Text: Rev 11:1-2 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. How can we know for certain that the temple spoken of in Rev 11:1 does Not refer to a physical temple, but instead a heavenly one? Why is this so very important in reading the book of Revelation? Discuss. 
2. What is the significance of that which John was told to measure in verse 1? Discuss
3. What is the importance of that which John was told to leave unmeasured in verse 2? Discuss.

Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.

Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭11:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.11.1-2.esv

Text: Psalm 46 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Scripture says God is our very present help in trouble. What does this mean? Share. 
2. Share times in your life when God sustained you in your troubles and sorrows. 
3. How would you describe the core message of Psalm 46 in 1 sentence?
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭46:1-3‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/psa.46.1-3.esv

Text: Rev 11:1-2 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Contrary to dispensationalism, the temple in Rev 11:1-2 is not a literal temple. Review and discuss the 6 reasons given in the sermon as to why this is true. Also discuss the importance and implications in properly interpreting this text.

Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.

Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭11:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.11.1-2.esv

Text: Rev 9:13-21 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Discuss the various symbols, pictures, and representations discussed in this week’s text. Talk about what each one means and depicts and support with evidence for each. (See sermon notes)


Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.

Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭9:13-19‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.9.13-19.esv

Text: Rev 9:1-12 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What/who does the star falling from heaven represent? Discuss its importance and implications. 
2. What does the bottomless pit represent? How do we know. Discuss its importance and implications. 
3. Where is Satan now? What can he do and what can’t he do? Discuss what we learn from the listed passage about the current state of Satan.

Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.

Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭9:1-2, 11‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.9.1-2,11.esv

Text: Rev 8:6-9:21;11:15-19 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What does the trumpet cycle mean or represent in the book of Revelation? Explain. 
2. What are the connections and similarities between the story in Joshua 6 and the book of Revelation?

Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.

Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign. The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭11:15-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.11.15-18.esv

Text: Rev 7:9-17(read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. Who is able to stand according to Rev 7:9-17? Explain. 
2. Why (for what reason) are those mentioned able to stand? Explain. 
3. For what purpose do those who are mentioned stand? Explain.

Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.

Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “”Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:15-17‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.7.15-17.esv

Text: Rev 7:1-8 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is the purpose or reason for the break between the first 6 seals and the 7th in Rev 7:1-8?
2. What is the overall message or teaching of Rev 7:1-8?
3. Who do the 144000 mentioned in Revelation 7:1-8 represent? What evidence supports this?

Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.

Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.

Suggested verse for meditation: “Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:2-4‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/rev.7.2-4.esv