The Revelation of Jesus, Part 1 - Exactly What You Need
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Look at Jesus who will go to great lengths to give you exactly what you need.
Revelation wasn’t given to us in order to understand the future. It was given to help us understand the One who holds the future.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,
“The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.” (Matthew 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5)
I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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Revelation 1:10 (NKJV)
. . . and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,
Revelation 1:11 (NKJV)
saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,”
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“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:11 (NKJV)
saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,”
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Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;
His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;
He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
Revelation 1:17 (NKJV)
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.
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Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
“The closer you come to Jesus, the more faulty you will appear in your own eyes; for your vision will be clearer, and your imperfections will be seen in broad and distinct contrast to His perfect nature. This is evidence that Satan’s delusions have lost their power; that that the vivifying influence of the Spirit of God is arousing you. No deep-seated love for Jesus can dwell in the heart that does not realize its own sinfulness. The soul that is transformed by the grace of Christ will admire His divine character; but if we do not see our own moral deformity, it is unmistakable evidence that we have not had a view of the beauty and excellence of Christ.” Ellen White, Steps to Christ, pg 64-65
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:
“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: