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Revelation 1:4-20
Outline:
I.
INTRODUCTION Verses 1-3(LAST WEEK)
II.
SALUTATION verses 4-11
III.
VISION OF THE RISEN CHRIST verses 12-18
IV.
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK verse 19
V.
PREPARATION FOR CHAPTERS 2-3 verse 20
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II.
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Salutation
A. Verse 4
“John to the seven churches which are in Asia:”
1.
This tells us to whom the letters and this book is written.
It clearly says that it is from John
and to the seven churches in Asia.
2. This Book was originally addressed to seven selected churches in Asia.
However the book
definitely is not limited to them only.
We will see in the next chapter that the even each
letter to itʼs specific church says “he who hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to
the churches” So the question is not are you part of one of these churches but do you have
an ear.
3. The Churches that were selected were not the only churches in Asia at this time.
To name
a couple of others there was Colosse and Hierapolis as well.
These were two other
important churches in the area that is spoken of as Asia in the text.
4. Why these seven then?
a) Well first because the geographical location is in keeping with the vision in verses 12-18
of this chapter with Jesus in the midst and these Churches forming a circle around Him.
The seven churches actually did form a rough circle geographically.
b) But also, and more importantly, “the internal conditions of these Churches were suited
to portray the whole sphere of Christian profession in seven distinct periods, from the
apostolic days to the close of the churchʼs testimony on earth.” 1 In fact the outline of the
book given to us at the end of this chapter will give us the things which John saw, the
things which are and the things that are hereafter.
“The things which are (chapters 2-3)
have to do with the current dispensation.
The seven churches give us a picture of the
whole professing churchʼs history from the apostolic period to the coming of the Lord
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H.A. Ironside, Commentary on Revelation, Pg. 15
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Jesus.
These two chapters portray the condition of the church on earth in seven distinct
periods.
The churchʼs history ends at the Rapture, when Jesus comes as the bright and
morning star.
That event closes the current dispensation.”2
5.
When John speaks of Asia he does not mean the continent of Asia.
When we think of Asia
we tend to think of the far east but that is not the place reference to by Asia in our text.
This
speaks of the a Roman proconsular province which makes up today ⅔ of western Turkey.
Asia minor.
B. Verse 4
“Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and
from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.”
1. “Grace and peace” be unto you.
a) Grace and peace speak of our position and our experience.
(1) Positionally we a have a righteous standing before God the Father because it is by
Godʼs grace that we are saved.
Godʼs grace in and through Jesus Christ is giving
us what we donʼt deserve, namely the very righteousness of God.
In Godʼs eyes we
are righteous and that righteousness canʼt be added to because it is Godʼs own
righteousness.
(2) Our experience now is that of peace.
Because we have peace with God, through
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we now can walk in the peace of God.
(3) So here in this salutation we see our standing and our experience as believers.
It is
much more than just the greek and the hebrew way of greeting.
b) This way of salutation was very common of Paul the apostle.
But Paul only expressed
grace and peace as coming from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Here we
see John invoke the entire trinity.
Listen to what it says…
C. Verse 5
“from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are
before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of
the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth”
1. Grace and peace from“Him which is, which was, and which is to come” speak of the
Father.
a) The title John gives the Father is that which closely resembles how the Lord revealed
himself to Moses at the burning bush.
It says in Exodus 3:14 “And God said unto
Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I
AM hath sent me unto you.”
This is the name of God.
The unpronounceable name of
God known as the tetragrammaton.
It speaks of who He is.
He is the eternal selfexistent one.
As Isaiah puts it He is the “Everlasting Father”.
So John in this title of God
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