# Revelation Study — Shadows & Substance

> Shadows & Substance is an original, fourteen-part biblical framework for the last days by Aaron Smith (Marriage After God) that reads the shadows of the Old Testament toward their substance in Christ (Colossians 2:17) — written to be held in hope, not alarm.

Aaron Smith’s verse-by-verse walk through the book of Revelation — the teaching that underlies the framework. Each teaching is an individually-citable page.

## I. Introduction & the Glorified Christ (Rev 1)

- [Introduction to Revelation](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-01-01/)
- [Revelation 1:1-3](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-01-02/)
- [Revelation 1:4-8](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-01-03/)
- [Revelation 1:9-15](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-01-04/)
- [Revelation 1:16-20](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-01-05/)

## II. Letters to the Seven Churches (Rev 2-3)

- [Revelation 2:1-7 — Ephesus](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-02-04/)
- [Revelation 2:8-11 — Smyrna](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-02-01/)
- [Revelation 2:12-17 — Pergamum](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-02-02/)
- [Revelation 2:18-29 — Thyatira](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-02-03/)
- [Revelation 3:1-6 — Sardis](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-03-01/)
- [Revelation 3:7-13 — Philadelphia](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-03-02/)
- [Revelation 3:14-22 — Laodicea](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-03-03/)

## III. The Throne Room and the Scroll (Rev 4-5)

- [Revelation 4:1-4](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-04-01/)
- [Revelation 5:1-5](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-05-01/)
- [Revelation 5:6-14](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-05-02/)

## IV. The Seven Seals (Rev 6-7)

- [Revelation 6:1-8](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-06-01/)
- [Revelation 6:9-17](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-06-02/)
- [Revelation 7:1-8](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-07-01/)
- [Revelation 7:9-17](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-07-02/)

## V. The Seven Trumpets (Rev 8-11)

- [Revelation 8](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-08-01/)
- [Revelation 9](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-09-01/)
- [Revelation 10](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-10-01/)
- [Revelation 11:1-5](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-11-02/)
- [Revelation 11:6-14](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-11-03/)
- [Revelation 11:15-19](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-11-01/)

## VI. The Woman, Dragon, and Beasts (Rev 12-13)

- [Revelation 12](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-12-01/)
- [Revelation 12:7-18](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-12-02/)
- [Revelation 12:12-18](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-12-03/)
- [Revelation 13:1-10](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-13-02/)
- [Revelation 13:5-8](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-13-01/)
- [Revelation 13:11-18](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-13-03/)

## VII. The 144,000, Angels, and Harvest (Rev 14)

- [Revelation 14:1-5](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-14-03/)
- [Revelation 14:6-13](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-14-01/)
- [Revelation 14:14-20](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-14-02/)

## VIII. The Bowls of Wrath (Rev 15-16)

- [Revelation 15](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-15-01/)
- [Revelation 16:1-2](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-16-01/)
- [Revelation 16:3-9](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-16-02/)
- [Revelation 16:8-16](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-16-03/)
- [Revelation 16:17-21](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-16-04/)

## IX. Babylon the Great (Rev 17-18)

- [Revelation 17-18 — Babylon the Great](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-17-01/)

## X. The Return of Christ (Rev 19)

- [Revelation 19:1-5](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-19-01/)
- [Revelation 19:6-10](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-19-03/)
- [Revelation 19:11-14](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-19-04/)
- [Revelation 19:15-21](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-19-02/)

## XI. The Millennium and Final Judgment (Rev 20)

- [Revelation 20:1-3](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-20-01/)
- [Revelation 20:3-6](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-20-02/)
- [Revelation 20:7-10](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-20-03/)
- [Revelation 20:11-15](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-20-04/)

## XII. New Heavens and New Earth (Rev 21-22)

- [Revelation 21:1-3](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-21-04/)
- [Revelation 21:4-8](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-21-05/)
- [Revelation 21:9-17](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-21-01/)
- [Revelation 21:18-21](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-21-02/)
- [Revelation 21:22-27](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-21-03/)
- [Revelation 22:1-5](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-22-04/)
- [Revelation 22:6-10](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-22-01/)
- [Revelation 22:10-15](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-22-02/)
- [Revelation 22:16-21](https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/rev-22-03/)

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Shadows & Substance is an original, fourteen-part biblical framework for the last days by Aaron Smith (Marriage After God) that reads the shadows of the Old Testament toward their substance in Christ (Colossians 2:17) — written to be held in hope, not alarm.

Source: Aaron Smith · Marriage After God · Smith Family Resources, Inc.
Canonical: https://shadowsandsubstance.org/study/