The Basics of Bible - Herald of Hope

Part 1 - The Things Which Thou Hast Seen
(Chapter 1)
The Revelation (αποκαλυψιs) of Jesus Christ is the "unveiling" to John
on the Isle of Patmos of “things which must shortly (suddenly) come to
pass”. The Father revealed these events to Christ for “his servants”,
and Christ communicated them to John by His angel.
The book begins with a vision of the Lord Jesus Christ in his full Deity
as follows:
a) He is the second person of the Godhead with the Father and
the Holy Spirit. He is equal and eternal, without beginning and
without ending (vs.4-5).
b) He is"the faithful witness" - perfect in His earthly testimony (v.5).
c) He is"the first begotten of the dead"- nobody could rise in
resurrection power before Him (v.5).
d) He is "the prince of the kings of the earth" - He now reigns on the
throne of heaven, and one day will come as King of kings and
Lord of lords to reign over the earth (v.8).
e)He is "the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending" - Creator
and final Judge of all creation.
f) He is the Eternal God, "which is, and which was, and which is to
come, the Almighty" (v.8) - there is none greater in heaven or earth.
The above description leaves us in no doubt about the absolute Deity
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Any lesser description of Him would be
"another Jesus"(2 Cor.11:4).
The ultimate triumph and climax of God’s plan is the victory of Christ
over all the forces of wickedness, be they human or demonic, and so
John exclaims:
"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" (Rev.1:7).
At Christ's second coming every knee shall bow and every tongue shall
confess that He is Lord to the glory of God the Father! (Phil.2:10-11). He
will come visibly in the clouds of heaven, as declared by the angel
(Acts 1:9-11), and as Jesus Himself said (Matt.24:30).
Israel, who pierced Him, will be repentant when Jesus comes again;
they "shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for
him, as one mourneth for his only son"( Zech.12: 10).
At that time one will ask,"What are these wounds in thine hands? Then
he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends"
(Zech.13:6).
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