“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John…”
which God gave Him
The Father is the ultimate source of the book of Revelation, therefore, this information bears supreme authority.
God gives to the humanity of […]
Archive for September, 1998
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants–things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John…”
—things which must shortly take place
We get our English words “taxi” and “tachometer” from the Greek word for “shortly.” A tachometer measures velocity. A taxi […]
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants–things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John…“
And He sent and signified it
An angel both brought the information of Revelation and put it in symbols. The word “signified” means to give […]
“Who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw“
This verse attests to the prophecy of this book. God put the content of this book in symbols to testify to the Word of God in general and to the testimony of Jesus Christ in […]
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near”
Blessed
John concludes the prologue of Revelation with special blessings on all those who read and practice the principles of this book. This is the only book in […]
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near”
and those who hear the words of this prophecy,
God blesses those who “hear” prophecy. It is one thing to “read” prophecy but it is another thing to […]
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near”
and keep those things which are written in it;
The third area where God blesses us is “keeping” the principles, or applying the principles of the Book of […]
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near“
for the time is near
The word for “time” here refers to, a unique time of the end. The motive for reading and applying Revelation to our lives is […]
“John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne…”
The salutation runs from verse four through verse six. This salutation sounds just like a salutation in an epistle although Revelation […]
“John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne…”
Grace to you
Revelation has both a prescript (1:4-8) and a postscript (22:21). The prescript is the “hello” of the […]