Sunday, March 25, 2018

Revelation 1:1


1:1 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 Revelation of Jesus Christ.” Dear disciple, in the opening verse you are informed that before you, nay, in your very hands is the Revelation of Jesus Christ.” The Greek word translated “revelation” is “apocalypse,” which means: the unveiling. Therefore, my fellow disciples, you are told, in these very first strokes of John’s quill that Jesus Christ of Nazareth (who, according to Paul, is the mystery of God the Father [Col 2:1-2
]) is about to be unveiled before you.

“Which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; The Son of God (i.e. the humanity of Christ) received this revelation from the Father (i.e. the Spirit, John 4:24) for the benefit of His “servants.” The servants mentioned here are, of course, all believers. Notice that the things concerning Jesus which are about to be revealed are to “shortly come to pass.” It is interesting, and important that both here and in the epilogue of this work the disciples are instructed to expect an imminent fulfillment of the Revelation’s predictions.

“And he sent and signified it by his angel.” The Revelation is to be “signified” to John by the angel of Christ. From this word “esēmana” (from sēma) comes our English “sign;” esēmana means: to give a sign, or to make known. We may expect, then, for the subsequent revelation to be given in signs or symbolic images and language (see Vital Data, Literary Form). The phrase “his angel” may reference any number of possibilities. The word “angel” is the Greek word “angelos” meaning: a messenger, or envoy of God. This word, along with its plural, appears over 70 times in the Revelation. The word may apply to created angelic beings (Gen 28:12, Ps 68:17), or, redeemed saints (see 17:1 cf 19:10; and 21:9 cf 22:9), or more likely, in this case, “his angel” has the “angel of the LORD” in view. This view may be held with confidence because of chapter 22 and vv6 and 16. In v6 John records “...and to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.” This verse is clearly a companion to the verse under consideration here (1:1).

It should be pointed out at this point that Jesus identified this angel of the LORD as His angel (22:16): “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. ...”

A study of the Angel of the LORD (LORD=Yahweh) shows Him to be one and the same as Christ. The same statements made about the nature, character, mission, and activities of the angel of the LORD are also stated of Jesus.

Angel of the LORD      Activity or Attribute           Jesus
Genesis 16:7,13          Called “LORD” (YHWH)      John 20:28
Genesis 48:15-16                  Called-God                   Jude v25
Exodus 48:15-16                     “I am”                        John 8:58
Exodus 13:20-23                 Sent from God               John 5:30
Joshua 5:13-18           Capt. of the LORD’s Host      Isaiah 9:6
Isaiah 63:9                    Redeemed His own           Ephesians 5:25







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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Biblical Testimony of Isaiah 9:6

Biblical Testimony of Isaiah 9:6

It is amazing that for all the powerful testimony of Isaiah 9:6 to the Massiah-hood of Jesus of Nazareth, the passage is never referenced by any New Testament writer. Some, including myself, have raise a concern over this fact. The Masoretic Hebrew text, from which our Old Testaments are translated does contain Isaiah 9:6 as it appears in our Bibles, so does the Septuagint as contained in the Alexandrian text, but not in the Vaticanus.

In the shadow of this question the Spirit lead me to record the biblical-ness of this wonderful christological text. What follows is a breakdown of each phrase of Isaiah’s prophecy.

Isaiah 9:6
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

for unto

unto us a son

the government

his name

counsellor

the mighty God


Eternal Father
Micah 5:2 “... yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from ... .” 
Romans 9:5 “Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is ... .” (NIV). 
 Titus 2:13 “while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great ... ,” (NIV) 
1 John 5:20 “We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true ... .” (NIV) 
Jude 25 “To the only wise God our ... .” 
John 20:28 “My Lord and my God.” 
Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." 
John 14:9 “Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long a time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen ...
John 10:30 “I and the Father are ... ." 
Matthew 1:23 Emmanuel, “God with us.” 
Revelation 22:6, 16, 20  “Lord God Almighty of the holy prophets.” 

the Prince of Peace
Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, …

Amen



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