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http://www.BibleStudyWorkshop.com10c. Acts 14:22, Confirming the souls of the disciples, andexhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we mustthrough much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.d. John said he was in the tribulation.i. Acts 7:9-14, And the patriarchs, moved with envy, soldJoseph into Egypt: but God was with him, And deliveredhim out of all his afflictions, and gave him, favour andwisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and hemade him governor over Egypt and all his house. Nowthere came a dearth over all the land of Egypt andChanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found nosustenance. But when Jacob heard that there was corn inEgypt, he sent out our fathers first. And at the secondtime Joseph was made known to his brethren; andJoseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Thensent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and allhis kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.ii. Those saved by the blood of Christ, once they depart thislife, are through with this life of tribulation.2. The Kingdoma. It is the assurance of being now within the kingdom ofChrist, under Christ’s sovereignty, Lighting the good Lightunder his leadership, which gives hope, courage andpatience.b. The kingdom of God is a present entity, and it is a trait ofJohn to treat the eternal life as already present. (VWS, E-Sword)B. In verses 9 and 10 John said he was in something.Landmark Publications, Inc., 1045 Maynard Street, Nashville, TN 37216, U.S.A., John C. Sewell, Ph.D., Editor
http://www.BibleStudyWorkshop.com111. He was in the tribulation, kingdom and patient endurance.2. He was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day.a. The word spirit could be either upper or lower case referringeither to the Holy Spirit or to a worshipful attitude.3. The Lord’s Daya. “It was easy, therefore, for the Christians to take this term,already in use, and apply it to the first day of the week inhonour of the Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection on that day.”(Didache 14, Iqnatius Magn 9).b. In the New Testament the word occurs only here and in 1Corinthians 11:20, When ye come together therefore intoone place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. (kuriakendeipnom: the Lord’s Supper). It has no reference to hemerakuriou (the day of judgment). (Robertson’s Word Pictures(RWP), E-Sword)c. 2 Peter 3:10, For he that will love life, and see good days,let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that theyspeak no guile:4. If John was in one thing, something at the time he wrote (andhe was), then he was in the other!C. John was, at the time Revelation was written, both in the Spirit onthe Lord’s Day and in the kingdom.Revelations 1:12-16, And I turned to see the voice that spake withme. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in themidst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothedLandmark Publications, Inc., 1045 Maynard Street, Nashville, TN 37216, U.S.A., John C. Sewell, Ph.D., Editor
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