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He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. Revelation 5:7
His Authority to Judge

In these last days – The Revelation of Jesus Christ

to John.

– IS HE TALKING TO US?

– How does CHRIST’s Revelation written to seven first century churches apply to you + millennia later in the 21st century of the Common Era?

What should we expect any DAY now?

– Do YOU have the boldness to SHARE the revealed ending [apocalypses] to your SOCIAL friends?

Take a glimpse and tell us what you think about the apocalypse revealed by the risen Christ Jesus to the Apostle John. THEN SHARE God’s WARNINGS with a comment added to Talk of JESUS .com

  • Apocalypse 3 – the Gospel Proclaimed from Heaven to Earth

    Apocalypse 3 – the Gospel Proclaimed from Heaven to Earth

    What  Apocalypse?

    Or you might ask, ‘What revelation?’

    We defined these last time in Apocalypse 2 – Good News Unsealed from the original Greek of this Scripture – ἀποκάλυψις.

    apokalypsis of THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

    Do you see it behind this graphic?

    apokalypsis of Good News

    I began by pointing toward an apocalypse from heaven as bad news for some yet Good News for others.

    Then the kings of the earth and the eminent people.. and the wealthy and the strong.. hid themselves…

    Revelation 6:15 excerpt NASB

    More about revealing the Good News from heaven to earth in a moment, but first let’s once again define our terms by narrowing what most readers already know about the Gospel.

    What is the Gospel?

    εὐαγγέλιον

    euangelion

    • a reward for good tidings
      • {Don’t forget this primary definition about our reward for faith in the Lord.}
    • good tidings
      • {The message of good news itself}
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    We recognize the four books of Scripture known as the Gospels; however note these contextual uses in the New Testament including Acts, the Epistles and one in Revelation with which we will close.

    From Strong’s G2098 – euangelion {with thanks to BlueletterBible.org} The KJV translates Strong’s G2098 in the following manner:

    1. gospel (46x)
    2. gospel of the Kingdom (3x)
    3. miscellaneous (10x)
    4. gospel of God (7x)
    5. gospel of Christ (11x)

    If you are looking for a more complete definition of the Gospel you can view it here from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.

    Gospel GOOD NEWS: not exclusively about Jesus, but as revealed of eternal life, accessible to sinful man ONLY through Him.

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    Gospel – 77x as a noun

    But wait, Gospel is also a verb of action.

    Here will be where we must understand distinctions between recognizing Good News, its messengers (be they angels of heaven or saints of the earth), recipients of the Good Message and actions of response.

    εὐαγγελίζω – euangelizō – verb – (55x)

    – from G2095 and G32; to announce good news (“evangelize”) especially the gospel:—declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel).

    • used in the OT of any kind of good news
    • in NT primarily:
    1. preach (23x),
    2. preach the Gospel (22x)

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord…

    view of earth from moon

    And he began to say unto them, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” – Luke 4:18,21 KJV

    The Gospel of the End!

    Why should we pay attention to Jesus concerning the apocalypse?

    • The Gospel is not just the four books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
    • It is not only a noun we can describe
    • or is it all preaching and door-to-door evangelism. 
    Don't be misled by christian claimants hitting you over the head with a Jesus sign or hateful christian morality; for they may be members of the synagogue of Satan or white-cloaked followers of false prophets.

    The Lord has revealed to John, the Apostles and those with ears to hear Who He IS!

    Α ἄλφα & ō Ω

    Revealing the Ending First

    Before we move on to the opening of the seals which reveal the apocalypse, let’s not miss what Jesus says to John about Himself.

    Jesus states (4x) in Revelation:

    I am Alpha and Omega..

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ

    apokalypsis of Good News
    apokalypsis of Good News
    apokalypsis the Gospel of Jesus Christ unsealed
    omega revealing the end
    The Revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place.

    I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

    Revelation 1:8 KJV

    The Book of Revelation opens with this apokalypsis of WHO JESUS IS! Twice in the beginning of the apocalypse the LORD says HE IS:

    the Α ἄλφα & the ō Ω.

    Jesus instructs John to write to the seven churches with pointed exhortation of encouragement for some and warning for others. We see symbolism of the Holy of holies in heaven!

    John uncovers the place of the churches in the Most Holy Place in Heaven — IF the saints of the church will abide by the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Members of the 21st century churches would do well to heed Christ’s warnings to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3 in these last days. I cannot take time to reinforce these teachings from Revelation which I have preached previously.

