THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Part 2
The Revelation Of Jesus Christ
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The Book Of Revelation is outlined in three
sections:
"The Things Which You Have Seen"
(Rev.1:1-20)
Which speaks of “The Revelation Of The Christ”, “The
Spirit Of Prophecy” and “Words of Prophecy”.
"The Things Which Are"
(Rev.2:1-3:22)
Speaks of “The Church Era”, of which this our
present time is part of. “The Church
Ages” concludes with “the Rapture”.
"The Things Which Will take
place after this" (Rev.4:1-22:21)
Speaks of other things, which includes: Judgment, “the
Throne of God”, “the Sealed Book”, “the Great Tribulation”, “the Seals’, “the
Trumpets”, “the Mystery of Iniquity and Babylon”, “the Elect Sealed’, “the
Vials”, “the Marriage Supper Of The Lamb”, “the Second Coming”, “the Millennial
Reign”, “the Imprisonment of satan”, “the Armageddon”, “the White Throne
Judgment”, “New Heaven” and “New Earth”, “the New Jerusalem” and “the Eternal
State”.
The Book of Revelation is laid out chronologically
with 22 chapters; it has a beginning, a middle, and final consummative
chapters.
In Revelation chapter 1, John “the Beloved” saw the
resurrected Christ; he had a divine Revelation of JESUS CHRIST, and later he wrote
down the description of CHRIST and the Words he heard from Him—Words by CHRIST,
from THE FATHER, communicated by “His Angel” to John, and John communicated it
to the churches in Asia.
“THE FATHER” sent JESUS THE SON to John “the
Beloved” and JESUS communicated to John by “The Angel Of His Presence”, which
is THE HOLY SPIRIT—“THE SPIRIT OF JESUS.”
Therefore, John bore witness to “THE WORD OF GOD”,
and to “THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST”, and to all things that he saw (see Rev
1:2).
The Testimony of Jesus Christ is confirmed in us who
have come to believe and receive Him, and this is done by The Holy Spirit. And
this is why John “the Beloved” made this amazing statement in 1 John chapter 1
verse 1:
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched —
this we proclaim concerning The Word of Life. The Life appeared; we have seen
it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the Eternal Life, which was with The
Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,
so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with The
Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
NIV
So, “that which was from the beginning” is The
Eternal, Immortal and Invisible GOD. And as long as we are His, we must see Him
with the eyes of our spirits; beholding Him face to face, and we must encounter
divine contact with Him.
Then, we can confess Him publicly.
He is “The Eternal Life” from THE FATHER.
We are called to bear witness to “THE WORD OF GOD”,
and to “THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST.”
If you belong to JESUS, The HOLY SPIRIT makes Him
REAL to you—He makes Him come ALIVE in your being, because He is The SPIRIT OF
JESUS.
Christianity is not a religion. Christianity is a
Revelation—The REVELATION Of JESUS CHRIST.
Our fellowship must be with “THE FATHER”, and with
“THE SON”, and this can only take place when we surrender completely to “THE
SPIRIT.”
John the Baptist, who came as ‘forerunner of The Christ,’
came in “the spirit of Elijah”, and he also bore testimony of Jesus [he witnessed
of Him], and testified to what he saw and heard (see John 3:32).
Concerning this "Testimony of Jesus"
Christ told a Pharisee in
John chapter 3 verse 11:
“I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify
to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.”
NIV
Everything “THE SON” learns from “THE FATHER” He
makes known to us. The world does not know Him, and neither do men have
knowledge of “The Holy One.” “The Son of Man” is only revealed to “the sons of
GOD”, who bear “the testimony of Jesus” in the earth, by The Spirit Of GOD who
lives in us.
Only those who have been predestined by Grace for
GOD’s glorious Salvation comes to believe our report.
Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of The Lord
been revealed?
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out
of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his
appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and
familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we
esteemed him not.
Isa 53:1-3 NIV
GOD’s WORD and the Testimony of His Son Jesus Christ
are reliable and trustworthy; truthful and faithful. GOD’s WORD is Truth.
The Angel said to me, "These words are trustworthy and
true. The Lord, The God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His Angel to show
His servants the things that must soon take place."