As
John the apostle continued to share the “Revelation”
which
was given to him by Jesus Christ through an angel, he told how he,
“was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day”,
and he saw “the
Son of Man” or
“Jesus” and many of His visible characteristics.
After
John saw Him,
“Jesus” declared
that He, “lives,
and was dead;
and, behold, I
am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”
In
chapter
one and verse nineteen of Revelation, John shared how Jesus told him
to, “write the
things you have seen, which are, and the things...hereafter” where
we read:
Write
the things which you have seen, and the things which are,
and
the things which shall be hereafter;
The
verse begins, “Write
the things which you have seen, and the things which are, ...” John
began with the word, “write”
which means “delineate or form letters on a tablet, parchment,
paper or other material” “the
things which you have seen”
or “the things which John already saw”, “and
the things which are”
which means “the things which John is presently seeing”. John was
commissioned to “write down” things he had already seen and
things which were occurring presently.
The
verse continues,
“... and the things which shall be hereafter;” John
added the words, “and
the things which shall be hereafter”
which means “and the things in the future”. John was commission
to write things which will occur in the future.
When
we think through John's words in this verse, we see how he was
authorized by Jesus to record the “past, present and future”
things he saw. The things he had seen, or the past, were the things
recorded in chapter one of Revelation. The things “which are” are
the things he will record in chapters two and three, and the “things
which shall be hereafter” or in Greek “meta tauta” which are
the things John saw in chapters four through twenty-two. It is
important to keep this in mind as we proceed in our study. God
desires for everyone to have a relationship with Him through His Son
Jesus, and Jesus died for everyone's sins to make that possible. As
John continues to his words, let us be assured, God knows the past,
the present and the future, and there is no one better to follow than
the one He commissioned to “write” and record all of them.
Next
time
John writes about, “the
mystery of the seven stars...and the seven golden candlesticks”,
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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