John
the apostle began the book of “Revelation”
with the words,“The
Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his
servants things which must shortly come to pass” Who bare record of
the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all
things that he saw”,
and he told how Jesus “sent
and signified it
by his angel unto his servant John”. In
chapter one and verse three of Revelation, John shared,, “Blessed
is he that reads, hears and keeps thing which are written therein”
where
we read:
The
verse begins, “Blessed
is
he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, ...”
John
began with the word, “blessed”
which means “oh how happy, supremely blessed, fortunate and well
off” “is
he that reads”
or “is the person whether male or female who distinguishes between,
recognizes, knows accurately and acknowledges”, “and
they that hear”
which means “and the people whether male or female who attend to,
consider what is being said, understand and have a sense of what is
said”, “the
words”
which refers to “the utterances, decrees, mandates and orders of
the moral precepts given by God” “of
this prophecy” or
“pertaining to the discourse emanating from divine inspiration and
declaring the purposes of God whether by reproving and admonishing
the wicked or comforting the afflicted or revealing things hidden”.
John shared how there is a built in “blessing”
for people who
“read”
and “hear”
the words written in this “Revelation”.
The
verse continues,
“... and keep those things which are written therein: for the time
is
at hand.” John
added the words, “and
keep”
or “attend to carefully, take care of and observe” “those
things which are written” or
“the aspects and contents that are delineated or formed in letters
on a tablet, parchment, paper or other material”
“therein”
or “within the Revelation”:
“for
the time”
which means “because and since the due measure of time, decisive
epoch waited for and the opportune and seasonable period” “is
at hand”
or “near or in place and position”. John shared how those who
“observe” the words in this “Revelation”
shall also be “blessed”
because the
“time”
is “near and in place” for these things to occur.
When
we meditate upon John's words in this verse, we see how there should
be no excuse for the Christian to keep away from this book. There is
a built in “blessing”
for those who “read, hear and keep”
the words written within, and God designed it to “bless”
His people. God wants every person to be “saved”, and regardless
of how “sinful” they have been, He is able to “bless”
them with “salvation” if they will receive His Son Jesus as
their “Savior and Lord”. Let all who read these words enjoy the
“blessing” of God
for “reading, hearing and keeping”
the words in “Revelation”,
and may we discover God's grace which is given through His Son
Jesus.
Next
time
we shall see John the apostle address, “the
seven churches which are in Asia”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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