Revelation of Sonship: Part 3 – Ancient Hebraic Commentary on the Book of Revelation

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CHAPTER 1: PROLOGUE

Rev 1:1 A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoves [must] to come to pass quickly; and he did signify it, having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

In Hebrew, the word revelation was related to the word for seeing the yoke. It meant to work or lift or make captive or to rise. In this context it meant to lift off the covering to expose what was hidden underneath. The revelation was given to Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Abraham and the son of David to prepare
his witnesses or reflections to hear (Hebraically to obey) and keep (Hebraically guard or protect) the words of the prophecy.

Difficult times were ahead, but God promised that the faithful would be kept safe despite the raging judgements that were to engulf the sons of rebellion who ignored God’s merciful call to
repentance and who continued to breathe the breath of the prince of the power of the air and drink the cup of demons to jointly satisfy their lusts and his.

The things that must shortly come to pass are the fulfilment of at least a quarter of the prophesies of scripture that refer to “that day”, the Day of the LORD or the Day of Judgement which happens upon planet earth, not in heaven after everyone is dead.

Rev 1:2 who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

Rev 1:3 Happy [blessed] is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it—for the time is nigh!

John pronounces a blessing for those who read, hear, and obey the words of this prophecy. At the end of Revelation he also pronounces a curse on any who take away the words of the prophecy. The curse comes naturally upon those who ignore the promise of blessing, just as those who sow to the flesh naturally reap destruction.

Within ancient Hebrew culture, faith and faithfulness are the same thing. Reading, hearing, understanding, and obeying (or
keeping or guarding) the things written within the book of Revelation bring a great blessing. Those that ignore, disobey or rebel against the words of Jesus, will miss the blessing, despite the sincerity of their religious belief systems, or the religion of their tradition.

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