An Introduction to the Book of Revelation

two facts: salvation through the blood of the Lamb (Exod. 12),
and God living among His people (Exod. 25:40).
This is the symbolic Exodus that became reality through the
Cross, where Christ was sacrificed as our Passover (1 Cor. 5:7), and
we became members of the household of God (Eph. 2:19); God lives
within us and we abide in Him.
As for Revelation, it is the book of complete Exodus to the
heavenly Jerusalem through a battle that extends across the ages and
gets harder with time, until reaching its peak when the Antichrist appears.
The following is a comparison between the book of Revelation
and that of Exodus:
1. In Exodus God called Himself: "I AM WHO I AM"
(Exod. 3:14), i.e. Jehovah or the Lord who is present among His
people to redeem them; in Revelation He calls Himself "He who is
and who was and who is to come" 1:4,8; 4:8. He is present among
His people, and He is the one who made history. He verified the redemption
in the past through the Cross and is still verifying it in the
present, and will keep completing the Redemption through His continuous
battle with Satan and his demons, until He leads His people
to His heaven where they will meet Him, face to face, on His great
day.
God assured that by Exodus He bore His people on eagles'
wings and brought them to Him (Exod. 19:4). So he had to make
them know His name; in Revelation He bore us with His Holy Spirit
across the ages to lead us to Him as a heavenly Groom, to an eternal
marriage (21:2). In this way does He frequently reveals His identity
and His characteristics throughout the whole book.
2. God allowed ten plagues to befall Pharaoh, his men, and
his facilities so that he might abandon his stubbornness and harshness
of heart to let the people go and worship the Lord (Exod. 7); in
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