Participants: Pr. Daniel Mesa III
Series Code: RWD
Program Code: RWD000001A
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00:14 Thank you, everybody so much for coming
00:16 to the Orosi Church in Orosi, California. 00:18 We're in Central California. 00:19 And we have come together 00:21 to study the Book of Revelation. 00:24 I love the Book of Revelation. 00:26 In fact I love the whole Bible. 00:28 But the Book of Revelation 00:29 has caught my attention ever since. 00:31 In 1996, I became a Christian. 00:34 And I'll tell you the story sometime. 00:36 But as I came to the Bible, one of the first things 00:42 I wanted to learn about 00:43 which I didn't even know was there, 00:45 was the Book of Daniel 00:47 because of course my name is Daniel. 00:49 And so when I was flipping through the Bible, 00:51 I thought "Well, that's interesting. 00:53 There is a book called Daniel." 00:55 So I started to reading the Book of Daniel, 00:57 wasn't too long after that I read the Book of Genesis 01:00 or started anyways. 01:01 I don't remember all of what I read. 01:03 But when I first started reading the Book of Genesis, 01:05 I opened up to 1:1. 01:07 And it said, "In the beginning God created 01:10 the heaven and the earth." 01:13 And I'll tell you that was so powerful to me, 01:15 I almost had to sit down because that was, 01:21 to me the Word of God speaking to me 01:23 about His creating the heavens and the earth. 01:26 And of course it is the Word of God. 01:28 So that was in 1996, 01:30 ever since then I've been interested 01:32 in the Book of Revelation. 01:33 And that's why I'm here. 01:34 What brought me to the Lord is the gospel written 01:38 in the Holy Scripture. 01:41 And I tell you the reason why I preach the gospel 01:42 is because it works. 01:46 Before I became a Christian, I was involved 01:49 in all the things the world has to offer. 01:51 Whether it would be drugs, or women, or music, 01:54 in fact I was a heavy metal drummer 01:56 in a heavy metal band for many years 01:57 before I was a Christian. 01:59 I had a long hair, a bad attitude. 02:01 I broke into lots of houses. 02:02 I spent too many nights without sleep. 02:04 Some of them in Tijuana. 02:06 And I was selling, and doing, and dealing, 02:08 and all these other things, 02:10 and I'm sure you can come up with in your mind 02:12 all the stuff that follows in its train, okay, 02:15 so I've been there. 02:17 But I tell you, I have since '96 been involved 02:20 in spreading the gospel. 02:22 And that to me has been the most powerful 02:24 and fulfilling experience of all the years I had 02:27 before 1996. 02:29 So as a result of studying the Bible 02:31 and having the Bible change my life. 02:34 That's why I'm here. 02:35 I'm here to share the gospel in the Book of Revelation. 02:38 And so before we get going in the Book of Revelation, 02:41 I would like to spend a moment just to pray with you 02:43 and ask God to bless us as we're together. 02:45 Let's pray. 02:51 Father, in heaven, I want to thank You so much 02:52 for giving us this opportunity to meet here in Your house. 02:55 Your people are gathered together. 02:58 We're blessed because You are with us 03:00 through the Holy Spirit and ministration of the angels. 03:03 I asked that You'd guide and You wouldn't allow me 03:05 to have any words behind this Your pulpit. 03:09 This is where You speak today, Lord. 03:10 And I'm asking You would take over. 03:12 Bless us as we're together. 03:13 Thank You so much for everything. 03:15 And do not trust me with the single word before this, 03:17 Your people whether it would be later 03:19 on YouTube, or on DVD, 03:21 or the people here or those that hear the audio, 03:24 wherever it is bless those people 03:25 with the Holy Spirit as well, 03:27 so we can all rejoice together in this revelation 03:29 that You've given of Your Son. 03:31 Thank You in His Holy name Jesus Christ. 03:33 Amen. 03:36 Let's turn to the Book of Revelation. 03:38 And we're going to read what the Bible teaches 03:41 in regard to the Book of Revelation. 03:44 Now my Bible says in verse 1 of the Book of Revelation, 03:49 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, 03:51 which God gave unto him, 03:53 to shew unto his servants things 03:54 which must surely come to pass, 03:56 and he sent and signified it by his angel 03:58 unto his servant John:" 04:00 So now one of the things you just read that 04:03 you will not read again is the word revelation. 04:07 Did you know this is the only time 04:09 in the entire book that this word is used? 04:12 It is the revelation of Jesus Christ. 04:18 It doesn't use that word again to say 04:20 it's a revelation of beasts, 04:22 although beasts are in the book. 04:24 It doesn't use that word again to say 04:26 this is a revelation of trumpets, 04:28 although trumpets are mentioned. 04:29 It's not a revelation of churches, or people, 04:31 or princes, or pastors, or anything like that. 04:34 This is a revelation of Jesus. 04:37 I think the very first thing 04:38 you ought to know about this book 04:40 is it is a revelation of Jesus Christ. 04:44 And if it used that word revelation in another way, 04:47 somehow I couldn't say what I'm saying. 04:49 But this is about Christ. 04:51 Amen? Amen. 04:53 So it's the revelation of Jesus Christ 04:55 which God gave unto Him. 04:58 Whoa, wait a minute. God gave to Him. 05:02 So there's two that are mentioned, 05:04 God the Father it must be 05:06 and the Son Jesus Christ, right? 05:08 'Cause we know in Matthew 28, at the end it says, 05:11 "Go ye, and baptize in the name of," what? 05:15 "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit," right? 05:19 So there are three up in heaven 05:21 doing ministration for us right now. 05:24 They do it through the Holy Spirit 05:25 and the ministration of the angels. 05:26 We're going to see about that here in verse 1. 05:29 Now notice, 05:30 "It's the revelation of Jesus Christ, 05:32 which God the Father gave to him," why? 05:36 It says, "To show unto His servants, 05:38 things which must shortly come to pass." 05:41 To show unto his servants, who are his servants? 05:46 Well, somebody in the audience said, "Us." 05:49 And that's true. We are His servants. 05:50 But guess what? 05:51 The Bible actually calls the servants somebody 05:55 that is called a prophet. 05:58 In Amos 3:7, you can look it up some time on your own. 06:01 Amos 3:7 the Bible says, "That God will do nothing, 06:06 except he reveals his secrets unto his servants," the what? 06:12 "The prophets". His servants the prophets. 06:16 And so the Bible actually gives you 06:18 a clear definition of who the servants are. 06:20 So right here in Revelation 1:1, 06:23 "It's the Revelation of Jesus Christ, 06:25 which God gave unto him," which is the Son, 06:29 so God gives it to the Son. 06:31 And the Son wants to show it to his servants. 