LAW OF YAHWEH

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“My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:” Deuteronomy 32:2

 

The Book of Revelation
Chapter I

 

THINGS REVEALED
 

Introductory Note.-- The reader will the more readily understand the book of Revelation if he bears in mind that it is not a single connected view or vision, presenting events in chronological order, but is a series of views, each series complete in itself, and yet each more or less closely related to all the others, so that there is a beautiful harmony running through the whole book.

1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

2. Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

3. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

 

"Behold, He Cometh"
 

4. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

5. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

7. Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Note.-- Some have an idea that Christ's second coming will be secret, invisible. Not so. "Every eye shall see Him." Christ Himself described the manner of His coming: "The powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." Matt. 24:29-31.

 

"O Jesus, my loving Redeemer,
 

Thou knowest I cherish as dear
 

The hope that mine eyes shall behold Thee,
 
That I shall Thine own welcome hear!
 
If to some as a judge Thou appearest,
 

Who forth from Thy presence would flee,
 
A Friend most beloved I'll greet Thee,
 

I'm waiting and watching for Thee."
 

8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

 

A Vision of Jesus in Heaven
 

9. I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10. I was in Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

11. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

12. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15. And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

16. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Note.-- Christ appeared to John in priestly attire. He is our high priest, ministering in the heavenly sanctuary, of which the Jewish sanctuary on earth was but a shadow. "We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man." Heb. 8:1,2.

 

"He knows the frailties of our frame,
 

For He has borne our grief;
 

Our Great High Priest once felt the same,
And He can send relief.
 

"His love will not be satisfied,
 

Till He in glory see
 
The faithful ones for whom He died
 

From sin forever free."
 

Not through any earthly priest, not through any intercession of saints, but to Jesus Himself come, confess to Him the sin; "for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." 1 Tim. 2:5. "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Heb. 4:16.

17. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

19. Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

 

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Revelation 1

 

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