Revelation
I can't believe I missed two blog posts!!! Sorry!!! I totally forgot! :( I've been kind of busy lately. I noticed that I haven't done many blog post about life lately. Here goes. I have, baked eclairs, cupcakes, mini muffins (two kinds actually) and my latest accomplishment, are Florentine's. I just finished those a little while ago. The chocolate is now setting. :) I'm a little nervous about them, because I've never candied citrus peels before, and I didn't have enough time for them to cool completely before I cooked them. :/ We'll see how they turn out at snack time.
Okeydokey. Back to the Bible. :) We're going to go through Revelation now. Chapter, by chapter. This stuff is actually really cool, yet, kind of scary. :/ Anyway! :D Here goes:
Revelation 1
' The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants-things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things in which are written in it; for the time is near.
John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Hi, who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the End," Says the Lord, "who is and who was and is to come, the Almighty."
I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last," and, "What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. He head and hair were white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the key of Hades and of Death. Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. The mystery of the seven stars which you see in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the golden lampstands which you saw are the seven churches." '
Wow. Deep chapter. ;)
Review: John has been exiled to the island of Patmos. I'm not sure why though, I'll have to go a little farther back and read that, but later. He's in the spirit (listening, talking, and praying to God) when a voice comes behind him. It tells him that the revelation of Jesus Christ will come soon, and to write all that he has seen and heard. I love 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.' Now, the reason I put * that on either side of the word 'prophecy', is to remind you about how we went through the prophecies. The whole entire book of Revelation is a prophecy. Why? Because it hasn't happened yet. This is one that we modern day people, who turn away from God so easily, are going to go through. And trust me when I tell you, that it won't be pretty for un-believers. And believers also, but they get a happier ending if something happens to them. They get the eternal reward. Bigger than anything thing that anyone could imagine. And Satan, I've read the end of the book. It's a happy ending. Not for him though. God wins every time. So, if you feel the effects of sin in your life, just hold onto the hope of knowing that God will save you. Even if you ask for forgiveness every day, He will save you. And He will win in the end.
One question that I had, I asked my mom about it, was, if the man that appeared to John was telling him to write everything that he had seen, an John writes about what will happen during the Revelation, that means he's seen it. But it hasn't happened yet. So how did John know what to write? Apparently, it was a vision, sent by God. And that made much more sense than the crazy things going through my head. But anyway. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments. I'll do my best to answer through scripture. Have a good day. :)
Okeydokey. Back to the Bible. :) We're going to go through Revelation now. Chapter, by chapter. This stuff is actually really cool, yet, kind of scary. :/ Anyway! :D Here goes:
Revelation 1
' The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants-things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things in which are written in it; for the time is near.
John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Hi, who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the End," Says the Lord, "who is and who was and is to come, the Almighty."
I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last," and, "What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. He head and hair were white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the key of Hades and of Death. Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. The mystery of the seven stars which you see in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the golden lampstands which you saw are the seven churches." '
Wow. Deep chapter. ;)
Review: John has been exiled to the island of Patmos. I'm not sure why though, I'll have to go a little farther back and read that, but later. He's in the spirit (listening, talking, and praying to God) when a voice comes behind him. It tells him that the revelation of Jesus Christ will come soon, and to write all that he has seen and heard. I love 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.' Now, the reason I put * that on either side of the word 'prophecy', is to remind you about how we went through the prophecies. The whole entire book of Revelation is a prophecy. Why? Because it hasn't happened yet. This is one that we modern day people, who turn away from God so easily, are going to go through. And trust me when I tell you, that it won't be pretty for un-believers. And believers also, but they get a happier ending if something happens to them. They get the eternal reward. Bigger than anything thing that anyone could imagine. And Satan, I've read the end of the book. It's a happy ending. Not for him though. God wins every time. So, if you feel the effects of sin in your life, just hold onto the hope of knowing that God will save you. Even if you ask for forgiveness every day, He will save you. And He will win in the end.
One question that I had, I asked my mom about it, was, if the man that appeared to John was telling him to write everything that he had seen, an John writes about what will happen during the Revelation, that means he's seen it. But it hasn't happened yet. So how did John know what to write? Apparently, it was a vision, sent by God. And that made much more sense than the crazy things going through my head. But anyway. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments. I'll do my best to answer through scripture. Have a good day. :)
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