TITLE & NAME OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION

The Apellation (Title, Name) of the Book of Revelation

 

Misconstrued. Due to title in mss., "The Revelation of St. John the Divine." As seen in the above graphic picture.

+ The title does not belong to the manuscripts. It was added by a later hand.

+ The writer was a saint, but he was not divine, nor was his revelation. The word "Divine" is the old English word for theologian.

+ The true title is best gleaned from the first verse of the book, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ."

Cf. Rev. 1:11-19; 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14; 22:16, 20

"Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 "And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;"
13 "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle."
14 "His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;"
15 "And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters."
16 "And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength."
17 "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:"
18 "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."
19 "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter."

2:1 "Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks."
8 "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive."
12 "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges."
18 "And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;"
3:1 "And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead."
7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth."
14 "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God."
22:16 "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."
20 "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

All these verses reveal the Revelation is coming from the very King of the Kingdom, the One sent by the Father, to reveal the things concerning Himself.

REVELATION INTRODUCTION

Introductory Material to the Book of Revelation

The Attitude toward the book.

 +There are the unbelieving, that vast host who know of the book but are not morally inclined toward it (1 Cor. 2:14). "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."  The Greek word there is psychic; and I think it would be a great gain if we so read it. The man who is merely the man of mentality, the man whose mentality is divorced from spirituality; the man who is trying to grasp the operations of the universe, but who fails to realize the spiritual element that pervades the universe. Paul says that man, the merely psychic man, is at enmity against God. Why is it the psychic man is at enmity against God? There is only one reason; he does not know God, and has a false idea of God. His false idea may be due to his own false philosophy.

+There are the uninterested, those in the church who prefer to ignore the book entirely.

+ There are the unfriendly, those who prefer to see the book a compilation of heathen mythologies.

+ There are the untaught, a great many within the church who are interested but have never been taught or had opportunity to study the book.

+ There are the understanding, a group who have not only been taught, but have revelled in the message (Rev. 1:3). "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."

This brief analysis, however, reveals in part the tragedy in Christendom today, especially in the light of what the book says of itself. One preacher is quoted as saying, after announcing he would preach on the book, "I don't know anything, you don't know anything, nobody knows anything about this book." He then closed the book and preached on something else. Another said John wrote Revelation because he was homesick to get back to Jerusalem. In Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, the professor asked a student at the outset of class to review Revelation in five minutes. The young man said he could not do it but that he would need five hours. The professor replied, "You could if you knew John was drunk when he wrote it." The stream never rises above its source and when it does it is a catastrophe and so in that seminary.

GENERAL CONCLUSION TO SANCTIFICATION

GENERAL CONCLUSION TO SANCTIFICATION

 

 

+ God the Father - the author of (the origin of sanctification)

                        John 17:6 Past "I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word."

                        John 17:17 Present "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."

                        John 17:24 Future "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."

          + God the Son - the Mediator of it.

                        Heb. 13:12 - His blood in past sanctification "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate."

                        Eph. 5:25-26 - His Word in present sanctification "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;" "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word."
                        1 John 3:2 - His presence in future sanctification "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."
                        John 13:8 - Past, Present, Future. “No part” covers the entire expanse of time. “With” that intimate relation that signifies a sharing in common - of nature, fate, purpose, etc. "Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me."

+ God the Holy Spirit - the Agent of it.

                        1 Cor. 6:11 - past Sanctification "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."

          cf. 1 Cor. 12:3 It is a work of the Spirit to bring sinner to appropriate Christ. "Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost."

             1 Pet. 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."

             Eph. 4:30 “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
             Rom. 8:2 Law of Spirit of life. "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."

                    2 Thess. 2:13 - present sanctification cf. 2 Cor. 3:18  "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth." "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

             Gal. 5:16, 22-23 walk in the spirit, the fruit of the spirit "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh." "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith," "Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."
             Col. 3:5 “mortify, therefore your members” that is, put them to death strike them dead. "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry."
             Rom. 8:13 “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."

             Eph. 6:17 “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

             Rom. 8:9-11 - future sanctification "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."

