The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Hardcover

Ratcliffe, Tom H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1872734596 ISBN 13: 9781872734590

Verlag: Christian Year Publications, 2021

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We shall see that the book covers three periods of time. 1) Chapter one has to do with all that is past. 2) Chapters two and three relate to all that is current, i.e., today, being the day of God Grace to the world, which commenced on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4), and will end with the rapture of the church to heaven (1 Corinthians 15:51-53; and 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). 3) All that we read from chapter four through to the end of the book, are details of events which are still prophecy.Unless we understand and accept the teaching about the rapture of the church to glory, referred to above; we shall not be able to comprehend the grand design of God’s majestic objective, and His divine movements toward the glorious exaltation of his Beloved Son as King of kings, and Lord of lords.Readers will note in their studies that the greater part of the book of: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, covers the period known as the time of tribulation. At this time, God’s governmental judgments will impact upon the entire world, being the fulfilment of the 70th week of years, as prophesied by Daniel in his book, Daniel 9:27. The last half of the said week, i.e., three and a half years, will be as the Lord Jesus defined it, a time of: great tribulation (Matthew 24:21), when the nation of Israel will experience the greatest of all trials it has ever known. All the saints of God should comfort their hearts with the knowledge that when that grievous time falls upon the world, they will be in glory (Revelation 3:10), and spectators of all events happening on earth.

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Tom’s Christian life covers a period of nearly eighty years. From the day of his conversion to Christ through repentance and faith, he has been an active pupil in the School of God. An avid reader of the Word of God; Tom remains a committed student in God’s academy of divine learning, and will continue as such until taken home to glory, either at the rapture of all the saints, or earlier, if it is God’s will. Tom loves to rehearse the precious words of the apostle Paul: For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).This book is the outcome of many years of prayerful and devotional study of: The Revelation of Jesus Christ. Apart from his personal study of the Word of God; Tom, for the greater part of his Christian life, has been spiritually, richly blessed from attending conversational Bible Readings. A few years ago, Tom and his wife Muriel, moved to West Wales, to be near to their daughters, Lois and Naomi.

