Wednesday night Bible study #4

Here are my notes from last night’s Bible study.......



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-THE DOCTRINE OF PRESERVATION- (4)
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Continuing with a series of lessons on.....”the Bible’s preservation”!
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LETS GO TO....... Rev.22:18,19
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-“GOD’S” THIRD WARNING.....NOT TO MESS WITH HIS WORD-
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-THE WAY WE SEE......GOD’S OMNISCIENCE-
I don’t have to ask any of you...if you believe that God is in complete control:
Because I know you do;
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Well tonight’s lesson....is seen from that perspective!
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-THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTEXT- Revelation 22:16-19
An observation: While studying these last three warnings;
We have been learning a lot from the context of these warnings:
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So here’s the context of tonight’s warning.
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V.16A I Jesus have sent mine angel
-THE LORD SPOKE FOR HIMSELF-
(By His personal angel
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To clearly establish this message.
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Note: This is the only time recorded in Scripture:
Where our Lord....call Himself “Jesus”!
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V.16B to testify unto you these things
-THE LORD’S TESTIMONY.....IS IMPORTANT-
(And that is what preservation is all about
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God preserving “his testimony”!
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V.16C in the churches.
-JESUS WANTS HIS CHURCHES...TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE-
(So the context.....of Verses 18 & 19
Is about God preserving His Word for His Church!
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V.16D I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star.
-ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION....TO ESTABLISH THE AUTHOR OF THIS MESSAGE-
(More light on.....”who Jesus is”
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➀He is all man: “the offspring of David”
(A direct descendant of David
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➁& He is all God: “the bright and morning star”
(God’s only begotten Son from heaven!)
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V.17A And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
-GOD’S MESSAGE.....TO ALL THE WORLD-
(To “come”....to the Lord
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-THE UNITY OF GOD’S MESSAGE........WITH OUR MESSAGE-
Both the Spirit and the bride agree:
In their invitation to the world!
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V.17B And let him that heareth say, Come.
-THE WAY......GOD’S WORD WAS PRESERVED-
(The “words” were preserved
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And those that heard & received it:
Repeated it.....”exactly”!
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This is why preservation is so important:
Because God’s “exact” message must be preserved!
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V.17C And let him that is athirst come.
-THE FIRST QUALIFICATION.....FOR SALVATION-
(To “thirst” after it
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You have to want it to receive it!
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V.17D And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
-GOD’S “EXACT” MESSAGE.....THAT NEVER CHANGES-
(Salvation is offered “freely”
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To “whosoever” wants it!
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V.18A For
-A LITTLE WORD.....NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED-
(Up to this point...this passage has been stressing
How this “exact” message changes lives:
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And then at Verse 18...the Lord comes to His main point:
And He says “For”....(“Because”)!
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That is....We can trust God’s message in his Word:
Because of the warnings in Verses 18 & 19
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Another appearance of this little word..........
Matthew 1:20
“But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.”
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V.18B I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,
-A WARNING....THAT ANYONE CAN UNDERSTAND-
(Not requiring God’s Spirit to decipher
Because this warning is for “unsaved people only”:
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No born again Christian...would ever change God’s Word!
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-THE PERCEIVED LIMITATION......OF THIS WARNING-
As only applying to the book of Revelation:
“this book” Lit.(A document)
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And although this verse is only talking about the book of Revelation:
A principle has been established by the previous two warnings:
That no one is permitted to “change” any of God’s Word!
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V.18C God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book!
-SOMETHING THE LORD....IS VERY SERIOUS ABOUT-
(Anyone who disregards this warning
Will regret it;
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If any man shall add unto these things,
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V.19A And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
-A SECOND WARNING.....ABOUT MESSING WITH GOD’S WORD-
(This time about...”removing words”
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-A PROPHETIC MESSAGE......BEING SENT-
(Even though at the time God gave these words to John
The canonized Bible as we know it today did not exist:
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Here in Verse 19...God gave John a different Greek word, for the word “book”.....
“the book” Lit.(A book)
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10 million year ago....
God knew that the final canonized order of the Bible would place Revelation at the end:
And God’s knew that this message in Revelation 22:
Would be the last few words in the Bible

Therefore God gave John this second warning using this particular Greek Word:
Letting us know that God was sealing His Word with this clear warning!
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V.19B God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city,
and [from] the things which are written in this book.
-ANOTHER BOOK.....UNSAVED SCHOLARS SHOULD THINK ABOUT-
(The book of life
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Because the fact that the are changing God’s Word:
Means that their names are not written in this book!
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