青少年教程 (启示录教导什么*第9课) | 耶稣最后的话

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课程目的

• 帮助学生对启示录有整体的认识

• 借着耶稣快要再来的真理激励学生

• 一同庆祝这几周学习启示录所领受的一切

主题

欢庆、永生、传福音、团契/交通、神的国

背诵经文

启示录 22:12

开始祷告(5-10分钟)

团队建立(5分钟)

玩一个“名人的临终遗言”游戏。你读出据说是某个人临终前所说的话，让学生猜是谁说的。

1. “一个快死的人，做什么事都不容易。”（Benjamin Franklin）

2. “哦，哇。哦，哇。哦，哇。”（Steve Jobs）

3. “我要去洗手间看书。”（Elvis Presley）

4. “还有你吗，Brutus？”（Julius Caesar）

5. “这一切我都厌倦了。”（Winston Churchill）

6. “今天是四号吗？”（Thomas Jefferson）

7. “父啊，我将我的灵魂交在你手里。”（耶稣）

这些都是已经去世之人的著名临终遗言。

今天，当我们结束启示录的学习时，要来看耶稣最后的话——而祂是那位永远不会再死的主。

让我们开始。

开始(7分钟)

今天，我们要结束启示录的学习。先回顾一下前面几课所学的内容。

一般讨论：

• 关于启示录，你学到了什么以前不知道的内容？（让学生讨论。）

• 关于启示录，还有哪些地方使你困惑？（让学生讨论。）

• 启示录最主要的信息是什么？（耶稣已经得胜。忠心到底，你也会得胜。）

• 哪一章是整卷启示录的中心？（启示录第12章。）

启示录丰富而深刻的象征中，还有许多内容值得我们继续挖掘。我们现在所做的，只不过是触及表面。还有很多事情可以讨论，但今天我们必须把这个系列结束。我们会在启示录最后一章，也就是第22章中结束学习。

深入学习(30分钟)

读 启示录 22:1-5

讨论问题：

1. 这段经文中有哪些画面是你熟悉的？（生命水、生命树等。）

2. 圣经其他什么地方也提到生命树？（创世记，伊甸园。）

3. 在这个画面中，神在哪里？（就在其中，与百姓同在等。）

4. 根据第3节，那里不再有什么？（不再有咒诅。）

当我们来到启示录的结尾，也来到整本圣经的结尾时，我们回到了最初开始的地方。起初，有一个园子。有人。也有神。

读 创世记 2:8-10

讨论问题：

1. 这两个场景-伊甸园和启示录中天上的景象-有哪些共同之处？（有树、有结果子的树、有河流、没有咒诅、神在那里等。）

神正在恢复祂从起初就要成就的事：被救赎的百姓，被救赎的受造界，以及祂与百姓之间亲密而永恒的同在。我们要服事祂，与祂一同作王，并且有祂的名写在额上，象征我们属于祂。

读 启示录 22:6-11

讨论问题：

1. 根据这段经文，谁是有福的？（遵守这书上预言的人。）

2. 当约翰想要敬拜天使时，天使怎样回应？（要敬拜神！我也不过是与你同作仆人的。）

3. 你认为第11节是什么意思？（让学生讨论。）

读 启示录 22:12-21

讨论问题：

1. 根据这些经文，谁是有福的？（那些洗净自己衣服的人。）

2. 这是什么意思？（那些因耶稣的牺牲而得洁净的人。）

3. 耶稣怎样介绍自己？（祂是大卫的根，又是他的后裔；是明亮的晨星等。）

4. 耶稣以怎样的权柄说这些话？（祂就是神-阿拉法和俄梅戛、首先的和末后的等。）

5. 谁被邀请“来”？（所有听见这些话的人、口渴的人，以及任何愿意白白取生命水喝的人。）

6. 那些已经听见邀请的人，也被邀请去做什么？（也去邀请别人：“来！”）

7. 为什么这个邀请后面有感叹号？（因为其中带着迫切性。）

8. 这段经文多次提到“快”和“日期近了”。对最初的读者来说，什么是“快要来到”的？（完全的救赎。对我们来说也是如此。）

启示录最后一章，使我们再次回想起圣经的开头-园子、城等画面。这里也充满救恩的语言：我们将要得生命，也不再受咒诅。同时，我们也看见大使命：那些已经听见“来！”这个邀请的人，也被邀请向别人说：“来！”

讨论问题：（续）

9. 耶稣最后的话是什么？（“是了，我必快来。”）

10. 约翰怎样回应？（“阿们！主耶稣啊，我愿你来！”）

11. 约翰已经看见了这么多事情，为什么仍然能够如此强烈地盼望耶稣再来？（他明白自己所看见的；他不惧怕耶稣的再来；他属于那些忠于基督的人等。）

12. 你认为自己也能带着同样的确信盼望耶稣再来吗？（邀请学生分享为什么能，或为什么不能。）

联系实际（20分钟）

就是这样，我们从启示录 1:1一路读到了22:21！我们学习了启示录的开篇，认识了约翰，学习了七个教会以及其他一系列与“七”有关的内容，也来到整卷书的高峰-第12章，看见耶稣怎样击败撒但；我们也思想了天国的盼望。这是一次很丰富的学习。

