THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

 

Revelation 1:1-5

THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

Which God gave Him to show His Servants

WHAT MUST SOON TAKE PLACE.

He made it know by sending His Angel

To His Servant John,

2 Who Testifies to everything he saw--that is,

THE WORD OF GOD

AND THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST.

3 BLESSED IS THE ONE

WHO READS THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY,

AND BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HEAR IT

AND TAKE TO HEART WHAT IS WRITTEN IN IT,

BECAUSE THE TIME IS NEAR.

4 John, to the Seven Churches in the province of Asia:

Grace and Peace to you from Him

WHO IS, AND WHO WAS AND WHO IS TO COME,

5 And from Jesus Christ, Who is the Faithful Witness,

The Firstborn from the Dead,

And the Ruler of the kings of the Earth.

(Revelation 1:1-5)

Christ Jesus came to the apostle John

For the specific purpose

Of telling him

WHAT MUST SOON TAKE PLACE.

He did not want any of His servants to be in doubt

As to what would happen when they died.

And what would happen when God wrapped up “Time”--

When “Time” came to an END.

Soon, of course, was much longer than many expected;

It was the apostle Peter who said that to the Lord,

A Day was like a Thousand Years.

We have had approximately 6,000 years of Scriptural history.

Just as in “Creation”

God worked for Six Days and rested the Seventh,

So God is about to rest from His dealings with mankind.

The Sixth Day of his dealing with mankind is about over.

So that when Christ Jesus was speaking with John,

He saw that only Two Days, Two Thousand Years,

Were left until His return,

Which was to Him, Soon.

Many have viewed the Book of Revelation as a Mystery

That few if any can understand.

However, Christ Jesus says:

“Blessed” is the one who reads the words of His Prophecy.

And “Blessed are those who hear it

And take to heart what is written in it.”

In other words,

This book was definitely meant to be read and understood,

Because one cannot take to heart

That which he does not understand.

Those who take into their heart what Christ Jesus says,

And apply it to their lives, they will be “Blessed.”

Christ Jesus, through the apostle John

Is addressing His Revelation

To the Seven Churches in the Province of Asia:

John pronounces Grace and Peace to the Churches

From the only person who can grant those things, Christ Jesus.

The One Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come.

The Self-Existent One, the Creator of all that exists;

Who came as The Christ,

Who is coming again, Soon as King;

Who is the Sevenfold Spirit of God, seated on His Throne.

Christ Jesus is the Faithful Witness,

The Embodiment of God,

God in the flesh, the perfect Revelation of God,

Who revealed the character and nature of God to the World;

The Christ, The Messiah, The Anointed One.

Christ Jesus is the Firstborn from the Dead;

The First person to die and go to Heaven.

Christ Jesus is the Ruler of the kings of the Earth.

Satan and all of his Realm,

Who presently controls the kings of the Earth,

Can do nothing without Permission from Christ Jesus,

God Almighty.