REVEALTION

REVELATION (of Jesus Christ)

"Justice is Mine, I will repay." Rom. 12:19

 

The book of the holiness of God Who hates sin.

The book speaks of the revelation of Jesus Christ, [Rev. 19] in both pictures and words.
Revealed to be coming 1st as a Lamb, and next as a Lion of the tribe of Judah.
God lives in the eternal now and transports John to the Lord's Day.
John saw and heard all these things happening during the Lord's Day.

Isa 14:24-26 says these things must happen. These things can begin to happen at any time. “The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.”

The truth of this book is clarified through various signs. Deut 29:29; “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” Prov. 25:2 “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.”

On a secluded island of Patmos God gave us the last book of the Bible. Psa. 46:10. “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Key to book in Rev. 1:19. “Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.” "Write the things which thou hast seen."

This is the opening vision of Christ and the way he will appear throughout the remainder of the book. He is in the midst of his seven churches as the God-man, holding in his right hand the seven stars of these seven churches, both controlling and protecting them. He is in the midst of his churches, the object of their adoring gaze and the illumination for their walk through the world.
"Write therefore." This word is omitted in the A.V. although included in the R.V. and Greek text. It carries one back to vs. 11 where John is commanded to write what he sees, and now therefore commanded to write what he has seen as recorded in vss. 12-16.
Bullinger, Alford, and Moses Stuart translate vs. 19:
"Write therefore what things thou sawest and what they are (mean), even what things are about to happen hereafter." Alford and Stuart make chs. 2-19 to refer to the Church. Bullinger makes these chapters refer to Israel. This explains why they translate as they do.

550 references to OT verses.