Revelation #1

For a few weeks I am going to look at The book of Revelation. I want to give a shout out to Harold Hunter whose book has helped me understand Revelation better than any other. I hope these posts may also help you understand the book better too!



Revelation 1:1-3



1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.



First, I want you to look at the title of the Chapter in your Bible. Please use your Bible during this study!!!! It may say "The revelation of John" or something like that. That is NOT a correct title! Why do I say that? Look at the first verse. It is the revelation of Jesus! Who revealed it to John! Very important to know that. Verse one goes on to say God gave Jesus this revelation to show his servants the things that MUST take place soon. Servants are those who have given their lives to Jesus! The word" must" shows us that the following Words in Revelation WILL take place...it is a promise from God! God made these things known to John by an angel. Verse 2 tells us the angel brought forth to John what he had seen and heard from God and Jesus. Verse 3 tells us those of us who read this book, listen to this book, and uphold what is in this book will be blessed!! A promise from God! Then Jesus reminds the time of these prophecies are near!



A couple of other things I want you to see as we get started:



#1 Revelation has two main themes: A. Who Jesus is and B. Where we are going!

#2 Chapter 1 talks about the past. Chapters 2+3 talk about the present. Chapters 4-22 talk about the future.



Now that should give you something to think about this morning. I hope you enjoy this study as much as I know I will!



God bless and share this with others!



Tom