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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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