06:35 He wants to show things that are coming to pass. 06:37 You see so. 06:38 Now this is interesting because there's an order 06:42 that is followed here in this book, 06:44 in this first verse. 06:45 God has this revelation, He gives it to His Son, 06:48 His Son wants to give it 06:50 to the prophets or the servants. 06:52 Notice who He goes through to give it to the prophets. 06:56 Okay, says there in verse 1, 06:59 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him, 07:01 to shew unto his servants things 07:02 which must shortly come to pass," 07:04 and he which is Jesus the one the receive 07:06 the revelation from His Father, 07:07 "He sent and signified it by his," what? 07:13 "By his angel unto his servant," who? 07:17 "John." 07:19 Now His servant John, was he a prophet? 07:22 Absolutely, John was one of the most amazing prophets 07:25 in all the Bible, why? 07:26 Because he wrote the Book of Revelation. 07:28 This Book of Revelation just infiltrated with language 07:32 from the Old Testament sanctuary 07:34 covers all of the books of the entire Bible. 07:36 In fact this book the Revelation sums up 07:39 all the other 65 books before it 07:42 and brings them all together into one book. 07:46 There are hundreds of references to Old Testament 07:49 and New Testament scriptures 07:50 right here in the Book of Revelation. 07:52 And so, yes, John was a prophet, 07:55 but who did God the Father send the gospel to? 07:59 His Son, right? 08:01 And His Son wanted to get it to the prophets 08:02 which was John, right? 08:04 Who did Jesus send it through? The angel. 08:10 Now, wait a minute. 08:12 Doesn't the Bible teach that holy men of old 08:15 were moved by the Spirit 08:18 as they wrote the words of the gospel. 08:20 They were moved by the what? 08:22 By the Holy Spirit. 08:25 So the prophets are moved 08:26 by the Spirit to write the scriptures. 08:29 But right here who did the spirit use? 08:34 The angel. 08:36 And so what you can see right there 08:37 in the Book of Revelation 1:1, 08:39 God the Father has a gospel 08:41 that He gives to His Son Jesus Christ. 08:44 His Son wants to give it to the prophets, 08:46 which is generally done by the Holy Spirit. 08:48 But what does the Spirit use? He used His angel. 08:52 The angels are amazing in their ministry. 08:56 In fact the angels are mentioned many times, 09:00 I won't go into the details 09:01 because we have a lot of time together, 09:03 I won't spend all the time dealing with angels now 09:06 because the angels are referred to many times 09:08 in the Book of Revelation. 09:09 And there's a good chance 09:11 that I'll cover it further in the future. 09:12 So verse 1, we kind of see in order here. 09:16 It's a Revelation of one, Jesus. 09:19 God has this revelation that He hands to His son. 09:22 His son says, I want to get it to the earth to a prophet. 09:26 So I'm going to hand it to the Holy Spirit which, 09:28 the Holy Spirit isn't mentioned 09:29 but we know the Holy Spirit's 09:31 the one that gives it to the prophets. 09:32 But the Holy Spirit is the one that gives it to the angel. 09:34 And the angel takes it down to John. 09:36 Now notice something there in verse 1 09:37 that you may have not thought of. 09:40 Verse 1, toward the end it says, 09:42 "He sent and signified it 09:45 by his angel unto his servant John." 09:48 Signified it, what is the root word 09:50 of signified in the English language? 09:53 Sign. He signified it. 09:57 What is a sign anyways? A sign is a symbol. 10:01 So what did Jesus do? 10:03 Well, after receiving the gospel from His father, 10:06 He signified it, He signified it. 10:08 He transformed it into symbols giving it 10:12 to the Holy Spirit which gave it to the angel, 10:14 which gave it to John which then will give it to you. 10:16 Okay. 10:18 So that's the order of service 10:19 that God has right there in verse 1. 10:22 God has order in His church. 10:24 In fact in all of His universe and all of His government, 10:28 and all of heaven. 10:30 You can read that in Revelation 4 and 5, 10:31 if you're interested. 10:33 But also you can see in 1 Corinthians 14, 10:35 "God does nothing without order." 10:38 'Cause things that are without order 10:39 are confusion according to 1 Corinthians 14 10:43 toward the end, you see. 10:46 So right here, we have a book that contains 10:51 the revelation of who? 10:55 Jesus Christ. 10:57 It signified, the Father is involved, 11:00 the Son is involved, the Holy Spirit is involved, 11:03 the angels are involved, and a prophet is involved. 11:07 And we can see in verse 2, the prophet, what does he do? 11:11 "Who bare record of the word of God, 11:13 and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, 11:16 and of all things that he saw." 11:19 So what does the prophet do? He bares record. 11:22 Now record, you can say record, 11:25 you bare a record or you record, he bore record. 11:29 He recorded what he had seen, right? 11:33 So notice what it says there again. 11:36 He bare a record of the Word of God, 11:37 that's one thing, 11:39 of the testimony of Jesus Christ, 11:41 that's another thing, and of all things that he saw, 11:45 that's three things. 11:47 So the Word of God, I'm guessing could be 11:49 the Old Testament Scriptures, right? 11:52 Now the testimony of Jesus Christ could be 11:55 what John himself saw 11:57 in the life of the Son of God himself, 12:00 because Jesus came down to this earth 12:02 according to the Holy Scripture, 12:03 and He lived among men, John being one of them. 12:08 So when John says the testimony of Jesus, 12:11 he explains later in the Book of Revelation 12:13 exactly what he means. 12:14 But it certainly could mean the testimony 12:17 that Jesus Christ gave of Himself to John. 12:21 So not only did he record the Word of God, 12:25 but it was the testimony of Jesus Christ 12:27 that he personally saw. 12:29 And the things which God showed him in vision 12:32 which at the end of the verse things which he saw. 12:35 Now 1 Samuel 9:9 actually talks about prophets. 12:41 And it gives them a name there that you don't see 12:45 a lot of times in the scripture. 12:46 But it is a word or a term that's used for the prophets. 12:50 The Bible calls them a seer. 12:55 A seer. 12:57 So somebody who sees things, right? 13:01 Samuel was referred to as a seer. 13:04 John says, "I recorded the things which I saw." 13:08 You will see numerous times through the Book of Revelation. 13:12 I think I may have missed some. 13:14 But I went through one time 13:16 and tried to square with a blue pen. 13:19 I tried to square every time the word saw came up. 13:23 I saw this, I saw that, I saw this. 13:26 And many times, 13:27 there's a transformation of position or idea 13:31 when John sees something 13:33 because he's trying to explain one thing that he saw 13:36 and then he explains something else later 13:37 that he saw maybe of that same scenario 13:39 but from a different angle, you know. 13:42 You can tell a story, can't you? 13:43 And one person hears one part of that story, 13:45 but you tell it to another person 13:47 and he hears another part of that story. 