Revelation 1 and Beholding Christ
Revelation Chapter 1
1:1 Jesus receives from God to give to us
1:1 Jesus has angels
1:1 Jesus has servants
1:4 Jesus, by John, sends us Grace and Peace
1:5 Jesus is a Faithful Witness (cf. 3:14)
1:5 Jesus is the First Begotten from the Dead
1:5 Jesus is the Prince of the Kings of the Earth
1:5 Jesus is the one that loved us
1:5 Jesus washed us from our sins in His own blood
1:6 Jesus made us Kings and Priests to His Father
1:6 Jesus is to receive glory and dominion for ever and ever
1:7 Jesus is coming with clouds
1:7 Jesus will be seen by every eye, including the eyes of his opponents
1:7 Jesus will be a cause of mourning for the world
1:8, 11 Jesus says “I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending”
1:8 Jesus says “I am, I was, I am to come; I am the Almighty”
1:9 Jesus shares his kingdom with those that share his endurance
1:9 Jesus has a Testimony that caused John’s imprisonment
1:10 Jesus has a special day
1:10 Jesus has a voice like a trumpet
1:11, 12 Jesus cares for his scattered churches
1:13 Jesus dresses ‘to the foot’
1:13 Jesus dresses like a priest
1:13 Jesus bears the ephod with stones representing his people
1:13 Jesus is the Son of Man
1:13 Jesus is “in the midst” of his church (cf. 2:1)
1:14 Jesus’ head and hair are very white, reminding us of Isaiah 1:18
1:14 Jesus’ eyes are like a flame of fire (cf. 2:18)
1:15 Jesus’ feet are like still-burning brass (cf. 2:18)
1:15 Jesus’ voice is like the sound of many waters
1:16 Jesus holds his messengers in a position of honor (cf. 2:1; 3:1)
1:16 Jesus’ mouth issues a sharp two-edged sword
1:16 Jesus’ face shines like the noon-day summer sun
1:17 Jesus’ appearance is utterly overwhelming
1:17 Jesus stoops to touch and lift the overwhelmed
1:17 Jesus says “Fear Not, I am the First and the Last” (cf. 2:8)
1:18 Jesus says “I live, I died, Behold, I live for evermore.” (cf. 2:8)
1:18 Jesus says “I have the keys of hell and death.” (cf. 3:7 ‘of David’)
1:19 Jesus reveals the present and the future
1:20 Jesus explains the symbols he introduces
Revelation Chapter 2
2:2 Jesus recognizes virtues even in those that have lost their first love
2:2, 3 Jesus super-values work, hard work, for His sake and unfailing endurance
2:2 Jesus commends the exposing of false pretensions to inspiration
2:2 Jesus commends church discipline
2:4 Sustained love by his people is required and desired by Jesus
2:5 Jesus offers critically needed warnings to repent
2:5 Jesus threatens to remove an unrepentant church from its position as his church
2:6 Jesus hates the deeds of men that deny the Law of God
2:6 Jesus commends his church for hating those deeds also
2:7, etc. Jesus speaks by the Spirit and says “Listen if you can”. He says this to every age.
2:7, 11 Jesus promises eternal life to the overcomers
2:9, etc. Jesus knows our works. He reminds every age of this. (2:2, 9, 13, 19; 3:1, 8, 15)
2:9 Jesus recognizes when His own are persecuted
2:9 Jesus recognizes the poverty of his faithful and commends their spiritual wealth
2:9 Jesus regards false profession as blasphemy
2:10 Jesus foretells some future suffering, but only to console his people by doing so
2:10 Jesus explains our suffering as a means of trying our faith
2:10 Jesus says “Fear not” future suffering; “Be faithful to death” and receive “life.”
2:12 Jesus can discern even the thoughts and intents of the heart
2:12 Jesus is able to cut away our false intents and evil thoughts
2:12 Jesus sends division into the world by means of the enmity in the gospel
2:12 Jesus uses the Word of God to do the work of fighting the enemy
2:13 Jesus commends faithfulness in those surrounded by unfaithfulness and evil
2:13 Jesus has tender regard for his faithful witness martyrs slain by Satan
2:14, 2 Jesus commends faithfulness before rebuking failures
2:14, 20 Jesus rebukes the suffrage of false doctrines that corrupt his people
2:14, 20 Jesus rebukes the suffrage of false teachers that corrupt his people
2:15 Jesus rebukes the suffrage of those opposing Law and hates their doctrine
2:16, 21 Jesus gives time for repentance before sending the judgments in the Word
2:17 Jesus offers special knowledge of His character to overcomers
2:17 Jesus offers unique privileges of eternal growth to the overcomers
2:18 Jesus is the Son of God
2:19 Jesus commends reformation in his people and notes the improved works
2:19 Jesus associates commendable reformation with love and faith and service
2:20 Jesus despises the type of authority represented by the life of Jezebel
2:22 Friendship with world-loving leaders is enmity with Jesus
2:23 Members that imitate the world-loving leaders will be destroyed by Jesus
2:23 In the Judgment all will know that Jesus searches motives and reads hearts
2:23 In the Judgment Jesus will reward all ‘according to their works.’
