REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

Jill Soto

The last book in the Bible is called the “Revelation of Jesus Christ” because it contains an awesome story that centers on Jesus. 

There is much about Jesus the world has not heard and does not know, but the truth about Jesus and His sovereign authority over Earth will be told. As the revelation of Jesus unfolds, He will become the centerpiece of a great controversy in every nation. He will demand certain things that will divide the people of Earth into two opposing camps. One group will cling to their religious traditions, the other will embrace “the testimony of Jesus” spoken by the 144,000. This coming conflict will be most interesting.

Currently, billions of people have not heard about Jesus. Part of the problem is that of the over 7,000 languages spoken in 2019, the Bible has only been translated into 670 of them. The New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,521 languages, but this still leaves around 5,500 language groups without a complete Bible. 

Additionally, billions of people have heard about Jesus, but what they have heard is false. Also, I would guess that half of Christianity today is Christian in name only. Knowing about Jesus is altogether different from loving, being disciplined by, and obeying Jesus as Lord and Master.

When Jesus was on Earth, He claimed to be the promised Messiah (Matthew 26:63,64), but Jewish leaders hated Him because He condemned their self-righteousness and worthless traditions. (John 11:50, Matthew 15:9) He also exposed their hypocrisy and challenged their religious control over the people. 

If Jesus were to come to Earth as a baby and grow up as a Christian, today many Christians would hate Him. This point is mentioned because you need to understand that when the revelation of Jesus occurs, there will be a great conflict among Christians as well as non-Christians.

Before Earth was created, the Father foresaw our generation . . . the final generation. He foresaw our great wickedness, religious gridlock, and cultural diversity. Knowing that most of the world would not properly know Jesus, the Father predetermined that during the Great Tribulation everyone should hear about and thoughtfully consider the salvation which Jesus paid for by His death. (Matthew 24:14) 

The Father designed an elaborate plan, which includes the revelation that Jesus is deity, a co-eternal, distinct, separate God that lived with the Father for all eternity past. (John 1:1) According to infinite wisdom, the Father predetermined the best way to level the playing field was by breaking down the powers of religion and culture through four divine judgments (the first four trumpets). God’s coming wrath is not only justifiable, but He will also use it to save as many people as possible. 

After this planet is damaged beyond any hope of recovery, many survivors will realize their need for a Savior and be more inclined to listen to a gospel they would otherwise reject. 

Think about it: The first four trumpets will open the ears of many people to hear Jesus. He will speak through the 144,000 and the world will hear Him declare the terms and conditions for eternal life. Much of the world will think, at first, the words they hear coming from the 144,000 are of human origin, spoken by “fanatics,” but this will not be the case. The revelation of Jesus will occur in the same way “the revelation of the Father” took place when Jesus was on Earth. Jesus told the Jews, “For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. I know that His command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.” (John 12:49,50)

Jesus will speak through the 144,000 and the Holy Spirit will give weight to their words. This message will undermine the traditions and teachings of the religious systems of the world.

When the world has experienced the shock and awe of God’s wrath and realizes His fierce anger with man’s degeneracy, many survivors will ask: “What does God want?”, “Why is God so angry?”, and “What is coming next?” They will also direct a fourth question to their clergy: “Why didn’t you tell us?”

The gospel of Jesus is best told when people have questions. Jesus knows this and He will speak through the 144,000 so that everyone can hear the “testimony of Jesus.” The world will hear a powerful and transforming gospel on that day, which most of the world would not consider today.

God’s coming wrath will be global, because the world is at the same level of apostasy today as the world was in Noah’s day. The time has almost arrived. All that remains is for Jesus to declare, “There will be no more delay!”
(Revelation 10:6)

“This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.”
(Revelation 14:12)