God has His attention on the Church! In Revelation 1, while John was on the isle of Patmos, as he was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, heaven was opened and a revelation was provided to the saintly apostle. John tells how he: who bore witness to the word of God and to ethe testimony of Jesus Christ, even fto all that he saw. (Revelation 1:2). This is wonderful because John did not just take the "revelation" down without processing it. He compared what he was hearing to what Christ had revealed to him on earth, and what had been taught in the 60 years since the ascension of Christ! John noticed that the content of the revelation:
1. bore witness to the word of God (the OT Scriptures and NT books he was aware of)
2. the testimony of Jesus Christ (what He knew of Jesus)......AND all that he saw
Wouldn't that be all that John saw? wow. The more I study the book of Revelation (the whole Bible for that matter) the more I discover how rich the revelation of God to man.
I'm writing, however to draw attention to the focus of Christ's revelation to John. It was to the Church!
In Chapter one, the word churches or ecclesia in Greek is mentioned 4 times in 3 verses in chapter one of Revelation 1.
First, in Revelation 1:4, the letter is addressed to actual churches in Asia:
Second: Jesus tells John to write in a book what he sees and mentions the 7 churches BY NAME!
Revelation 1:11
Third: Jesus Reveals the mystery of the 7 stars and the 7 lamp stands! in Revelation 1:20
Christ walks and dwells among His churches! He is the Lord of His Church! Remember when Peter made His grand confession to Christ in Matthew 16:17-18. He is building His Chruch, He loves His Church! He's watching over His Church.
Around the world, across denominations....His attention is on His Church!
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