13:48 And that first person say, "No, wait a minute. 13:50 You're talking about a different story." 13:51 "No, no, it's the same one. 13:53 I just didn't give you all the details." 13:55 So when John is explaining the same thing 13:56 in a couple of different places, 13:58 he may give different details 13:59 just like you would in your human experience. 14:03 John did not write everything that God said only. 14:07 John wrote the things that he saw. 14:11 This is an inter-working of the divine and the human. 14:15 The Holy Scripture was given by revelation 14:20 not word for word like 14:21 this is what the Bible has to say John. 14:23 It was given in visions, and John would then record 14:26 what he saw in those visions. 14:28 Right there in verse 2, you can see it. 14:30 There's no other way around it. 14:32 He did not say God told me what to write. 14:36 He said, I wrote the Word of God, 14:38 the testimony of Jesus Christ, and the things which I saw. 14:43 And what the things that he saw are not the gospel? 14:46 No, that's not true at all. 14:48 What he saw were the revelations 14:51 of the scripture that God was giving to John. 14:55 John doesn't add anything to the Bible. 14:57 He simply puts pieces together and reveals what others 15:01 may not have seen up to that point 15:04 of the Book of Revelation. 15:05 It was put in symbols. 15:07 Yes, some things are hard to understand. 15:09 But we're going to keep praying through this book 15:11 and we're going to see that Jesus certainly is revealed. 15:14 Amen? Amen. 15:15 Verse 3. 15:18 "Blessed is he that reads, 15:22 they that hear the words of this prophecy, 15:25 and keep those things which are written therein: 15:29 for the time is at hand." 15:33 Now the scripture is pretty clear here 15:35 that there is a blessing on those 15:37 that read here and keep, again three things. 15:41 By the way in verse 1, there is God the Father, 15:44 God the Son, and the angel, 15:46 three characters that are in heaven, right? 15:50 In verse 2, there is the Word of God, 15:52 there is the testimony of Jesus, 15:54 and there is the things that he saw, 15:55 another set of three. 15:56 Right here in verse 3, there is another set of three, 15:58 if you hear, if you read, or if you keep those things. 16:03 God likes to do things in threes. 16:05 You can see it right there in verses 1, 2, and 3. 16:08 Why, because God is made up of three, 16:10 God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. 16:13 And the Holy Spirit works closely with the angels. 16:16 Aren't they ministering spirits according to Hebrews? 16:22 And so it says there in verse 1, 16:23 I'm sorry in verse 3, you're blessed if you read. 16:28 So in my case I'm the one reading, 16:30 so I'm the one blessed, right? 16:31 And you're like, wait a minute, 16:33 I don't want to miss out on that blessing. 16:34 Well, then that's good because it says 16:35 right after that, and blessed are they that hear. 16:39 So if you're listening to my words 16:40 reading the Book of Revelation, 16:41 then you can take that blessing as your own as well. 16:43 Amen? 16:46 Now the question is this, will you be the one 16:48 that keeps the things written therein. 16:52 Why? Because the time is at hand. 16:57 Okay, so if in the revelation we are blessed, 17:01 if we read, hear, and keep these things 17:06 because the time is at hand, what is there to keep? 17:10 Well, there's lots of things to keep. 17:13 In fact the Bible teaches that... 17:16 Let's turn there quickly, in fact, it's in, 17:18 because this is a scripture that's coming to my head 17:21 just right off the top of my mind. 17:22 It's in 1 Thessalonians or 2, I can't remember. 17:27 In fact I'm going to guess that it's 2 Thessalonians. 17:29 So I'm going to turn there first. 17:32 But the Bible teaches that 17:33 we at the second coming of Christ... 17:36 Yes, right here in 2 Thessalonians 1. 17:40 "We will be counted on or rather judged 17:43 upon the basis of whether or not 17:45 we've obeyed the gospel." 17:48 Let that sink in for a second. Obeyed the gospel? 17:53 Oh, yes. 17:54 Notice what it says, verse 7, "You who are troubled, 17:58 you who have been persecuted, have rest or peace with us 18:03 because the Lord Jesus Christ will be revealed from heaven 18:05 with his mighty angels." 18:06 2 Thessalonians 1:8. 18:10 "Jesus Christ will come in flaming fire 18:11 taking vengeance on them that do not know God," 18:15 it says, "and that do not obey the gospel 18:19 of our Lord Jesus Christ." 18:22 So wait a minute, God's going to take vengeance on those 18:24 that do not know the Lord, right. 18:27 We as a Christians many time around the world we say that 18:30 we need to know the Lord, know the Lord, know the Lord, 18:32 and that's the focus. Yes, we need to know the Lord. 18:34 But the Bible says, 18:36 "Also God will take vengeance on 18:37 not only those that do not know the Lord, 18:40 but that do not obey the gospel." 18:43 We're supposed to obey the gospel. 18:45 Wait a minute, I thought we were supposed 18:46 to believe the gospel. 18:50 Yeah, we're supposed to believe the gospel 18:53 and obey the gospel, right? 18:55 Now how do you obey and believe at the same time? 18:58 What's the idea there? 19:00 Well, let's look at it real quick. 19:01 John 14. 19:03 And we're going to see here that 19:04 Jesus Christ makes it pretty clear 19:06 that those who believe will act like he does. 19:09 John 14:12, "Verily, I say unto you," 19:12 Jesus is speaking, "He that believes on me, 19:17 the works that I do he will do also." 19:23 Can you get plainer than that? 19:25 He that believes on Me, the same works that I do, 19:29 He's going to do also. So okay, wait a minute. 19:33 John is saying in the Revelation 19:35 that we need to keep the things that are written there in. 19:40 Well, that sounds legalistic. Wait a minute. 19:41 No, whoa, whoa. 19:43 You want to be blessed in if you keep? 19:45 Oh, yeah. 19:46 You want to be saved if you obey too, 19:48 that's what it says there in 2 Thessalonians 1. 19:53 God's going to take vengeance on those 19:55 that do not know God 19:57 and that do not obey the gospel. 19:59 See here's the thing. 20:00 We need to not only know God personally and love Him 20:03 for what He's done on the cross for us. 20:06 But we need to be obedient to what He's asked us to do. 20:09 "If you love me," do what? 20:11 "Keep my commandments," 20:12 it says right there in John 14:15. 20:17 Now jumping back to the Revelation 20:19 'cause I can get carried away on that subject quite a bit. 20:22 Revelation 1, and we're going to look 20:25 and see that there is that blessing. 20:28 But you'll notice also that there are other blessings 20:31 in the Holy Scripture in regard to the revelation. 20:38 Notice I'm just going to go quickly 20:39 through these verses. 