The Old Testament Types Pointing to Sanctification

                      -Past Sanctification - Blood of the brazen altar
                      - Present sanctification - Water of the laver cf. Ex. 30:20 with 1 Cor. 11:30 "When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD." "For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep." Because of this lack of discernment, each suffer bodily judgments; weakness of the body, sickness of the body, and death (the ultimate bodily judgment).
                      - Future Sanctification - The tent of meeting
                        cf. Ex. 24:6-11  Blood (6), Word (7), Vision of God (8). "And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar." "And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient." "And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words." "Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:" "And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness." "And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink."

The New Testament Symbols of Sanctification:

           -Past Sanctification - Bread and Cup

                      Heb. 13:12 "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate."

                      1 Cor. 11:24-25 "And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." "After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me."

                        Heb. 10:10 "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."

              - Present Sanctification - Service of Feetwashing

                                 John 13:10-12 with 15:3 "Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. "For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean." "So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?"

      -Future Sanctification - Lovefeast

                        1 Cor. 11:20, 33 with Rev. 19:6-9  "Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all." "For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean." "So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?" "Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another."
"And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth." "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready." "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God."

Conclusion: See Eph. 5:25-27 for all three.

"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;" "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word," "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." Past, Present, Future.

     

         Our Responsibility - Obey

                        2 Cor. 6:14 - 7:1 "Having these promises, let us cleanse ourselves."
                        Romans 6 -- Know (3); Reckon (11); Present (13); Obey (16).
                                "Know" takes us to past sanctification as the basis for present effects.

-  To make present sanctification work we must read the Word of God.

      1 Pet. 2:1-2 "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings," "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby."

-See Christ revealed in the Word of God.

      2 Cor. 3:18 "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

- Obey the Word of God.

      James 1:21-25 "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." "For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:" "For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was." "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."

- Look for Christ's coming to give impetus for action.

      1 John 3:2-3 "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."

FUTURE SANCTIFICATION

FUTURE SANCTIFICATION

       

        ITS NATURE: A work wherein God will wholly finish the process of Sanctifi­cation.

                        1 Thess. 5:23a  "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly......."

This sanctification is based on past sanctification, but it is personal and progressive, moving toward the point of perfection as Paul spoke of.

         ITS TIME: It will be finished at the coming of Christ, because it includes the body. He promised Peter He must wash his feet if he was to have any part with Him in His Kingdom. This is accomplished before entering the home of the Father in the New Jerusalem and is done after the walk home after the complete bath done at the start of the walk home. This was symbolized and promised by Christ at the last supper in the upper room. The necessity was made evident by Christ's words to Peter. Thank you Peter for opening your mouth one more time for our benefit.

John 13:7-8 "Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter." "Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me."

   1 Thess. 5:23b (ASV) At the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

   1 Thess. 3:12-13 At the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:" "To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints."
  Phil. 1:6 (ASV) Until the day of Christ.  "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."
He leaves nothing unfinished. I term all this unfinished business.

Problem: After death what?

-Reformed churches say process finished at death.
- Arminian churches say process may be finished during this life. Entire sanctification; the eradication of the old nature which is a work of Christ, not man.
- Paul suggests that a positive work will go on. This will include   the body,        
- So does John.  Cf Rev. 19:6, 7, 8 "wife hath made herself ready". "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth." "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready." "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints."
            Phil. 1:6 This is positive, not negative. Sin was dealt with at death. Confirmation in holiness will go on. "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."

 ITS RESULT: We shall be made like Christ.

     1 John 3:2  - similar. We are never to become gods. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."   We are going to be like Him as a perfect man.
     Phil. 3:21 Our likeness to him in change of body. We will experience attributes of goodness to perfection. Some of the human powers will be intensified. But attributes of greatness will never become ours (1 Cor. 15:35-49). "But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?" "Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:" "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:" "But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body." "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds." "There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another." "There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory." "So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:" "It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:" "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." "Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual." "The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven." "As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." "And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."

ITS MEANS: It will be accomplished by the unhindered vision of Christ.
    1 John 3:2b "See him as he is."
    1 Cor. 13:12 “for now we see through a glass darkly” Darkly means enigmatically.

      ITS CERTAINTY: It is pledged by the faithfulness of God.
            1 Thess. 5:24 with 23 "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it." "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

      ITS PRESENT EFFECT: The hope of this future and complete sanctification makes us holier here, and now.

            1 John 3:3 The hope that we shall be like Him makes us better now. "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."

