After
sharing much of the beauty of the heavenly city and looking upon the
wonders that shall be there, Jesus declared to John the apostle,
“Behold,
I come quickly: blessed is
he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book”,
and in Revelation chapter twenty-two and verse eight John shares, “I
fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed” him
“these
things”
where
we read:
I
fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me
these things.
The
verse reads, “And
I John saw these things, and heard them.
And when I had heard and seen, ...”
John began with the words, “and
I John”
which means “and John himself” “saw”
or “discerned, perceived, discovered and gazed upon” “these
things”
which means “the things shown to him by the angel”, “and
heard him”
which means “and John was endowed with the faculty of hearing,
understanding and perceiving what was sounded and said”. “And
when” or
“at the time and moment” “I
heard”
which means “John was given the faculty for hearing, understanding
and perceiving” “and
seen”
or “and looked upon, beheld, perceived, discerned, discovered and
observed”. John testifies that he “saw
and heard”
all “these
things” and
afterwards acted as he is going to disclose next.
The
verse continues “... I
fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me
these things.”
John added the words, “I
fell down”
which means “John prostrated himself and descended from a higher to
a lower place” “to
worship” which
refers to “to kneel or prostrate to do homage or make obeisance”
“before”
which means “in front of and in the presence of” “the
feet”
or “the feet upon which one walks” “of
the angel”
which refers to “belonging to the messenger, envoy and one sent”
“which showed me” or
“who exposed and gave evidence or proof of them to John” “these
things” which
refers to “all the things shown to John by the angel”. John
shared how he “bowed down in obeisance” who presented all “these
things”
to him.
When
we think through John's words in this verse, we see his reaction to
the overwhelming things he “saw and heard”. He bowed and
knelt to “worship” the angel to which he was corrected
immediately. The “messenger” is often mistakenly “adored” by
people rather than God. The agent who brings the “message” should
not be “worshiped” because all praise and glory are to go to God.
God desires every person to understand and realize that He and His
Son Jesus are the Ones who are responsible for all these beautiful
things, and when people, angels or any other “messengers” reveal
them, they are never to be exalted to the position of the Most High.
Jesus saves, and all the rest are only agents who reveal that truth.
Next
time
John shares how the angel tells him, “see
that you do it not”,
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 Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" 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 Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" 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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