Breakdown: Christ in Revelation

     Sometimes it's good when you're intently working on something to take a break and later revisit it with fresh eyes. Looking back over yesterday's divisions, something else stood out to me: there are three main divisions which show different aspects of Christ.

1-5 - Christ's Body
6-18 - Christ's Judgment
19-22 - Christ's Glory

     After finding these groups, I looked to see what other groupings were found by others. Irving Jensen, in his book Jensen's Survey of the New Testament gave these groupings which are along the same general lines as mine, but more specific, and therefore of more use to me:

1:1-8 - Christ Communicating
1:9-3:22 - Christ in the Church: The Living One
4:1-16:21 - Christ in the Cosmos: The Redeemer
17:1-21:8 - Christ in Conquest: The Warrior
21:9-22:5 - Christ in the Consummation: The Lamb
22:6-21 - Christ Challenging

     As I study, I will be trying to learn more about Christ based on these groupings. They will also serve as launching points for my studies on how believers are to live in light of these truths.