20:41 But you're going to see not only are there 20:42 a lot of threes these in the Bible, 20:45 in the Book of Revelation, there are a lot of sevens. 20:49 What's that number again? 20:51 Seven. Don't forget that number. 20:53 There is a lot of threes, and a lot of sevens, okay. 20:56 Guess how many times the word blessed is used 21:01 in the Book of Revelation. 21:03 Take a wild guess. Seven. 21:06 Exactly so I'm going to quickly read 21:08 through the seven verses 21:11 that are blessings in the Book of Revelation. 21:13 You can go there with me if you want to. 21:15 The first one we just read is Revelation 1:3, 21:18 "Blessed is he that reads, 21:20 they that hear the words of this prophecy, 21:21 and keep the things which are written there in 21:23 for the time is at hand." 21:25 Oh, by the way, you'll be able to get these notes 21:30 from going to RevelationWithDaniel.com. 21:34 RevelationWithDaniel.com. 21:37 You'll be able to download the notes there. 21:38 I'll have them for free alongside 21:40 the revelation videos. 21:43 These videos will also be available on that website. 21:47 And if you are interested in learning more about 21:50 when those videos come out, you can go 21:52 to RevelationWithDaniel. com\newsletter, 21:55 and you can sign up for the newsletter there also. 21:57 And that will keep you abreast 21:59 of when these videos are published 22:01 and available to the public. 22:03 So the first one, Revelation 1:3, 22:05 blessed are he that reads, 22:08 those that hear, and those that keep. 22:11 The next one in Revelation 14:13. 22:16 The Bible says, "I heard a voice from heaven saying, 22:19 Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from," 22:26 this point forward, "From henceforth: 22:28 Yea, saith at the Spirit, 22:29 that they may rest from their labours, 22:31 and their works do follow them." 22:33 You're saying to me 22:34 there's a blessing on those that die. 22:37 Oh, yes. 22:38 Blessed are they that rest in the Lord 22:40 from this point forward. 22:42 So interestingly, this is in the context 22:45 of the mark of the beast scenario 22:48 that we will read about when we get to chapter 13. 22:51 We may even talk about it before then. 22:53 But what's interesting is there is this blessing pronounced 22:56 upon those that are faithful in the Lord unto death. 23:01 Now let's go to the next one. 23:02 Chapter 16:15. 23:06 The third blessing in Revelation, 23:08 "Behold, I come as a thief." 23:11 There's a lot to learn behind that thief idea. 23:14 And we're going to learn about that as we continue, not today. 23:16 "Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, 23:20 lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." 23:24 Chapter 19, we're going to see Revelation 19:9, 23:29 the fourth blessing. 23:32 It says, "He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they 23:35 which are called unto the marriage 23:37 supper of the Lamb. 23:39 And he saith unto me, These are true sayings of God." 23:45 In Revelation 19, there are two suppers. 23:48 You're blessed to be in one, 23:49 you're cursed to be in the other. 23:51 We'll look that as we continue on. 23:53 But the next one is in 20:6. 23:57 Number five, "Blessed and holy is he 24:01 that hath part in the first resurrection: 24:04 on such the second death has no power, 24:07 but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, 24:11 and shall reign with him a thousand years." 24:14 So there is a first resurrection interestingly. 24:17 If there is a first one, there must be a second one. 24:21 Did you know there are two resurrections? 24:23 We're going to keep learning about that 24:25 as we get into chapter 20. 24:26 Go to the next one in chapter 22. 24:30 "Behold, I come quickly:" in 22:7, 24:34 "Behold, I come quickly: 24:35 blessed is he that keeps the sayings 24:38 of the prophecy of this book." 24:41 Sounds very similar to 1:3, doesn't it? 24:44 There's a reason for that, and I will share with you 24:46 that reason in just a moment. 24:47 Look at the last one 22:14, 24:51 the last of the seven blessings. 24:54 "Blessed are they that do his commandments." 24:57 You may have the New International Version 24:59 which says, "Wash their robes." 25:02 The difference is one was taken from the Latin Vulgate, 25:06 one was taken from Textus Receptus, okay. 25:10 And the Textus Receptus is what I'm using 25:12 is that's the King James Version 25:14 that's where it's based on. 25:16 And the other translations can be based 25:18 on the other foundation from which they translate. 25:21 But really the only difference 25:22 is just a couple of marks with the pen. 25:26 And what's interesting is both of them 25:29 make the same exact sense. 25:32 One is not correct and the other is not wrong. 25:34 And the other one is not wrong and the other correct. 25:36 Back and forth. 25:37 What you see here is a pretty clear definition 25:41 that we need to obey the Lord if we want the blessing. 25:44 Okay, and I'll show you that 25:46 once we get there into chapter 22. 25:48 But for now I'll just read the verse, 25:49 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, 25:51 that they may have right to the tree of life, 25:56 and they may enter in through the gates into the city." 26:00 You ever sat back and imagine that heavenly city? 26:04 Guess what? 26:06 You didn't imagine well enough 'cause my Bible teaches that 26:09 "No ear has heard, no eye has seen, 26:12 and neither has it come into the heart of man, 26:15 the things that God has prepared 26:17 for them that love him." 26:20 I think it's Corinthians 2:9. 26:23 But the beautiful truth about that is 26:25 that God has more things in plan for you, 26:29 and for me, for my family, 26:31 and for your family than we could even imagine. 26:35 You can read about the city and it's amazing. 26:38 We'll get to there when we're talking in chapter 21. 26:40 But it's amazing, read chapter 21 sometime. 26:43 And you'll be amazed at how beautiful the gospel 26:46 is in its promises 26:49 that we will be part of that city. 26:52 I mean I've got my house already situated there. 26:55 I've even picked out which room 26:56 'cause I'm leaving that one up to the Lord. 26:58 He's going to know better where I'm going to want to be. 26:59 But I've got my space reserved because I believe. 27:03 Amen? Amen. 27:06 So now back to Revelation 1. 27:10 And I mention that I was going to share with you 27:11 something about why chapter 22 sounds like chapter 1. 27:16 Here is a very interesting concept, okay? 27:20 In 1:1, you have the phrase shortly come to pass. 27:27 In chapter 22 which by the way 27:30 Revelation only has 22 chapters, right? 27:33 In chapter 1, he will shortly come to pass. 27:36 In 22:6, he will surely come to pass. 27:41 In 1:2, hear the words. 27:44 In 22:18, hear the words. 27:49 In 1:3, blessed who keep. 27:52 In 22:7, blessed who keep. 27:56 In 1:3, the time is at hand. 27:59 In 22:10, the time is at hand. 28:02 In 1:4, it talks about the churches. 