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Jesus' Revelation Day 3
"The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place." (Revelation 1.1)
Given By God to Jesus
In the Old Testament, Moses received the Law directly from the hands of God; 1 but twice in the New Testament it is said that the Law was given by angels. 2 This revelation is given by God to John. Humans play an important part in the coming of God's revelation. God must find a person to whom he can entrust his truth and whom he can use as his mouthpiece.
Revelation with Purpose
The Revelation is the revelation of "the things which must quickly happen." History is not haphazard, it has purpose. Revelation, "must quickly happen." It is quite wrong to use the Revelation as a kind of mysterious timetable of what is going to happen thousands of years from now. As John sees it, the things it deals with are working themselves out immediately. The Revelation must be interpreted against the background of its own time which was a Second Century Roman culture.
Indescribable Revelation Visions
John's apocalyptic visions were in many respects fantastic and indescribable, so he pictured them in terms he knew. When imagining these scenes in our minds, we don't have to understand every detail. We only need to allow these word pictures to flow over us. Everything points us to Christ as the glorious and victorious Lord of all.
Revelation's Message
Revelation's message is Jesus' tremendous love, power, and justice. At the appointed time, the risen and ascended Lord will burst on to the world stage. Everyone will then know that he is the Lord of the Universe! Those who love him will greet their Savior with songs of praise.
Meditation
1. Can you allow the vivid word pictures in Revelation to flow over you?
2. What vivid dream do you still recall from childhood days?
Prayer
"Yesterday, Today, Forever, Jesus is the same, All may change but Jesus never, Glory to his name"
Notes
1Exodus 19 and 20 2Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19
Those who love him will greet their Savior with songs of praise.
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