January 10, 2007

Revelation

 

Revelation - means to unveil;take the lid off; uncover

*discover what is hidden

*comes form God to man

*goes along with the word

*it is a Revelation of jesus Christ

 

Jesus - means Jehovah saves

Christ - the Anointed One (Messiah)

 

v5 - is a description of Jesus Christ

 

v6 - what the Lord has done for us

 

***He has made us:

-to create

-made us into something special

 

a.) we are children of God - John 1:12

"He has made us a Kingdom"

-to means to guarantee us a place in His Kingdom

 

 

b.) we are priests  - 1 Peter 2:9

 

1. priests are ministers

2. priests offer sacrifices to God

3. priests have access to God

 

 

 

v7 behold - the word means to pay attention to what is about to be said

 

***Jesus Christ is coming - it will happen - A PROMISE

 

 

with clouds - represents the glory of God

-Matthew 24:29-30

 

 

-every eye will see Him - because of His glory and satellite technology

 

a.) those who pierced Him - those in hell

b.) those alive will mourn - the judgment of God will fall

 

AMEN - means so be it/I totally agree

 

 

 

v8 - I am - shows Jesus Christ is God

Exodus 3;13-15 & John 8:58

 

 

Alpha and Omega - these are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.  It shows Jesus has always been

 

Who Is - a 21st century God

 

Almighty - the Sovereign God

 

 

v9 - John - the author whose name means the Lord is gracious

 

 

John desribes Himself in several ways:

 

-a fellow partner - speaks of being part owner/a stockholder

                        -speaks of being a brother

 

-one who faces pressure - tribulation/anguish/burden/trouble

 

-saved and baptized with the Holy Spirit

-Kingdom

 

-perseveres - means to be consistent/continue on/don't quit or give up

 

 

 

The Island of Patmos - John is being banished to this island at the age of around 85

-Caesar worship is worshipping Caesar as God

 

-Patmos was a small island made up of rocks and mines

 

-John stood on the word and lived for the Lord

 

 

 

 

v10 - during trials and pressure, stay in the Spirit

 

in the spirit - means an inspired state created by God

 

the Lord's Day - is Sunday

 

-this is the voice of the Lord and it can be loud at times

 

 

v11 - this is what the voice is saying

 

book - is the greek word Biblion where we get the word Bible from...

-it refers to a papyrus or scroll which for Revelation would have been around 15 feet in length

 

-7 is the # of completion - represents the entire church age

 

 

 

 

v12 - 7 Golden lampstands - represnt the church which should be the light of the light of the world

 

 

v13 - Jesus Christ is in the middle of the church

-the church is okay because Jesus Christ is the Center of the church...........