More Thoughts On Revelation 1, 2 & 3
A few weeks ago when we started our study in Revelation I encouraged folks to take a little time considering the various terms and titles that are used to describe the Lord. During the first couple of studies we've seen how the self-description Jesus gives very particularly spoke to the situations the church recipients found themselves facing. Have you given any thought to those descriptives yet?
As a pastor and as one who loves the church, the phrase He uses in 2:1 is encouraging. It roughly translates (my paraphrasing) 'the One who holds ministers in my hand and the One who is present in and among the church'. The Bible speaks of Jesus as being the Head of the Body, the Church. I am reassured that He is not detached from the Body or distant from it.
A couple of times in chapter one God reassures us of His being past, present and future. Jesus applies that language to Himself in 2:8 - the first and last, etc. This past week with a couple of my friends having pretty serious health concerns, and a couple of situations in my life that were growing increasingly frustrating, this description of my God brought me encouragement. Nothing surprises Him. He knows the beginning and end.
How have the different titles or descriptions spoken to your heart these last few weeks? How might they as we go forward?
As a pastor and as one who loves the church, the phrase He uses in 2:1 is encouraging. It roughly translates (my paraphrasing) 'the One who holds ministers in my hand and the One who is present in and among the church'. The Bible speaks of Jesus as being the Head of the Body, the Church. I am reassured that He is not detached from the Body or distant from it.
A couple of times in chapter one God reassures us of His being past, present and future. Jesus applies that language to Himself in 2:8 - the first and last, etc. This past week with a couple of my friends having pretty serious health concerns, and a couple of situations in my life that were growing increasingly frustrating, this description of my God brought me encouragement. Nothing surprises Him. He knows the beginning and end.
How have the different titles or descriptions spoken to your heart these last few weeks? How might they as we go forward?
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