Revelation study #1

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August 23, 2011 -A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION- (1)
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Tonight we start a series of lessons....through the book of Revelation:
And it promises to be wonderful.
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-A “WORD BY WORD”.......SERIES-
“A personal study” through a book is one thing:
And “preaching” through a book is another thing:
But “teaching” through a book...is a whole different kettle of fish!
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LETS GO TO....... Revelation 1:1
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As we saw....in our study through Proverbs:
Taking this kind of slow & meticulous look at Scripture:
Is always exciting:
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Because it always reveals lots of things:
That we have never seen before!
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V.1A “The Revelation of Jesus Christ,”
-WHAT.....THIS BOOK IS-
(A....revelation of Jesus Christ
“Revelation” Lit.(an uncovering)
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It reveals...the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ:
In ways that no other book does:
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As much as we learn in Matthew, Mark, Luke & John:
About the Lord Jesus Christ:
We are going to learn even more about Him here!
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V.1B “which God gave unto him,”
-WHY WE HAVE IT....IN OUR HANDS TODAY-
(Because the LORD wanted us to
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Therefore He gave it to us through John:
Then preserved it....until this very moment!
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You might be asking..........
“Preacher, I thought we were through:
Talking about the preservation of the Bible?”
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When ever you truly study the Bible:
It’s hard to get away from...“The doctrine of preservation”!
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V.1C “to shew unto his servants”
-GOD’S PURPOSE.....IN GIVING IT TO US-
(To show us something
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Something...He wanted us to be sure of:
“Our future!”
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The Lord wants us to clearly see:
The Glory that awaits the Lord and us!
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As we are going to learn:
It’s much more to it, than...“We win in the end!”
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V.1D “things which must shortly come to pass;”
-A BLUEPRINT.....OF WHAT “WILL COME TO PASS”-
(Not “might” but “will”...come to pass
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“must” Lit.(It needs to come to pass
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-A CLUE....TO THE WAY THE LORD VIEWS “TIME”-
They will.... “shortly come to pass”:
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With God....“1000 years....is as one day”!
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V.1E “and he sent and signified [it]”
-THE UNIQUE WAY....GOD GAVE THIS BOOK TO JOHN-
(He “signified” it
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It is mostly.....a series of signs!
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He gave John...what He wanted John to write:
By showing John...what He wanted John to see:
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Showing him the future: In a pictorial form!
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V.1F “by his angel”
-GOD’S MESSENGER....THAT WAS SENT TO JOHN-
(With the power...to show John the future
-By a series of images:-
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That weren’t an actual picture of the future:
But a depiction.....of the future!
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This is how God chose:
To reveal the future to us:
In a way that doesn’t put all the answers:
In our face..........
Qt. Proverbs 25:2
“[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.”
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It is an honorable thing:
To search for answers in God’s Word!
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V.1G “unto his servant John:”
-THE MAN GOD CHOSE TO USE....TO PEN IT-
(John
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Someone who God knew:
Would faithfully record exactly what he saw:
Without adding “ANYTHING” to it:
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This is the same quality that Paul & Peter & the others had;

The ability to step back from their own personal prejudices:
And simply write the “words” God wanted them to write!
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