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Morning Thoughts |
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Revelation 1:1, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:"
This morning,
there are more wild ideas thrown
around about the book of
Revelation than any other in
the Word of God. Most of the
confusion and misconception begins at the very
first verse. This
verse is critical to
understanding something of the
rest of the book. So, to be
blessed to understand
things in the book of
Revelation, it must be
imperative to understand verse
1.
Also, the next
biggest misunderstanding
about this book is that most
people refer to it as the
book of "Revelations." Notice
that there is only one
revelation. There are many
incorrect and false
revelations, but there is only
one true revelation.
There is only one God, one
Father, one faith, one
baptism, and all of these good
gifts and perfect gifts come
down from the Father of lights.
(James 1:17) So, the Lord begins
this book by declaring that His
Son is the Revelator
of that true revelation that
John penned down. John
is a servant that bears witness
of these things, and
today, we are servants also who
bear witness of the
faith that He has given to us by
His free grace alone.
Praise ever be to
His great name.
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