2:24-25 Jesus commends those that have resisted false doctrines and does not give them greater burdens than to hold their pure faith to the end
2:26-27 Jesus promises future civil authority to those that have overcome the temptation to unite with civil powers here
2:28 Jesus promises Himself, through the teaching of His special messengers, to the overcomers
Revelation Chapter 3
3:1 Jesus has the ‘seven spirits of God’ (cf. Isaiah 11:2-3?)
3:1 Jesus recognizes and exposes to us the hollowness of our pretensions
3:2 Jesus says “Be watchful.”
3:2 Jesus says “Strengthen the remaining things that are ready to die.”
3:2 Jesus weighs his people and looks for whole-heartedness in our works
3:3 Jesus counsels us to remember His past teachings in our personal lives
3:3 Jesus reprimands us for losing ground and calls us to repent and come back up
3:4 Jesus promises the little faithful flock that they will walk with Him and that they are worthy
3:5 Jesus promises white raiment to the overcomers
3:5 Jesus blots the names of the finally defeated ones from the book of life
3:5 Jesus will plead the case of victors before the Father and angels in the judgment
3:7 Jesus is Holy
3:7 Jesus is True
3:7 Jesus alone manages the doors to the sanctuary
3:7-8 Jesus sends desperately needed messages at just the right time
3:8 Jesus admits weak men, faithful to his Word and to his character, to the Most Holy Place where he is
3:8 Jesus reminds weak faithful men that no-one can keep them out of that place
3:9 Jesus will vindicate his faithful by showing his love to them before their oppressors
3:9 Jesus identifies false professions to Christianity as a ‘lie.’
3:10 Jesus recognizes those that have used their strength to stand firm during times of terrible trial. He will not permit them to be overborne by the final test. He will lay them safely in the grave to save them.
3:11 Jesus says “Behold! I come quickly!”
3:11 Jesus says “Hold fast what you have” for men will try to dissuade you
3:11 Jesus warns that our crowns may be taken from us by deceivers
3:12 Jesus promises the overcomers that they will with him minister, administer, and share his glory in his glorious place without end
3:14 Jesus is the Amen
3:14 Jesus wants us to think of his preeminent role as Creator
3:15 Jesus prefers faithfulness to disgust and disgust to ambivalence or indifference
3:16 Jesus will not stomach ambivalence or indifference for long; there is real danger
3:17 Jesus pities self-deluded Laodiceans and tells them the truth
3:18 Jesus is a heavenly salesman offering the best wares at unbeatable prices
3:18 Jesus offers love and faith to the destitute. The cost: Paying close attention to what he says and accepting his Testimony.
3:18 Jesus offers a lovely character to the unlovely doubters. The cost: Paying close attention to what he says and accepting his Testimony.
3:18 Jesus offers the Holy Spirit to the self-deluded. The cost: Paying close attention to what he says and accepting his Testimony.
3:19 Jesus loves his own enough to rebuke and chasten them
3:19 Jesus invites us to respond to his love to zealous labor in repentance
3:20 Jesus takes the initiative to win those that are paying him no attention
3:20 Jesus patiently waits for those that pay him no attention…but not forever
3:20 Jesus will come in to our experience when we (A) hear his voice to us in his Testimonies and (B) open our hearts by accepting and repenting
3:20 Jesus offers special experiences of fellowship to the door-openers
3:21 Jesus offers a place on his throne to the overcomers in the last age
Revelation Chapter 5
5:5 Jesus is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah
5:5 Jesus is the Root of David
5:5 Jesus alone among men has prevailed to open the book of the prophetic history of the world
5:6 Jesus represents himself as a Lamb that has been slain and that has seven eyes and seven horns. The eyes represent the way he sees us in the world—by means of the Holy Spirit.
5:9 Jesus receives the worship of bowing angel priests
5:9 We are redeemed by Christ’s blood
5:9 Jesus has no racial prejudice
5:12 100,000,000+ angels ascribe great Worthiness to Jesus
5:12 Jesus deserves things that I need—power, wisdom, riches, strength, glory, honor, blessing.
5:13 Jesus is associated with He who sits on the throne by the intelligences of the universe
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