In the Jewish assemblies the Law declared that wherever as many as ten persons were gathered together they could indulge in public reading of the Word of God.You will see this clearly set forth in Luke 4:16-20,Acts 13:14-27,Acts 15:21.Verse 3 closes with the words,"..... for the time is at hand."
Again,someone may be saying,"The writer John must have been mistaken,or he must have misunderstood,because it has been over 2000 years since those words were dictated to John the Beloved."But again-let me remind you that ever since Jesus came to this earth,was crucified,buried and rose again,ascended back to the Father where He is now seated at the right hand of the Father to mediate for us (1 Tim.2:5,Heb.1:3,)we have been living in the last days.
"God,who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son,whom He hath appointed heir of all things,by whom also He made the worlds"(Heb. 1:1,2) . Here the Holy Spirit clearly testifies that these are the last days. I emphasize the statement:Since the Church began,we have been living in the last days.
To further substantiate that statement,listen to these words: "Nor yet that He should offer Himself often,as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:but now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself"(Heb.9:25,26).Jesus came to this earth literally in the "end time,"or-the endof the world.Since Jesus came and died on the cross,we have been living in the closing days of time.
Again we read,"Now all these things are happened unto them for ensamples (examples)and they are written for our admonition,UPON WHOM THE ENDS OF THE WORLD ARE COME." Surely these three scriptures will will satisfy the mind of anyone who cares to know the truth concerning this age.We are now living in the closing days of time and have been since Jesus came and died on the cross.Therefore,these things will "shortly come to pass,"and truthfully,"the time is at hand!". People please listen to this simple preacher do not fall into the trap of this world or into all the games of the mind that some churches and some so called men and women of God want to play,Jesus is coming soon and we need to be ready search your heart for yourself and let the Holy Spirit speak to you and you will know the truth search the scriptures for yourself and God will reveal the truth to you.TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
The book of Revelation promises a blessing-and warns of a curse.The blessing is for those who read the ballybook and keep the things that are written therein.The curse is described in Revelation 22,and will befall those who tamper with the message of this prophecy.The word "Blessed"means happy.So in spite of the fact that some preachers declare that this book is a frightening book,a book to be ignored ,the Holy Spirit in the very outset declares that it is a blessed book,and that it brings joy and pleasure to the soul that reads it.
One outstanding commentator declares that the literal translation here should read,"Blessed are they that read this book,aloud to the assemblies."That simply means blessed is the man who reads it aloud in the church,and blessed are those who hear the reading and obey the message.Be that as it may,the book carries a definite blessing for those who read it,those who hear it and who keep these verbally inspired communications which came from God,through the angel TO John.The blessing is stated in Revelation 1:3and again in Revelation 22:7.The curse is clearly set fourth in Revelation 22:18-19.God have mercy on some of the men who tamper with the book of Revelation in this day of liberalism and lying prophets!
Paul admonished Timothy,"....Give attendance to reading"(1 Timothy 4:13).For many years in the first centuries of Christianity,the Scriptures were read aloud in the assemblies , but this has been completely done away with today,wit the exception of a small portion at the beginning of most Sunday morning services.Some churches today do not even have what is known as "responsive reading". However ,those who read Revelation-whether in public or in private , whether they read it aloud or silently, may rest assured of the Lord's blessing because it is promised here , and God cannot break His promise. PRAISE THE LIVING GOD!!!!!!!!
One outstanding commentator declares that the literal translation here should read,"Blessed are they that read this book,aloud to the assemblies."That simply means blessed is the man who reads it aloud in the church,and blessed are those who hear the reading and obey the message.Be that as it may,the book carries a definite blessing for those who read it,those who hear it and who keep these verbally inspired communications which came from God,through the angel TO John.The blessing is stated in Revelation 1:3and again in Revelation 22:7.The curse is clearly set fourth in Revelation 22:18-19.God have mercy on some of the men who tamper with the book of Revelation in this day of liberalism and lying prophets!
Paul admonished Timothy,"....Give attendance to reading"(1 Timothy 4:13).For many years in the first centuries of Christianity,the Scriptures were read aloud in the assemblies , but this has been completely done away with today,wit the exception of a small portion at the beginning of most Sunday morning services.Some churches today do not even have what is known as "responsive reading". However ,those who read Revelation-whether in public or in private , whether they read it aloud or silently, may rest assured of the Lord's blessing because it is promised here , and God cannot break His promise. PRAISE THE LIVING GOD!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
It is true that John the Beloved is the writer of the book of Revelation,but he is not the author.The Author of Revelation is the Lord Jesus, Himself.The Apostle John was the scribe... the holy man to whom God spoke these words.It seems that the Holy Spirit desires to make this known clearly and unmistakably.Revelation1:1 and Revelation 22:8 clearly declare that the revelation came from God Almighty-not from man.Revelation is the only book in the New Testament that Jesus personally closes with His own signature "I,JESUS,HAVE SENT MINE ANGEL TO TESTIFY UNTO YOU THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCHES!"(Rev.22:16).The book of Revelation is not history,as some would have you believe.This book records past, things present,and things to come.The angel is unnamed.He is simply referred to as "HIS angel."The order of the Revelation is FROM God,TO Christ-then BY Christ's angel to John,and then TO US......to all believers,servants,bondsmen......all who are born again.The first verse closes with the words ".....unto His servant, John."John the Beloved always writes in the third person in the four books bearing his name,but here in the book of Revelation he writes in the first person.He names himself three times in the introduction:Chapter1,verses1,4,and 9.He names himself two times in the closing chapters of the book:Chapter21:2,chapter22:8.Verse 2:"Who bare record of the Word of God,and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,and of all things that he saw."The Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ form the sum total of all the visions and revelations beheld by John the Beloved in Revelation John not only heard the words recorded here,but he also saw the visions.In the Spirit,John saw what will literally take place upon this earth and in the heavenlies at the consummation of all things.COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS I PRAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN JESUS NAME!
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