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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">“<font size="3"><b>TWO
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>Jim
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>T5201R
- REVELATION - OVERVIEW</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">“<font size="3"><b>THE
REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST”</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b>1.
1:1-2 (1) THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST. “Jesus Christ's
revelation which :God gave him to show to his :bondmen <i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
which must come to pass with speed: and he sent </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
signified </span><i>it</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> through
his :angel to his :bondman John: </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">2</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></font><span style="font-style: normal;">who witnessed the word
of :God and to the witness of Jesus Christ, all </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
that he saw.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Majesty!
We worship Your Majesty in Your Son Jesus, Father! </span></span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">2.
3:8 (2-3) JESUS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES. “I know your:works (lo, I
have set before you a door opened, which none can shut it), that you
have a little power, and did keep my :word, and did not deny my
:name.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">We
magnify You Father for Hezekiah and Josiah, for in their day they
were as the church of Philadelphia. We too would lean on You for
strength in the last titanic struggle of the ages. </span></span><b><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">3.
4:11 (4) THE DOOR INTO HEAVEN. “You are worthy, our :Lord and
:God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: because you
did create :all </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;">,
and because of your :will they were, and were created.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">O
Father, our hearts and lips are silenced before You in the Presence
of Your Majesty. This revelation You gave Your Son for us is almost
more than human flesh can stand!</span></span><b><i> Your :will be
done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">4.
11:15 (5-11) SEVEN SEALS AND SEVEN TRUMPS. “And the seventh
angel trumped: and great voices in heaven came, saying, The kingdom
of the world is become our :Lord's and his :Christ's, and he shall
reign unto the ages of the ages.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">What
Majesty for Your Name's sake is expressed here, O Father of all
grace! O forgive us for failing so often to understand You and Your
works as we should, and for failing to magnify You as You deserve!
</span></span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">5.
12:9 (12-14) THE WOMAN, THE BEAST AND THE LAMB! “And the great
:dragon was cast down, the old :serpent, the </span><i>one</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
called Devil and :Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited </span><i>earth</i><span style="font-style: normal;">;
he was cast down to the earth, and his :angels were cast down with
him.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">What
a triumph! And Your Son does it Father through His many-membered
body. We rejoice in the triumph of Christ over all things, and that
as we rest in Him, He can do whatever He will. </span></span><b><i>And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">6.
17:14 (15-20) SEVEN PLAGUES, BABYLON AND THE LAMB. “These shall
war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is
Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they with him called and chosen
and faithful.” </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Hallelujah!
This is Your revelation Father upon things that we must know. Indeed,
the seals are off. Indeed we see! </span></span><b><i>And bring us
not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">7.
21:1 (21-22) NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH. “And I saw a new heaven and a
new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth </span><i>are
</i><span style="font-style: normal;">gone; and the sea is no more.”
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">This
Father is the bride of Your Son (21:9-10). O may we never forget how
You see us! </span></span><b><i>But deliver us from the evil </i><span style="font-style: normal;">one.</span></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><u><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
This book is most closely related with the Book of Daniel in the Old
Testament. There are those who would prefer if neither of these
appeared in the Bible.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">Both books are like dreams or visions - they are largely
symbolical, and not to be taken literally. In some areas the correct
interpretation of symbols is given - in other places - not. They both
have much to do with the future as it pertains to nations and
empires. Huge sweeps of history are involved. In theological terms,
they both deal with “Eschatology” - the subject of “Last
Things”!</font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Chapter
1:3 is different. Revelation is the only Bible book that promises a
blessing to those </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">reading
it</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!
To meditate upon it allows the Holy Spirit entrance to bring His
teaching-promises to bear for the individual.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">John Wesley said in his earlier years that he despaired
of ever understanding this Book, until he read the works of the great
Bengel! Dr. Daniel Juster felt the same way until God opened up to
him the 7 parts of the Passover and the Exodus of the Book of Exodus.
I heartily endorse the understanding he received, associated with his
“Tikkun Ministries” of Israel.</font></p>
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<font size="3">Then look at the 7 churches of Asia as recorded in
Chapters 2 and 3. Some feel this is the easiest part of the whole
book to understand - yet even here 4 major interpretations exist!</font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">So
as individuals in obedience, as we read and meditate upon this last
book of the Bible, God continually fulfills His promise, and </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">blesses</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the reader of it! Continue reading! Continue meditating! The Holy
Spirit loves to open up such scriptures! And remember - a “mystery”
is that which in the past was sealed - but </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">now</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
it is open to those who wait upon God. - J.A.W.</span></span></font></p>
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