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This quarter we’re studying The Book of Revelation.
We begin with “the gospel from Patmos.” It’s entirely appropriate that the first aspect in our study of Revelation is the gospel. John says very clearly that this is the Revelation of Jesus Christ—which means it’s from him and it’s about him. In all that we study this quarter, let’s never forget that vital perspective: for it’s all about Jesus, and how he brings about the end.
For John, exiled to lonely Patmos, this must have been doubly exciting. He had changed from being a “son of thunder” to “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” Now as the very last of the Twelve, John must have wondered what was going on. He and all his fellow disciples must have wondered when Jesus was going to finish what he had started. Even at the ascension, they asked Jesus if this was the time he was going to restore the kingdom to Israel. They had many such Messianic hopes. But one by one they met their end, and still Jesus had not returned. It would have been only natural for John to have been asking along with others in Revelation, “How long, O Lord?”
The answer comes from Jesus himself. He comes as this dramatic end-time figure, the Alpha and the Omega, and gives John this final message. What an experience! What encouragement! Grabbing for a scroll and a pen, John sets about recording what Jesus and the angels tell him. Carried off in vision, he sees for himself the drama unfolding, the prophetic view extending down through history, until it reaches its amazing climax. In the end John sees New Jerusalem descending out of heaven. He hears the many promises—most of all that God will be with them and be their God! He begins to understand that he has been privileged to see what no one else has seen before—the final drama of the ages!
May we do so too!
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