28:05 In 22:16, it talks about the churches. 28:09 In 1:4, it talks about grace. 28:14 In 22:1, it talks about grace. 28:17 In 1:8, it talks about the alpha and the omega, 28:20 the beginning and the end. 28:21 In 22:13, the alpha the omega, the beginning and the end. 28:25 In 1:17, the first and the last. 28:28 Chapter 22:17, the first and the last. 28:31 Like I said I've got this online for you 28:33 to have video or to have notes if you're interested. 28:35 But here's the point, the way the book opens 28:40 is very similar to the way it closes. 28:42 It's almost like an umbrella, okay? 28:45 You start with these ideas of things 28:48 shortly coming to pass, 28:49 being blessed to hear the words, 28:51 blessed if you keep, the time is at hand, 28:53 the churches are involved, grace is the focus, 28:56 the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, 28:58 and he's the first and last. 29:00 These things start the book and they end the book. 29:03 What's also very interesting is what you find in verse 4. 29:06 Notice verse 4, "John to the seven churches 29:09 which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, 29:11 and peace, from him which is, and which was, 29:15 and which is to come from the seven Spirits 29:18 which are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ." 29:20 So I read a little bit in verse 5. 29:22 But notice it says there in verse 4, 29:27 "Grace be unto you." 29:30 Now I would think that a book that is designed 29:36 for the end of time, 29:38 ought to have every other word grace, right? 29:44 Yeah, I mean the grace, revelation, grace, of grace, 29:49 Jesus, grace, Christ, grace. 29:51 You think that grace would just be flooding the book. 29:53 Right? 29:55 At the end of time we need grace, do we not? 29:58 You know the Book of Revelation only uses the word grace 30:01 two times in chapter 1, in chapter 22. 30:08 We have this umbrella of grace that covers the entire book. 30:14 It wants you to know that is a revelation of Jesus Christ 30:17 and that only. 30:19 But grace begins the book, grace ends the book. 30:22 I like that though. 30:24 There are some really beautiful pictures in that. 30:26 And we know that grace can be an umbrella 30:28 to those that believe 30:29 and are willing to not only read, hear, 30:31 but also keep the things which are written there in. 30:34 Now, we're not done with verse 4 yet, 30:38 because it is written to the seven churches. 30:41 The seven churches which were in Asia, okay? 30:45 Now, there are people today that will tell you 30:49 that there are portions of the Bible 30:51 that are not relevant for us today. 30:54 Here would be a very good way to say, 30:56 "Well, you know, the Book of Revelation 30:58 is not really relevant for me 30:59 because it's written to the seven churches 31:00 which are in Asia." 31:02 And guess what? 31:03 Those churches closed a long time ago 31:05 'cause that was like 2,000 years ago. 31:06 You know, so this book is not for me. 31:09 Is that fair to say? 31:12 So the Bible believing Christian 31:14 and I'll show you this in a minute believes 31:16 that the Bible is relevant for us 31:17 yesterday, today, and tomorrow. 31:20 It is something that is for us now, 31:23 it was for us yesterday. 31:24 It was for my grandparents and their great, great, 31:27 great, great grandparents. 31:28 It was for Jesus. And it was also for Moses. 31:32 The Bible gives revelation, 31:35 we call that continuing revelation. 31:39 Revelation that or progressive revelation 31:41 can also be one of the terms. 31:43 Revelation that continues throughout the ages 31:47 of this earth's history. 31:49 Why? 31:50 Because God wants to reveal Himself 31:52 more and more fully as the day approaches now. 31:55 You can read that in the Proverbs. 31:59 "The light shines upon our path 32:01 more and more as the day approaches." 32:06 So let's look for a moment at verse 4 and say that 32:12 "Yes, it was written to the seven churches 32:14 which are in Asia." 32:16 But those churches as we'll learn next time 32:19 we're together. 32:20 Those churches are symbolic for the churches of God 32:25 since the time of John 32:26 up until the second coming of Jesus. 32:29 And we'll see a pattern in the Book of Revelation 32:31 that will solidify that. 32:33 I'm not just saying it, I'm saying it 32:34 because that's what the book teaches, okay? 32:36 And we're going to see this in a big beautiful way 32:39 as we continue to study. 32:41 It says, "To the seven churches which are in Asia: 32:43 Grace be unto you, and peace, from somebody, from him 32:48 which is currently, which was past tense, 32:53 and which is to come." 32:58 Was, is, is to come, 33:02 past present and future, right. 33:05 That's an interesting concept because the past, present, 33:08 and future idea is extremely important for us 33:11 to understand in the Book of Revelation. 33:14 Now let me just give you just a portion here 33:16 that will show you the Book of Revelation 33:18 is relevant for everybody, past, present, and future. 33:22 Here's why, look at verse 1 again. 33:25 The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave, 33:28 is that past, present, or future? 33:31 God gave, that's past, is it not? 33:35 So okay, there's a past reference there, 33:38 verse 4, John to the seven churches 33:41 which are past, present, or future? 33:46 That would be present. Okay. 33:47 Now notice what it says in verse 7, 33:52 blessed or rather 33:53 "Behold, he will come with clouds, 33:58 and every eye shall see him," past, present, or future? 34:03 Future. 34:05 So wait a minute, we have right here 34:07 in verses 1, 4, and 7 34:10 an idea of past, present, and future. 34:14 God gave it the churches which are and all eyes 34:18 shall see the one who is coming, okay? 34:22 So notice not just to pick a part of few verses there 34:25 and see what the concept is, but jump down to verse 19 now. 34:29 And you're going to see something amazing 34:31 if you haven't seen it before. 34:32 Verse 1:19, "Write the things which you have seen, 34:39 the things which are, 34:42 and the things which shall be hereafter." 34:45 What does that say, past, present, or future? 34:49 All of them. 34:50 It was kind of a trick question, 34:51 it's past, present, and future. 34:53 The things which were, the things which are, 34:56 and the things which shall be. 34:58 The Bible is based on people. It's for people. 35:03 It's for those that have lived in the past, 35:05 those that are living now, 35:07 and those that haven't even been born 35:08 yet all the way to the coming of Jesus. 35:10 Amen? 35:11 So there's no way you can say that 35:13 the Book of Revelation is not for us. 35:14 It is. 35:16 And yes, it was for the seven churches. 35:17 But those churches were symbolic for the churches 35:19 that will exist until the time of Jesus coming. 