Revelations on Revelation part 1
October 17 2005
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NIV Teen Study Bible, Revised (New International Version)
By Zondervan
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I am going to start a study on the Book of Revelation. The book of Revelation is a profecy that has yet to be fullfilled. Here are some facts i found in my bible (see above).
Fast Facts
* the apostle John wrote this last book of the bible
*he was over 90 when he wrote it
*John was given his vision of Jesus on the prison island of Patoms
*He was exiled there by the Emperor Domitian for being a Christian
*Revelation shows you that GOD will surley triimph over evil.
Here is a interesting intro to the book.....
HARD WORDS
"Sometimes when you dont understand a hard word, do you just ignore it and read on? Well you can't ignore the hard words in this book of the bible. There are just too many of them. And too many strange imigaes: stars fallingin the ocean and rivers turning in to blood. What does it all mean?
Even though Revelation uses diffcult images and symbols, the message of the book is clear: This world will come to and end. Jesus will come back, and he'll punsh evil. No matter how hard Satin and his forces struggle, Jesus will win. Then all will learn that both heaven and hell anr real, for ever and ever.
Revelation 1:9-18 (New International Version)
One like a Son of Man
9I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."
12I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man,"[a]dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
17When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
Wow what a vivld picture of Jesus, how wrong are we to pain such a squed picture of Him in our minds. As children we learn that Jesus is meek and mild. How wrong are we to paint such a squed picture of Jesus in our kids minds. I think that Jesus is a meek person, but that is not the only way He is. Jesus is a meek but strong and powerful person. In the end He will win over Satin. We need to see Jesus in a diffrent light, as who he really is. Our savior and our friend and as the most powerful person in the world.
Footnotes:
Revelation 1:13 Daniel 7:13