然而，这一切对你意味着什么？

一般讨论：

• 基督已经得胜的信息，怎样改变你看待自己生命的方式？（给我们盼望、信心、平安等。）

• 在试炼中坚持到底的鼓励，怎样改变你看待人生困难的方式？（我们的受苦有意义；我们也正是在受苦中经历得胜。）

• 天国的盼望怎样改变你看待这个世界的方式？（今天的患难与将来的荣耀相比就显得微不足道；我们盼望进入那个不再有咒诅的生命等。）

• 在基督的应许完全成就、我们永远与祂同在以前，我们仍然会经历患难。知道这一点，你有什么感受？（让学生讨论。）

再次读 启示录 22:12

讨论问题：

1. 这节经文提醒我们要做什么？（预备迎接耶稣再来。）

2. 为什么我们需要预备？到时候会发生什么？你认为这是一项应许，还是一个警告？（祂要“照各人所行的报应他”。既是应许，也是警告。）

3. 如果行为不能救我们，那么为什么耶稣又说要“照各人所行的”报应他们？你认为这里的意思是什么？（根据整卷启示录的内容，这里指的是那些选择作祂国度子民，而不是属于这个世界国度的人。属于祂的人将得到极大的奖赏，正如祂在这卷书其他地方所应许的。）

4. 为什么选择站在这个世界的国度一边是愚昧的？（因为这个世界的国度是暂时的，它的统治者只是撒但手中的棋子，最终都要灭亡。）

5. 你多经常作出决定，使自己站在那已经失败的一边？（让学生讨论。）

6. 你多经常作出决定，使自己站在得胜者这一边？（让学生讨论。）

我们的选择会极大影响我们今生的生活。第一世纪的教会在等候脱离逼迫时，带着一种迫切感忠心生活。这种迫切感也是我们需要学习的。

花一些时间背诵启示录 22:12。

今天一开始，我们谈到了一些著名的临终遗言。现在，在结束这一课、也结束整个启示录系列时，我们要挑战你思想：如果有一天轮到你说最后的话，你希望自己最后说些什么？当一个人已经预备好自己最后要说的话，仿佛这些话随时都可以从嘴里说出来时，他往往也更可能把今天活得最好。

给学生一些时间思想，然后邀请他们分享，希望自己有一天最后说出的，会是怎样的话。

结束祷告(2分钟)

求神帮助学生带着迫切感过一生，在等候神的国完全实现时，忠信为祂而活。

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Revelation: What Revelation Teaches

Lesson 9: Last Words of Jesus

LESSON OBJECTIVES

Goals

1. To inform students of the overview of the book of Revelation

2. To inspire students with the truth that Jesus is returning soon

3. To celebrate all that we’ve learned in the weeks we’ve studied Revelation

Topics

Celebration, Eternal Life, Evangelism, Fellowship, Kingdom of God

Scripture Memorization

Revelation 22:12

OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)

GROUP BUILDING (3 minutes)

Play “Famous Last Words.” You read the phrase they reportedly said, and ask students to guess whose last words they were.

1. “A dying man can do nothing easy.” (Benjamin Franklin)

2. “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” (Steve Jobs)

3. “I’m going to the bathroom to read.” (Elvis Presley)

4. “Et tu, Brute?” (Julius Caesar)

5. “I’m bored with it all.” (Winston Churchill)

6. “Is it the fourth?” (Thomas Jefferson)

7. “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” (Jesus)

Those are all the famous last words of people who died. Today, as conclude our study of Revelation, we will study the last words of Jesus—One who will never die. Let’s get started.

GETTING STARTED (7 minutes)

Today, as we conclude our study of Revelation, let’s reflect on our past lessons of Revelation.

General Discussion:

• What is something you’ve learned about Revelation you didn’t know? (Allow for discussion.)

• What still confuses you about Revelation? (Allow for discussion.)

• What is the main point of Revelation? (Jesus has won. Be faithful and you win too.)

• What chapter serves as the centerpiece of Revelation? (Revelation 12.)

There is so much to mine from the deep symbolism of this great book. We have only scratched the surface. There is so much we could talk about, but we must finish up today. We do that in Revelation’s final chapter. Revelation 22.