35:22 And as I said we'll see that further in the future. 35:24 Notice what it says there in 1:4 again. 35:31 "Grace be unto you, and peace." 35:33 How many times do you think the word peace 35:35 is used in the Book of Revelation? 35:38 Seven, good guess. But it's only used twice. 35:44 Grace is used how many times, twice. 35:47 And peace is only used twice. 35:50 Now I wish it was in chapter 22, but it's not. 35:53 It's in chapter 6. 35:54 And what's interesting is in chapter 1, 35:56 God is asking you to receive peace, grace 36:00 and peace is what it says. 36:03 But what happens in chapter 6 is we can see 36:07 that one of the horses and the rider 36:09 on that horse was given power to take peace from the earth. 36:14 So you can see right there 36:16 there's this great controversy theme 36:17 in the Book of Revelation. 36:19 There is good against evil. 36:20 God wants to give you peace, 36:22 whereas the enemy wants to take peace from the earth. 36:25 Okay, so the revelation or the great controversy theme 36:29 is all through the Book of Revelation. 36:32 Notice what it says there in verse 4 again, 36:34 "Grace, peace from him which is, 36:37 which was, which is to come 36:39 from the seven spirits which are before His throne." 36:41 Verse 5, the first part, and from Jesus Christ. 36:46 Now wait a minute. 36:48 The one which is, and was, which is to come, 36:52 the seven Spirits before His throne, 36:54 and from Jesus Christ. 36:55 How many are there? There is three. 37:01 Now you can say, "Wait a minute there are seven Spirits." 37:02 Yes, I know. 37:04 The seven is used not because there are seven Spirits 37:07 but the word seven actually means completion 37:12 in the Book of Revelation. 37:14 For example there are seven churches. 37:17 There are seven seals. There are seven trumpets. 37:20 There are seven thunders. 37:22 There are seven, let's see plagues. 37:26 There are seven... I can go on and on. 37:29 I can't think of them now that I'm supposed 37:30 to be thinking of them. 37:31 But there are lots of times the word seven is used. 37:34 In fact if you look at the scripture in the... 37:41 I'm going to find it in my notes here. 37:43 If you look at what happens in the Book of Revelation, 37:48 there are lots of words that are either translated 37:52 or used seven times. 37:55 I'll refer you to the ones 37:59 that are actually translated seven times. 38:05 In my notes here it says, these are phrases 38:08 that have been translated seven times in the Revelation. 38:10 The underlined ones are the Greek words, 38:13 the phrases are used seven times. 38:15 And there are variations of these words as well. 38:17 But notice blessed is only used seven times. 38:22 Patience used only seven times in the Revelation. 38:26 I know your works, bottomless is used seven times. 38:30 Earthquake, seven times. 38:32 Candlestick or candle sticks, seven times. 38:34 Prophecy, seven times. 38:36 Worthy, cloud, sign or wonder, strong, 38:40 four and twenty, 38:43 these phrases are used seven times, why? 38:45 Because it's referring to the fullness 38:48 of the completion of... 38:50 So what's interesting about the seven Spirits 38:52 is not that there are seven Holy Spirits, 38:55 it's the completion of the Spirit. 38:58 The Holy Spirit wasn't sent yet. 39:00 In John 7, you can read about that. 39:03 In fact I'm going to turn there just for a second, 39:05 just to validate my point. 39:06 John 7, then we're going to see 39:08 Jesus is referring to the Holy Spirit 39:11 that hadn't been given in its fullness yet. 39:15 So he says in John 7:37, 39:22 "The last day, the great feast, Jesus stood and cried, 39:25 If any man thirst, 39:28 let him come unto me, and drink. 39:30 He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, 39:33 out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." 39:36 So we're speaking about if you are wanting 39:38 to fill your thirst, come to me. 39:41 And then it says in verse 39, interestingly. 39:44 "This speak Jesus of the Spirit, 39:47 which they that believe on him should receive:" 39:49 notice, "For the Holy Ghost was not yet given, 39:53 because that Jesus was not yet glorified." 39:57 So when Jesus was glorified, 39:59 the Holy Spirit came in fullness. 40:01 And that's why John in Revelation 1 40:05 can say that there were seven Spirits 40:07 'cause he had been given in his fullness now. 40:09 Okay? 40:11 That's what we see in Acts 2, and the first coming 40:13 of the Holy Spirit if you remember that story. 40:19 But now I want to go back to Revelation 1:5 40:24 we've seen or rather 4, 40:27 we've seen God the Father being him 40:29 which is, which was, and which is to come. 40:31 We've also seen in verse 4, 40:34 the seven Spirits or the Holy Spirit. 40:36 And we can see in verse 5, Jesus Christ, God the Father, 40:40 the Son, and the Spirit. 40:41 Notice now what verse 5 says. 40:45 In fact I'm going to do something with you. 40:48 We're going to read verse 5 and 6. 40:51 But I want to count with you for a moment, 40:55 some things that we're going to find in Revelation 1:5, 6. 40:59 It says in verse 5, "And from Jesus Christ, 41:02 who is the one faithful witness," 41:07 and number two, 41:09 "The first be gotten of the dead," 41:11 and number three, 41:13 "The prince of the kings of the earth. 41:15 Unto him that," number four, "Loved us," 41:18 number five, 41:20 "And washed us from our sins in his own blood," 41:22 number six or verse six, number six, 41:25 "And hath made us kings and priests 41:27 unto God and his Father," 41:28 number seven, "To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. 41:32 Amen." How many are there? 41:36 There are seven there. 41:37 I call this the seven full praise of John. 41:41 So starting in verse 5 again, there is the faithful witness, 41:44 the first begotten of the dead, 41:45 the prince of the kings of the earth, 41:47 He loved us, He washed us from our sins, 41:49 He made us kings and priests unto His father 41:51 and to Him be glory and honor, 41:53 or dominion for ever and ever. 41:55 So another phrase there that captures this seven number. 41:59 The seven fold or perfect praise of Christ. 42:03 There are so many references I have in my Bible 42:06 that we could go through to talk about 42:08 the one that was begotten. 42:10 The one that was the faithful witness. 42:12 When he was made Prince and King of the earth, 42:16 the fact that He wasn't the only king or priest. 42:19 As it says in verse 6, the one that when He washes us 42:23 from our sins in His own blood, these are sermons 42:26 that could be talked about 42:27 over and over for the next months. 