CHAPTER 2 and 3
In these two chapters, John addresses himself to the seven churches in Asia.  Hendrickson says that these churches represent the entire church during the time and including the time now, that the church has existed.  He also says that the seven-fold conditions of these churches actually existed at that time and [...]

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17. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as a dead man -
John had great respect and reverence and fear concerning Christ. If John has this type of attitude toward Christ it should tell us something about the type of attitude we should have. And John probably had a lot more [...]

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12. And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands. -
voice speaking means John was being communicated with. This begins a series of figures that are to be taken as a whole, not separate. Look at the entire picture.

13. and in the [...]

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10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, -
John is brought into the spirit realm. John is taken somewhere he has never been. We can understand why it is that John uses figures so much. We can understand things only physically, but John has to describe spiritual things. The best way to [...]

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7. BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS -
Dan. 7:3, Zech. 12:10. Shows Christ’s majesty is continuing.

and EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM, EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM; AND ALL THE
TRIBES OF THE EARTH WILL MOURN OVER HIM. Even so. Amen. [...]

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4. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: -
Author. Destination is general, to all.

Grace to you and peace -
Greek and Hebrew background. Message is to go to all. Including us.

from Him who is and who was and who is to come-
shows eternality of God. Important [...]

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Chapter 1

1. Revelation of Jesus Christ -

both of and from Jesus Christ. Christ is immediately involved. The message of first chapter is Christ with his people. Revelation, not mystery. Opposite of mystery. Something is made known, not hidden.
which God gave Him to show to his bond-servants
from God through Christ. Christ [...]

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There seems to be one predominant message developed in this first chapter of the Revelation of Jesus Christ and that is “Christ and His Relationship to the Church.
In the first four words of this chapter we can see this already.  Whether it is translated Revelation of or from Jesus Christ we can see that Christ [...]

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In the last three chapters of the Book of Exodus, Moses puts up the tabernacle.
In those three chapters, well over a dozen times I find the phrase, "….just as the Lord commanded Moses."
Moses did it just the way he was supposed to. It seems to me that if we are to do the things just [...]

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I never met a preacher who complained that the congregation he was serving gave too much.
I never met a preacher who had to tell the congregation he was serving to stop giving, there was sufficient, more than enough for all the work.
Moses had to issue a command to the people of Israel to stop [...]

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Who gives to the Lord?
Who gives the most?
When do they give?
Exodus 35 gives some insight. Those with a willing heart will give to a cause that is clearly the Lord’s cause.
"Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord’s contribution for the work of the tent of meeting [...]

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We are not obligated to keep the Sabbath Day any more. Things changed when Jesus rose from the dead. But, there is a principle we/I would do well to live by.
I didn’t learn or maybe it was relearn this till just a year ago. I live in Silicon Valley. It’s expensive. The mortgage is a [...]

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