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CHAPTER 1.The noun REVELATION, means Unveiling. In this book, God is unveiling the Lord Jesus Christ and His plans for this world. So, this book is not only the final book of the Bible, it is also the book of final things. It is a book of Judgments, and about the unveiling of the One who will execute those Judgments. What we have in the first chapter is an introduction to the entire book. In this chapter 1, we have the things which have been, i.e., passed into history. In chapters 2 and 3, we have the current history of the church, i.e., the things that are; and in chapter 4 through to chapter 22, we have the record of all the things which shall be hereafter. The book reveals the events which will occur during Daniel’s 70th week, the last of a period of 70 weeks of years, a prophecy revealed to Daniel by the angel Gabriel, detailed in Daniel 9:21-27. In Jeremiah 30:7 the week is spoken of as: the time of Jacob’s trouble. The last half of the week is referred to by the Lord Jesus Himself as a time of: great tribulation (Matthew 24:21). The book details the rise and fall of the world’s last Gentile ruler, called the Beast; also, the False Prophet who is a Jew and called the Antichrist, plus details of their final doom (Rev. 20:10). This book also sets out the eternal destiny of all mankind, saved and unsaved; it is therefore, the Book of Destiny. God gave this book to the Lord Jesus; the Lord Jesus then gave it to an angel; the angel gave it to John, and John gave it to the seven churches. No other book of the Bible was so given; thus, the manner of its giving, adds divine gravitas to all that is written. God’s objective was to shew to His servant, all things that must shortly come to pass, from the beginning to the end.v.1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants, things which must shortly?come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel, unto his servant John. The first five words in verse 1, give us the correct title of the book; The Revelation (Unveiling) of Jesus Christ. It is not the book of John the divine, as given in some Bibles.Our Lord veiled His official glory when here as Son of Man, but His unparalleled moral glory, which was evident day by day, was apparent for all to see. On earth, our Lord was the lowly, suffering Lamb, born in a stable, harassed by Satan, rejected by His own people, mocked, ridiculed, and hated by the world. He was assaulted, falsely accused, nailed to a cross, and then buried in a borrowed tomb. However, in this unveiling, the Lord Jesus is seen in an entirely different light. We see the power of His glory, the authority of His Word, and the righteousness of His judgments on the saved and unsaved. The Lord is going to see the fruit of the travail of His soul and be eternally satisfied (Isaiah 53:11).v. 2. Who, (John) bare record of the Word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. John faithfully testified to the Word of God; secondly, to the Testimony of Jesus Christ, and thirdly, he faithfully testified to all that he saw. John was, for the entire period of the unveiling, wholly taken up by the Holy Spirit of God. Furthermore, all that is recorded happened on the one Lord’s Day (verse 10). Just as John confirmed the truthfulness and accuracy of all he wrote about in his Gospel (John 21:24), so with equal integrity, he recorded all he saw and heard of the unveiling of the Lord Jesus while on the Isle of Patmos.v. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand.This is the only book in the Bible which promises a blessing to all who read and keep (believe) the words written. The assured blessing is given at the beginning here in verse 3; also, at the end of the book in chapter 22:7. So, I ask myself, why are so many dear Christians reluctant to study the book, a book so full of blessings? See also Revelation 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; and 22:14.The words of this prophecy. This confirms that much of what is recorded has yet to happen. Albeit, John says that the time is at hand, or near. John was 90-95 years old when exiled to the Isle of Patmos by Emperor Domitian. So, it is now well over 1900 years since the words, the time is at hand, were written. Just as God’s ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts, so, His time is not our time. However, when specific periods of time are mentioned in the Bible, we should take note and ask ourselves, are they literal or figurative periods of time? Peter’s words that, one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day (2 Peter 3:8), signify that in the eternal state with God, where there is no night (Revelation 21:25), time, does not feature; instead of time we have eternity. So, the statement a thousand years, is figurative, confirming that eternity is without measure. However, when we read in Revelation 20:2, that Satan will be bound for one thousand years, we must understand that the period referred to, is literal. The saints will reign with Christ for the one thousand-year period as recorded in chapter 20, verses 4 and 6.In verse 7 of chapter 20, we read that after the one thousand years, Satan will be loosed out of his prison. For this statement to be meaningful and correctly understood, we must accept the time given as literal. If, as some erroneously think, that the millennial reign of Christ is figurative, how should we understand chapter 20 verse 7, which clearly states that Satan will be released after 1,000 years? Surely, the one-thousand-year reign of Christ is literal.On his release, Satan will deceive all the nations of the earth by gathering them around the beloved city (Jerusalem) to war against the saints. But fire will come down from God out of heaven to devour all the enemies of Christ (Revelation 20:9). So, here in verse 3 it is God’s time, the time for the unveiling of all that we read from chapter 4 to Chapter 22. The time is at hand (near).v.4. John, to the seven churches which are in Asia (Turkey). Grace be unto you and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before the throne.The seven churches were and are, in testimony and character, representative of all the churches from the time of John’s exile, to the second coming of Christ when He will come with power and great glory with His saints, as recorded in Jude, verses 14-15. In Jude, the number 10,000 is figurative of an innumerable company. The reason the figure 10,000 is given, is that it is the highest numeral which can be expressed in the Greek language; accordingly, Scripture gives us multiples of 10’s of thousands. Grace unto you, and peace. Grace is the source of all blessing from God our Father through our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 8:9). Peace applies to our happy and rightful state before God; it is: the peace of God that passeth all understanding (Phil. 4:7). One can never know the peace of God until one knows the Grace of God which comes through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.From him which is; has reference to our Lord’s omnipotent, independent, unchangeable existence, the self-existing One. To Israel, He was the I AM THAT I AM (Exodus 3:14). The power of such a divine title was demonstrated on the occasion when officers of the chief priests, together with Pharisees, and Judas who betrayed Him, came to arrest the Lord Jesus. In declaring it was Jesus the Nazarene whom they sought, Jesus replies: I AM, and immediately they went backward, and fell to the ground (John 18:5-6). We wonder at the infinite mercy and grace of the Lord Jesus to allow such brigands to arise and pursue their nefarious objective! From him which was, intimates Jehovah’s relation to the past. From him which is to come, declares His inseparable...

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• Verlag: Christian Year Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1872734596
• ISBN 13: 9781872734590
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290
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