draw his sword over them
- B. Spread his net over them
- C. Dwell among them (spread his tabernacle over them)
- D. Pour his wrath on them
8. What shall God wipe away from their eyes?
Revelation 7:17
- A. The dust
- B. All tears
- C. The blood
- D. The sweat
Notes
Revelation 8 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Revelation 8 (KJV)
1. For how long was there silence in heaven?
Revelation 8:1
- A. For three days
- B. About the space of half an hour
- C. For a thousand years
- D. For a week
2. What was given to the seven angels which stood before God?
Revelation 8:2
- A. Seven trumpets
- B. Seven vials
- C. Seven crowns
- D. Seven swords
3. What was burnt up when the first angel sounded?
Revelation 8:7
- A. All the earth
- B. The cities of the nations
- C. The ships of the sea
- D. The third part of trees, and all green grass
4. What happened to the sea when the second angel sounded?
Revelation 8:8
- A. The sea dried up
- B. The sea froze
- C. The third part of the sea became blood
- D. The sea became sweet
5. What is the name of the great star that fell upon the third part of the rivers?
Revelation 8:11
- A. Lucifer
- B. Wormwood
- C. Abaddon
- D. Armageddon
6. Which trumpets are worse: the first four or the last three?
Revelation 8:13
- A. The last three
- B. The first four
- C. They are all the same
- D. Only the first