John's Revelation part 2

 John's Revelation part 2 Pastor Tyson Bloor Revelation / Revelation 1:4-8 The Sender and Recipients 1. Faithful witness Jeremiah 42:5 NASB95 Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole message with which the LORD your God will send you to us. John 7:7 NASB95 "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil. John 18:37 NASB95 Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." 1 Timothy 6:13 NASB95 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 2. Firstborn of the dead Firstborn - πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos), ον (on): adj.; ≡ DBLHebr 1147; Str 4416; TDNT 6.871-1. LN 10.43 birthright, pertaining to the inheritance rights of the firstborn (Lk 2:7; Ro 8:29; Col 1:15, 18; Heb 1:6; 11:28; 12:23; Rev 1:5+; Mt 1:25 v.r.; Rev 2:8 v.r. NA26); 2. LN 13.79 existing before (Col 1:15); 3. LN 87.47 superior (Col 1:15) Luke 2:7 NASB95 And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Romans 8:29 NASB95 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Colossians 1:15 NASB95 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Colossians 1:18 NASB95 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. Hebrews 12:23 NASB95 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 3. Ruler of the kings of the earth Revelation 11:15 NASB95 Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever." Revelation 17:15 NASB95 And he said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. Revelation 19:16 NASB95 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." Exodus 19:6 NASB95 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel." Isaiah 61:6 NASB95 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. Revelation 5:10 NASB95 "You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth." Revelation 20:6 NASB95 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. Hebrews 13:15 NASB95 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. 1 Peter 2:5 NASB95 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. The Coming Revelation 1:7-8 NASB95 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." Zechariah 12:10 NASB95 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. Isaiah 53:5 NASB95 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. Almighty - παντοκράτωρ, ορος m (a title for God, literally 'all powerful')-'the Almighty, the One who has all power.' κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ὁ παντοκράτωρ 'the Lord, our God, the all- powerful One' Re 19:6; ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος 'the Almighty, who was and is and will be' Re 4:8. In some languages the Almighty as a title for God may be expressed as 'the one who controls everything' or 'the one who commands all things and all people.