Revelation 1:9-20 John’s First vision
John and his audience: As mentioned earlier, the settings for John’s vision alternate between heaven and earth. The first vision is cast in heaven. John finally introduces himself (1:9) and his audience (1:11). As was also mentioned earlier his audience, the seven churches of Asia are representative of all the churches as the number seven […]
Revelation 1:1-8 Prologue to Doxology
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words […]
Revelation – Introduction
There are a couple of things that make a study of Revelation difficult. Symbolism – we are not insiders into their culture and many of the symbols used are not as readily recognizable to us as it was to them. Some symbols are easier to understand than others (eg the number 7) and other things […]