Revelation 1:1

  • Seeing God

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,  Revelation 1:1  NASB Revelation – Abraham Heschel notes a crucial distinction between the prophet and the apocalyptic visionary.  “The prophet hears, the apocalyptic visionary reads.  In apocalyptic…

  • Apocalyptic Visions

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,  Revelation 1:1  NASB Revelation – apokálypsis.  The Greek word translated “revelation.”  Don’t miss the fact that it is connected to kalýptō, the root that means “to cover,…

  • Event Horizon

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant, John; Revelation 1:1  NASB The End – There is hardly a single book in the Bible subject to greater contextual folly than…