    Peeking at THE END

    NEXT: We will open the seals hiding the omega of time from us. (I cannot unfold the entire apocalypse before its time.) Yet consider briefly and glance ahead to a Scripture near the ending of the Book.

    And He who sits on the throne said,
    “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
    Then He said to me, “It is done.
    I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end..

    Revelation 21:5-6a NASB
    To be continued...
  • Apocalypse 2 – Good News Unsealed

    Apocalypse 2 – Good News Unsealed

    ἀποκάλυψις

    apokalypsis or apocalypse

    We often associate apocalypse with the dramatic catastrophic events of the Book of Revelation from the Bible. To begin with a definition, note that an apocalypse is not necessarily an unseen disaster (although it may be for some).

    1. laying bare, making naked
    2. a disclosure of truth, instruction
    3. manifestation, appearance

    In this case: ‘the revelation‘ or disclosure of Truth, instruction by the Lord Jesus, various appearances of awe-filled scenes taking place in heaven — ALL lay bare to the eyes of mankind the wrath of the Judgement to come upon all the Creation of Almighty GOD!

    Revelation

    Apocalypse is also the hopeful good word used in the Gospel of Luke by a first century prophet at the Temple of the Jews revealing the child Jesus as their Messiah or the Christ.

    A LIGHT FOR REVELATION TO THE GENTILES,
    And the glory of Your people Israel.”

    Luke 2:32 – prophesy of Simeon about Jesus

    Christians and unbelievers alike are familiar with it as the title of the last book of the Holy Bible. From the Latin of ancient Rome:

    apocalypsis Iesu Christi

    Other versions or translations from Greek:

    Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

    • The Revelation of Jesus Christ
    • The Revelation from Jesus Christ
    • The Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah

    So whatever section of Revelation you read remember this:

    Revelation is NOT bad news about the end of Creation, but Gospel GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior sent in the flesh to a world of sinners.

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    The Apostle John, who witnessed many miracles of the Lord God, falls prostrate is AWE before these visions laid bare to his mortal eyes. John subsequently obediently begins Christ’s disclosure to the saints of the churches, seven specific first century churches & faithful worshipers of this 21st century day:

    Revelation 1:

    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, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.

    apokalypsis of THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

    Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

    To be continued...
  • Apocalypse – a mystery of Good News Unsealed

    Apocalypse – a mystery of Good News Unsealed

    Good News & Bad News

    Which would you like to hear first?

    Invitation

    ‘Apocalypse? How can Good News come out of inescapable consequence,’ you ask?

    I’ll answer this mystery as our series progresses, but first please accept my invitation to subscribe to my February 2021 series for Scripture’s answers to some of our most difficult questions.

    The END in the beginning

    Those enticed by mysteries will sometimes peek at the end of the book for clues of the unraveling of its plot. Rather than beginning this brief series from Chapter 1, Verse 1, or simply summarizing a ‘Sparks Notes’ approach to one of Scripture’s most important books; allow me to quote just part of one verse from an early section to encourage you (perhaps) for now.

    Then the kings of the earth and the eminent people.. and the wealthy and the strong.. hid themselves…

    Revelation 6:15 excerpt NASB

    I did not want to go there — to this Book of Revelation. For after enduring the heated discussion of this month in SHAKEN! and I wanted nothing to do with recent controversary or judgment because I’ve had enough of it already. (How about you?)

    The current crises [yes, plural, i.e. COVID, Political unrest, etc.] seem to hold yet more bad news, not good; yet somehow a verse from Revelation comforted me. NO, I claim no special insight into the great mysteries of this Book, but as I read this verse my spirit settled in peace with the promised punishment of the wicked.

    The END Revealed + Fear of the Judge!

    I’m no king and certainly not eminent in any way — not wealth or strong — hardly fit to judge Kings, Premiers, Presidents, Popes, Prime Ministers, Senators, Representatives, Governors, or any others of the rich and powerful of this land or nations beyond our shores. NO, I do not expect ANY of these to send solutions only the Lord God can accomplish.

    Yet I take comfort in Christ Jesus, that HE will return in the end and judge those who have taken what they want for the most part from your life and from mine.

    Before we move on though, you’d better read the rest of this verse so that you will know why I was so SHAKEN to reveal it to you.

    Revelation 6:

    15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

    Note that WE THE PEOPLE, those ruled also will want to hide from the Lord on the Day of Judgment!

    And they said to the mountains and to the rocks,

    “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

    because the great day of their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?”

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle John 6:16-17 CSB
    To be continued...