Revelation 1 – 5
Here we have John again, this time sharing “a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place.” John received this revelation from an angel and “reported everything he saw.”
At times, I have heard people express a reluctance to read Revelation, probably because of some misunderstanding about the content of the book. I think they fear what they would find if they would read it and yet, John clearly states that “God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.”
John writes the letter to the seven churches which are in Asia: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. He writes first about what is good about the churches, what is not good about them, and what they need to do. Some people think that the churches represent various stages of what is now church history and that we are now the Laodicean church.
Part of the book takes place in heaven and part on earth. The description of heaven is incredible and you can see why it has been subject to a number of different interpretations.
When John sees the Lamb of God being found worthy to open the scroll, he is jubilant. Worthy is the Lamb! This reminds me of the Gaither song of the same name which you can watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DJS5XZcpS0
Tomorrow we’ll read Revelation 6 – 11.
Dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse
Tonight, we had the most wonderful dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse in honor of my nephew Chris’s THIRTIETH birthday. Every bite was delicious. Yum. Yum.
Until next time…
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