42:29 But I'm going to try to skip these things 42:31 if you have questions you can certainly ask 42:33 on my blog or just contact us 42:36 at RevelationWithDaniel.com. 42:38 And we can talk about that there as well. 42:40 Behind the scenes if you will 42:42 but I'm going to skip these verses 42:43 just to let you know that there are lots of things 42:46 that you could study in there, 42:47 but we're going to skip them for now. 42:49 Look at 7, Revelation 1:7, 42:52 "Behold, he cometh with clouds, 42:55 and every eye shall see him, 42:59 and they also which pierced him: 43:02 and all the kindreds of the earth shall wail 43:04 because of him. 43:06 Even so, Amen." 43:09 You know John is talking about Jesus coming with the clouds. 43:14 Do you remember in Acts 1, 43:16 Jesus was taken up from this earth in the clouds. 43:21 Let's turn really quickly to Acts 1. 43:24 And we're going to see that in Acts 1:9-11. 43:33 This idea of Jesus being taken up is pictured here. 43:38 And so John's referring to Christ 43:42 coming in the clouds here. 43:43 But notice what it says in the Book of Acts 43:45 which is penned by Luke 9, 43:48 "When he had spoken these things, while they," 43:52 which were the disciples, "While they beheld, 43:55 he was taken up 43:57 and a cloud received him out of their sight." 44:00 He was taken up by, what? A cloud. 44:04 And while they looked behold 44:07 or steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, 44:10 behold, two men stood by them in white apparel." 44:13 That would be angels, "Which said to them, 44:16 Ye men of Galilee, 44:17 why stand here ye gazing into heaven. 44:20 The same Jesus, 44:21 which is taken up from you into heaven, 44:23 shall so come in like manner 44:25 as you have seen him go into heaven." 44:28 So just like Jesus went up into heaven in the clouds, 44:33 the book here says, 44:34 he will come in like manner with the clouds. 44:37 Okay? 44:39 But notice it says they beheld, 44:41 it was taken out of their sight, 44:42 they looked steadfastly, they gazed, 44:45 and they had seen Him. 44:47 Five ways it talks about a visual thing. 44:50 I know there are some that will say Jesus Christ 44:53 is going to come secretly and silently. 44:55 But it seems to me with this verse 44:57 right here in Acts 1:9-11, 45:00 they've got some wrestling to do. 45:02 Now jump over to Psalm 104 for a second. 45:05 Psalm 104. 45:07 And we're going to look at verse 3. 45:09 And I want to show you something about the clouds 45:11 which is interesting. 45:13 Psalm 104:3, it actually describes 45:15 what these clouds are. 45:19 It says in Psalm 104:3, talking about God, 45:23 "He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. 45:26 He makes the clouds his chariot: 45:31 who walks upon the wings of the wind:" 45:33 So what's interesting is about the clouds, 45:35 the clouds are His chariot. 45:37 So guess what? 45:38 Jesus if you take this verse 45:40 and apply it to what happened in Acts 1. 45:42 Jesus was taken up into heaven in a chariot 45:45 because the clouds are His chariot, right? 45:48 Well, let's go a step further and jump to 68:17. 45:54 Psalm 68:17, what it says there is, 45:58 "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, 46:02 even thousands of," what? 46:06 "Angels." 46:08 So wait a minute, the clouds are His chariots, 46:12 and the chariots are His, what? 46:14 Angels. So my Bible in Revelation 1. 46:18 When it says, "Behold, he cometh with the clouds." 46:24 What's amazing about that 46:25 is He's going to be coming in a chariot, if you will. 46:29 But those chariots are angels. 46:31 Remember reading about Elijah, 46:33 when he was whisked off into heaven with a, what? 46:37 A chariot. Guess what that must have been. 46:41 The angels must have taken Elijah. 46:44 Just as my Bible teaches in Matthew 24, 46:47 "God at the trumpet will send forth his angels, 46:50 and the angels will gather his elect to bring them." 46:52 Okay. 46:54 The angels, the clouds, they are the same thing. 46:56 So when it says their in Revelation 1:7, 46:58 "Behold, he comes with clouds," 47:00 what it's saying is He's coming with all His angels. 47:03 Clouds are just signified or symbolic. 47:08 He comes with clouds, and every eye shall see Him. 47:12 How many eyes? Every eye. 47:16 Now wait a minute. Every eye shall see Him. 47:19 I don't know that it means necessarily every eye 47:23 at the same time. 47:25 Okay. Every eye will see Him. 47:28 The Bible makes it clear it will be catastrophic. 47:30 It will be extremely loud. The earth will shake. 47:34 We're going to learn about this later 47:35 in Revelation 6, we'll read about it, 47:37 will study more about the second coming, 47:38 and what it's going to be like. 47:40 But I'm telling you, it's going to be amazing. 47:44 So will every eye see Him at the same time? 47:46 I don't know but this verse doesn't say that. 47:49 You know what I'm wondering 47:50 because He's coming with clouds from heaven. 47:52 If the earth is turning this way 47:55 and He comes this direction, 47:57 and if you're in slow motion He comes 47:59 and captures everybody with His angels, 48:03 and He takes them one rotation of the earth, 48:06 and one rotation of Him traveling around 48:08 will enable everybody to see Him. 48:10 You see what I'm saying. 48:12 Now I don't understand these things. 48:13 I don't know how to have clouds take me to gather His elect. 48:17 I don't understand that. 48:18 I'm just being a little bit ideological here 48:21 that perhaps this would work. 48:23 I don't know I'm just saying. 48:24 You know you can chew on that for yourself. 48:27 But what he says is, "He comes with clouds, 48:29 every eye will see Him. 48:31 And they also which pierced Him, 48:34 they also which pierced Him. 48:39 Pierced Him, what does that mean? 48:41 You see when Jesus Christ was on the cross... 48:46 You can read about this in John 9 for yourself. 48:50 When Jesus Christ was on the cross 48:52 He ended up pierced 48:55 with a sword by a Roman soldier, 48:58 you remember that. 49:01 Well, Jesus said those that pierced Him 49:06 will see Him come with the clouds. 49:08 Those that were responsible for His being pierced 49:12 will also see Him coming with the clouds. 49:14 How do I know that? 49:15 Turn your Bible to the Book of Mark. 49:18 This is amazing. You're going to find in Mark... 49:24 14:61. 49:30 Mark 14:61 talks about the high priest. 49:35 He says in verse 61, He Jesus, "He held his peace, 49:40 and answered nothing 49:41 to the question of the high priest, 49:43 he didn't answer him. 49:44 Again the high priest asked him after he was ignored. 49:47 And said, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" 49:52 Verse 62, "Jesus answered and said, I am: 49:58 and you shall see the Son of man sitting 50:03 on the right hand of power, 50:04 and coming in the clouds of heaven." 50:10 So what Jesus said to the high priest 50:13 that day is you will see Me coming in the clouds of heaven. 50:18 So John, remember the Bible says 50:21 John was just outside that little auditorium there 50:24 where they were standing. 50:26 John was right there and he must have overheard 50:28 Jesus say that to the high priest. 