            2 Pet. 1:11 No man can be ready for His coming unless that one is looking for His coming. "For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

PRESENT SANCTIFICATION - ITS RESULTS

ITS RESULTS:

            + Control of fleshly appetites and lusts:

                        1 Thess. 4:2-7 "For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus." "For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:" "That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor;" "Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:" "That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified." "For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness."
When Christians are seeking to find the will of God for their lives, they should recognize that His will centers, first of all, on their sanctification—that is, the total dedication of their lives, as redeemed sinners, to Christ. While there may be questions about engaging in “doubtful” things (Romans 14:1), there can be no doubt at all—even in this permissive age—that fornication (that is, any sexual relationship outside of heterosexual marriage) is always contrary to God’s will. Engaging in it will inevitably bring grief as spoken of in vs. 6 of those spoken of in vss. 4-5.

                        John 17:17 with 18 "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." "As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world."

We are on a mission just as He was. Therefore we are under instruction to understand as well as comprehend the Servant's teaching us our role and responsibilities as well as our needs to fulfill His mission for each one of us.
                     2 Tim. 3:16-17 Applies to the preacher himself rather than his hearers. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" "That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

 + Fellowship with Christ.

                        John 13:8 “If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with Me.”
                        John 14:23 “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
                        John 15:3-4a “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you." "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me."
                 We abide in him by faith in his blood, human responsibility
                   He abides in us by his Spirit, a divine operation

                        Exod. 30:20 17-21 , Cleanliness is absolutely essential to approach God. This is the object lesson of the laver. The laver was before the altar. In the New Testament is the reality. Christ shall present us to His Father as a completely clean bride. After a washing by blood, He washes the feet after the walk home to the New Jerusalem where we enter the city of the hierarchy of God, the city of many mansions He has prepared for us. John 14:2, the home of the Father.
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying," "Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein." "For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:" "When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:" "So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations."
"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."

 

PRESENT SANCTIFICATION - ITS MOTIVES

ITS MOTIVES:

 

Since Sanctification by the Word requires an active response on our part, certain motives are set before us to lead us in the path of holiness.

            +God's own holy nature - what God is.

                        1 Pet. 1:15-16 "But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;" "Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy."
            +God's grace and mercy - what God does.
                        Acts 26:19 "Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision."  The heavenly vision revealed what God has done.
                        Rom. 12:1 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
Brethren assumes they have appropriated the blood and the mercies God does for the brethren.

                        Col. 3:1-6 what God has done  "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:" "For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:" Hid your life in Christ. Raised you and revealed you in glory. Sat you at the right hand of God.

                    + God's promises - what God will do.

                        2 Cor. 7:1  cf.  6:18  "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." "And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

Note: All these motives are set forth in the Word. Thus we are brought to the place of submission.

PRESENT SANCTIFICATION - ITS BASIS

PRESENT SANCTIFICATION - ITS BASIS: Sanctification by the Word is based on sanctification by blood  and is unseparable from it.

 

 +New Testament texts:

                        Eph. 5:25-26 Christ gave himself at the cross that He might sanctify the church. There must be a silent starting place. If not bought, then why look for directions from one who has no right to command us. It's like mounting a camel and going off in all directions.
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;" "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word."

            John 17:19 He sanctified himself for death, that He might sanctify through the Word. "And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth."

                        Cf. John 17:1-5 "These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:" "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him." "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.' "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."
                        Cf. John 12:27-33 "Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour." "Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." "The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him." "Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes." "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out." "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." "This he said, signifying what death he should die."

 + Old Testament types:

                        Ex. 30:18 Laver. But one had to come first to the Brazen altar before the Layer. "Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein."

                        Ex. 24:6-7 Moses took the blood first, then the Book. Then people promised to obey. "And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar." "And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient."

                        Num. 19:1-10 cf. Heb. 9:13, 19  Water is a type of the Word. But this is a peculiar type of water. It has in it the ashes of a sacrifice. This is then sprinkled showing a combination of blood and water. "And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying," "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:" "And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:" "And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:" "And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:" "And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer." "Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even." "And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even." "And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin." "And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute forever."

+Some conclusions:

                               -Work of the Word is only for those who come to the altar of Blood. Word sanctifies because it tells of the Blood. Take the cross out of the Bible, and it could not sanctify.
                               -Must be the Word that tells of the Blood. Therefore the Word is only for those who first come to the Blood.