Revelation Road (Chapter 1)

This is a new series that I'm going to start.... We are going to go through Revelation together. This post will only be the first chapter. I will post a passage of revelation and when you see the words in blue, that is me commenting on the passage.

Here we go...

1 This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John, 2 who faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

So God sent an angel to tell this to John. John DIDN'T make this up! That is important! Then John FAITHFULLY reported EVERYTHING he saw!

3 God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.

So the time for this prophecy to be fulfilled is coming, and it is very close

4 This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia.

Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; 5 and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.

All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us. 6 He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

So now John is going to start writing to the seven churches. He starts out by writing who this letter is actually from! It's not from him, it's from God the father, The Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ. Then he goes on to explain who Jesus is, and he starts praising him!

7 Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven.
And everyone will see him—
even those who pierced him.
And all the nations of the world
will mourn for him.
Yes! Amen!
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”

So, in the end when he comes EVERYONE will see him. Even those that don't and won't still believe in him will still see him, and they will know that he is God!

9 I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus. 10 It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast. 11 It said, “Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

So John was exiled for his belief in God, but that didn't stop him!

12 When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. 13 And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames of fire.

I think I'd be kinda excited, but kinda frightened at the same time if I saw someone like that.

15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.

Now THAT would be scary!

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.

So Jesus beat death for us, and now he holds the key! All we have to do is accept him and he will lock that death door on us and welcome us into his kingdom. It also says he is the first and the last. He has always been and he will always be. That's all there is to it!

19 “Write down what you have seen—both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen. 20 This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

So John wrote down everything that he saw. Throughout this book, God will show him many things. Some things that have happened, some things that are happening, and many things yet to come.


I hope you enjoyed your first trip down Revelation Road. Please join me next time as we turn onto chapter 2.