50:29 So when he's writing this, He's going to come with clouds, 50:33 and every eye is going to see Him, 50:36 and they which pierced Him. 50:41 John said that because he was right there 50:43 in that same hall, 50:45 that Jesus was being condemned to death. 50:47 And John must have remembered 50:48 what Jesus had said and wrote that down. 50:50 So it says there in Revelation 1:7, 50:53 "He comes with clouds, every eye will see him, 50:55 and they also which pierced him. 50:57 All kindreds of the earth will wail because of him. 51:00 Even so, Amen." 51:04 You know I'm wondering when it says there in verse 7, 51:08 all kindreds of the earth shall wail 51:10 because of him. 51:12 I'm wondering if John may have become emotional at this point. 51:19 And I'll tell you why in a second. 51:22 What if when John is writing the fact that 51:27 Jesus will come with clouds? 51:31 He's yearning with hope. 51:33 He's excited about the promises that Jesus had given 51:37 that He will come again. 51:40 He remembers that tragedy when Jesus Christ was pierced. 51:44 He remembers those people that were responsible. 51:47 He remembers Jesus standing before the high priest saying, 51:49 "You will see the Son of man 51:52 coming in the clouds of heaven." 51:53 And as he's remembering and penning these things down, 51:56 he becomes emotional and starts weeping. 52:01 John by the way, we haven't read this yet 52:02 but he was on an island, he was on an island by himself. 52:08 I'm sorry he wasn't by himself, 52:10 he was on an island with other castaways. 52:12 But he felt alone. 52:14 And as has he was there 52:16 if you will say by himself in his emotions, 52:18 he's thinking about Jesus Christ. 52:20 He's writing these things down. 52:21 I wonder if he started wailing 52:23 and weeping himself remembering 52:25 his Savior dying for him on that cross. 52:30 And so when he says all the earth shall wail 52:33 because of him. 52:34 I wonder if he didn't just sit back 52:36 and start crying. 52:39 Even so. Amen. 52:45 It says there in verse 8, 52:48 "I am Alpha and Omega, 52:53 the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, 52:57 which is, and which was, 53:00 and which is to come, the Almighty." 53:05 So what's amazing about this is Jesus Christ 53:10 is not only being referred to here 53:13 but He's being referred 53:14 to in the same way as the Father. 53:18 What do I mean by this? 53:21 What I mean by this is that Jesus Christ 53:25 when He's referred to here, 53:27 He's referred to as the Alpha and the Omega. 53:31 What is Alpha? 53:33 Well, Alpha happens to be the first letter 53:35 of the Greek alphabet. 53:38 The Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet. 53:44 So this was written in Greek, 53:46 everything you could come up with John, 53:48 I am Alpha and Omega. 53:51 I am the beginning and the end. 53:54 Doesn't Hebrews 12:1 and 2 say 53:56 that He is the author and finisher of our faith. 54:00 Amen. 54:02 This is Jesus, the beginning, the end, the Alpha, the Omega, 54:06 the author, and finisher of our faith. 54:09 Well, what's interesting right here in verse 8, it says, 54:12 "I am the Lord which is, and which was, 54:17 and which is to come, the Almighty." 54:21 Oh, wait a minute. 54:22 Some people will say now Jesus is not the Almighty. 54:26 Jesus is God but He's not God. I beg to differ. 54:32 In fact my Bible teaches in John 1:1, 54:35 in fact let's read that very quickly. 54:36 John 1:1. 54:39 It says, "In the beginning was the Word, 54:43 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 54:48 The same was in the beginning with God. 54:51 All things were made by him, and without him 54:54 which is the Word which was God, 54:55 without him was nothing made that was made." 54:59 And that same word it says in verse 14, 55:02 "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." 55:07 The Word that was God, and was with God 55:10 that was made flesh to dwell among us. 55:12 What was His name? His name was Jesus. 55:16 And so when here you read in Revelation 1:8, 55:22 "I am the Alpha, the Omega, the beginning and the end." 55:25 You read in 3:14, 55:27 just really quickly I'll read that. 55:29 Jesus is speaking here. 55:32 He's the one that speaks to John to write these things. 55:33 He says to the angel of the churches 55:35 write these things. 55:37 "These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, 55:40 the beginning of the creation of God." 55:42 So He, Jesus is referred to as the beginning by Himself. 55:46 And in verse 8, He's the Alpha, the Omega, 55:49 the beginning and the ending. 55:53 He's called the one which is and was, 55:54 and which is to come. 55:56 Well, wait a minute that's what God the Father 55:58 is referred to in verse 4, right? 56:01 The one which is, which was, and which is to come. 56:04 And then from the seven Spirits. 56:05 And then from Jesus in verse 5. 56:07 How could Jesus then in verse 8, 56:09 be the one which is, which was, and which is to come. 56:12 Well, guess what? 56:14 Jesus is just as much God as the Father is. 56:18 Amen. 56:22 There's a lot to say about this. 56:25 But what's very interesting about this section is that 56:28 it calls Him the Almighty. 56:30 Verse 8 at the very end, the one which is, which was, 56:33 and which is to come, the Almighty. 56:36 You know there is a prophecy in Isaiah 9:6. 56:41 I'm going to turn to it very quickly. 56:43 And I want to show you something that's amazing 56:45 about this section. 56:47 In Isaiah 9:6, it says talking about Jesus 56:53 before He's come. 56:55 "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: 57:01 and the government shall be upon his shoulder: 57:04 and his name," this is the name of the Messiah 57:06 that was promised to come, 57:08 "His name shall be called Wonderful, 57:10 Counselor, The mighty God, 57:15 The everlasting," what? 57:18 "Father, The Prince of Peace." 57:22 In the Old Testament, it calls Him the mighty God, 57:24 and the everlasting Father. 57:26 But it's not talking about the Father 57:27 it's talking about the Son. 57:29 So if you give Him the same names 57:31 in the Old Testament, you can give Him 57:32 the same name in the New Testament. 57:33 He was the one that which is, which was, 57:36 and which is to come, the Almighty. 57:39 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ. 57:42 Jesus is just as God as the Father is God. 57:48 Jesus is the one that has sent His message 57:50 to the seven churches 57:51 which are written in Asia or which are in Asia, 57:54 which are relevant to all of us here on this earth. 57:57 Jesus is the one who was given the one 58:01 which has a message for the churches that are now, 58:04 and the one that will come in the future. 58:06 This is Jesus. We will meet again next week. 58:09 And we're going to find out that 58:11 Christ is symbolized in Revelation 1, 58:17 through sanctuary language. 58:19 Your homework will be 1:9-20. |
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