Sweet, and I'll do it again because he very succinctly grasps the message of this book. Then finally we looked at the message that this book holds, and I quoted a man by the name of H.B. I'm not going to go into it tonight, get the recording. We looked at three false methods and one true method of interpreting this book. It's a bit mysterious to them, and that usually is because of several of the misunderstandings concerning this book that I believe are often derivative from false methods of interpretation that are applied to it. We also mentioned the fact that many people approach this book with fear and trepidation. We all need, we all - I hope - want a blessing from God, and there's a special blessing, I believe, in these last days for those who take note of the teaching of the book of Revelation. The benediction that is upon this book, we saw, is also the motivation for us reading and studying it. Then we also looked at verse 3, and we witnessed the fact that this is a book with a benediction, and John pronounces a blessing upon those that read it - that is in the singular, the one who reads it publicly - those, plural, who hear it, and everyone who keeps the things that are written therein, for the time is at hand. We also looked in a bit of detail at who the author of this book was, none other than the Apostle John - the same author of the fourth Gospel, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd epistles of John the beloved apostle who ministered many years in the city of Ephesus. Then after looking at the title we looked at the recipients of this book, verse 1 tells us that it was given to His servants, the servants of Christ, to show the things which must shortly come to pass. We looked at the title of this book, which is not as some editions of the Bible have it 'The Revelation of St John', but rather it is 'The Revelation of Jesus Christ' - it is about Him and it is from Him.
Now I said that I would not cover the ground that we touched upon last Monday night, save to recap a little. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty".
Behold, he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Verse 1 of Revelation chapter 1: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. It's a bit mysterious to them, and that usually is because of several of the misunderstandings concerning this book. Many people approach this book with fear and trepidation.
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