REVELATION
A Verse by Verse Study
A journey of Studying What’s Revealed to Me
Revelation 1:3
Verse 3 Blessed is he
who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things
which are written in it; for the time is near.
One of the things people most often in life want is to be happy. To be blessed is to be happy but it’s not the happiness the world brings but a specific happiness that comes from God. When a life is blessed it is because God has invoked a blessing upon that life. It means he has declared the blessing through his mouth which can’t lie. Blessings are also the result of obedience. While grace comes to an undeserving life, there is a correlation between obedience and blessing. To read the book of Revelation with an understanding and receptive heart, with ears that are willing to hear what God says to his church (in all ages,) will bring the blessing of knowledge and understanding!
There will be happiness that comes from
understanding the book!
Most people
avoid this book because of the intensity of the prophecies. They have erroneously believed the book will
instill fear and uncertainty in their heart.
The contrary is true.
The book of
Revelation is a book of hope. It is a book of victory and a book of good news.
While at times Revelation is sobering, it also contains the promises of
victory, reward and the final making of things right on the earth. Reading Christ happy!
Understanding the book of Revelation will
also fill you with important information in your witness. Your knowledge and the confidence you gain in
knowing the things which must shortly come to pass will help you in your
witness of Christ .
Your knowledge and ability to communicate that knowledge could lead a
person to the choice they make to place their hopes in the victorious King
rather than the defeated deceiver! Take
courage as you read the book and be prepared to be made happy!
Understanding in the heart of a person
prepares that person for life.
Understanding will bring you to a more fulfilled life and guide you in
decision making. Understanding dispels
confusion. Understanding helps you to
judge situations more clearly. As this
world grows darker and the time for Christ ’s return
draws nigh, understanding will give you light. There is truly a blessing in
reading AND hearing with an
understanding ear the book of Revelation.
God has revealed these things by his Spirit and not left them
secret. Many people avoid the book but
God says to read it and hear it. You will be blessed if you do!
My recommendation would be to go through the
book with the help of the Spirit of God. Only he can open the ears of your
understanding. Ask him to give you wisdom and understanding in knowing
him. Let the Words of God take root in
your heart understanding and growing from what God reveals to you.
God’s desire is not
that we know times as in the day nor hour but that we understand seasons and
grow in the knowledge of him.
There are things that are for babes in Christ and things that are for the more mature. Don’t worry
about the things you can’t grasp but grasp the things you can, as the Holy
Spirit helps! There’s no shame in being a babe in Christ
but if you aren’t growing, it’s time to change!
Hebrews 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first
principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
Hebrews 5:13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of
righteousness, for he is a babe.
1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the
pure milk of the word, that you may grow
thereby,
May we walk through this book gaining the
growth, wisdom, knowledge and understanding God will open our ears to hear!
Revelation is a book of prophecy.
That doesn’t mean everything is for the future. Take for example the
letters written to the churches. There
are seven churches mentioned that address several issues. These churches existed at the time of writing
but are applicable both today and in the future.
Prophecy is the revealed will and Word of God. It
may be true today, come to pass tomorrow or come to pass at some disclosed or
undisclosed time in the future. No
matter when it comes to pass, it is the Word of God and we can glean from it
now!
No matter when the ultimate fulfillment, we can glean
knowledge and understanding applicable for today! Through the Bible, we can
know God. We can know his ways and we can know his plans. We can know his character,
his attributes and his desires for mankind.
We will undoubtedly be blessed as he opens our understanding of the book
of Revelation!
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