DIGGING IN (30 minutes)

Read Revelation 22:1-5

Discussion Questions:

1. What images sound familiar to you in this passage? (Water of life, tree of life, etc.)

2. Where else in the Bible do we read about a Tree of Life? (Genesis, in the Garden of Eden.)

3. Where is God in this picture? (In the middle of it, present, etc.)

4. What does not exist in this setting, according to verse 3? (There will be no curse.)

As we end Revelation—and the Bible—we end where we started. In the beginning, there was a Garden. There were people. There was God.

Read Genesis 2:8-10

Discussion Questions:

1. What do these two settings (the Garden of Eden and the heavenly picture) have in common? (A tree, a tree that bears fruit, a river, no curse, God is present, etc.)

God is restoring what He set out to have—redeemed people, redeemed creation, and a presence with His people that is personal and eternal. We will serve Him, reign with Him, and wear our names on our foreheads, which symbolizes to whom we belong.

Read Revelation 22:6-11

Discussion Questions:

1. According to this passage, who is blessed? (The one who keeps the prophecy written in the scroll.)

2. When John tries to worship the angel, what does the angel say? (Worship God! I’m just a fellow servant.)

3. What do you think verse 11 means? (Allow for discussion.)

Read Revelation 22:12-21

Discussion Questions:

1. According to these verses, who is blessed? (Those who have washed their robes.)

2. What does that mean? (Those who have been purified by Jesus’ sacrifice.)

3. How does Jesus identify Himself? (He’s the Root and Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star, etc.)

4. With what authority does Jesus speak? (He is God—the Alpha and Omega, First and Last, etc.)

5. Who is invited to "Come!"? (Those who hear these words, the thirsty, anyone who wishes to take the free gift of the water of life.)

6. Those who hear are invited to do what? (Also, invite people to "Come!")

7. Why do you think there is an exclamation mark after the invitation? (There is an urgency to all this.)

8. Several times in this passage, we read words like "soon" and "the time is near." What do you think was soon and near for the original readers? (Complete redemption. It’s true of us, too.)

In the last chapter of Revelation, we have reflections upon the beginning (the Garden City, etc.). We also have salvific language where we will have life and no longer be cursed. We also have the Great Commission as those who have heard the invitation (“Come!”) are also invited to say, "Come!"

Discussion Questions (Continued)

9. What are the last words of Jesus? ("Yes, I am coming soon.")

10. What is John’s response? ("Amen. Come Lord Jesus.")

11. How do you think John is able to desire that so strongly, given what he’s seen? (He understood what he saw, He has no fear of Jesus’ coming, He’s among those who are devoted to Christ, etc.)

12. Do you think you can anticipate Jesus’ return with the same confidence? (Invite students to share why or why not.)

MAKING IT REAL (20 minutes)

That’s it; we made it from Revelation 1:1 to 22:21! Introduction, getting to know John, the seven churches (and all the other 7s), the peak of the book with chapter 12 and Jesus’ defeat over Satan. Hope of Heaven. It’s been a good study.

However, what does it mean to you?

General Discussion:

• How does the message of Christ’s victory change the way you think about your own life? (It gives us hope, confidence, peace, etc.)

• How does the encouragement to persevere through trials change the way you think about difficulty in life? (We suffer for a purpose; we are victorious through that suffering.)

• How does the hope of Heaven change the way you think about this world? (The troubles of today pale in comparison, we can’t wait to live with no curse, etc.)

• How do you feel knowing that until Christ’s promise is completely fulfilled and we are eternally with Him we will endure trouble? (Allow for discussion.)

Read Revelation 22:12 (again)

Discussion Questions:

1. What is it that this verse reminds us to do? (To be prepared for Jesus’ return.)

2. Why do we need to be prepared. What will happen? Do you think this is a promise or a warning? (He will “give to each person according to what they have done. It’s both.)

3. If our works don’t save us, then how can we be rewarded “according to what we have done”? What do you think it is that Jesus is talking about here? (In light of the rest of the book, He’s talking about those who have counted themselves as citizens of His Kingdom instead of the kingdom of the world. Those who belong to Him will receive a great reward, just as He promises in other places in this book.)

4. Why is it foolish to align yourself with the kingdom of this world? (Because the kingdom of this world is temporary, and its rulers are pawns of Satan who are doomed to destruction.)

5. How often do you make a decision that aligns you with the side that has already lost? (Allow for discussion.)

6. How often do you make a decision that aligns you with the victor? (Allow for discussion.)

Our decisions influence our lives on this earth in a big way, but the urgency of the first-century Church to live faithfully as they awaited freedom from their oppression is an urgency from which we must learn.

Take some time to memorize Revelation 22:12.

We started today by talking about some famous last words. However, we want to end this lesson and this study by challenging you to think about your last words and what you want them to be. It is when we live with our last words ready to fall from our lips that we’re likely to live our best.

Have students take some time to think about it and then share what they hope some of their last words might be.

CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)

Pray that your students will live out their lives with urgency as they await the coming Kingdom to be fully realized.