STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans… … take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]! Have the attitude of the Bereans…

UNCOVERING the uncovered A Study of the Revelation of Jesus Christ

UNCOVERING the uncovered Part Two: Chapter One – An OVERVIEW

2 Timothy 3:16 2 Peter 1:20-21

HOLY SPIRIT The BIBLE is a SPIRITUAL Book written by GOD, a SPIRITUAL Being given by GOD the HOLY SPIRIT to SPIRITUAL PEOPLE!

UNCOVERING the uncovered SOURCE of the REVELATION

The SOURCE of the REVELATION [1a] “The REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST, which GOD GAVE HIM…” … GOD HIMSELF is THE SOURCE of the REVELATION!

The RECIPIENTS of the REVELATION [1b] “… TO SHOW to HIS SLAVES… [1d] … and HE SENT and COMMUNICATED IT by His ANGEL [MESSENGER] to His SLAVE John,

The PATH of The Revelation From GOD to JESUS, Who sent it by an ANGEL-MESSENGER to JOHN, who COMMUNICATED it to the ‘SLAVES’ of Jesus

The TIMING of FULFILLMENTS [1:1c] “… the things which MUST SHORTLY take place” MUST [G1163] – NECESSARY to TAKE PLACE! SHORTLY [G5034] – IN QUICKNESS” An UNDEFINED DURATION of TIME! – NECESSARY to TAKE PLACE! – two words, “IN QUICKNESS”

The TIMING of FULFILLMENTS [1:19] “Write therefore the things WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN… … and the things WHICH ARE… … and the things WHICH SHALL TAKE PLACE AFTER these things.

Revelation 4:1 AFTER THESE THINGS I LOOKED, and BEHOLD, a DOOR STANDING OPEN in heaven, and the FIRST VOICE which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said,

Revelation 4:1 “COME UP HERE, and I WILL SHOW you what MUST TAKE PLACE AFTER THESE THINGS.”

A SPECIAL Message for SPECIAL TIMES! [2] who BORE WITNESS [TESTIFIED] to the WORD of God and to the TESTIMONY [WITNESS] of Jesus Christ, (even) to ALL that he SAW.

The 1st BLESSING of the Letter [3] BLESSED is the ONE READING and the ONES HEARING the WORDS of THIS PROPHECY, and KEEPING the THINGS WRITTEN IN IT; for the time is near.

The Salutations from the Senders [4] John to the SEVEN CONGREGATIONS that are IN ASIA: Grace to you and peace, from HIM WHO IS and WHO WAS and WHO IS TO COME;…

The Salutations from the Senders [4] … and from the SEVEN SPIRITS who are before His throne;

Revelation 1:5 and from JESUS CHRIST, the FAITHFUL WITNESS, the FIRST-BORN of the DEAD, and the RULER of the kings of the earth.

Revelation 1:5 To Him Who LOVES us, and RELEASED us from our SINS by HIS BLOOD,

Revelation 1:6 PRIESTS to His God and Father; and HE HAS MADE US us to be a KINGDOM, PRIESTS to His God and Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 1:7 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. Even so. Amen.

Revelation 1:8 “I AM the ALPHA and the OMEGA,” says the Lord God, “Who IS and Who WAS and Who IS to COME, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:9 I, John, your BROTHER and FELLOW PARTAKER in the TRIBULATION and KINGDOM and PERSEVERANCE (which are) in Jesus…

Revelation 1:9 because of the WORD of God and the TESTIMONY of Jesus. … was on the island called Patmos, because of the WORD of God and the TESTIMONY of Jesus.

Revelation 1:10 I was in (the) spirit in the LORD’S DAY, and I heard behind me a GREAT SOUND like of a trumpet,

Revelation 1:11 saying, “WRITE IN a BOOK WHAT YOU SEE, and send it to the seven congregations: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:12-16 GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS; [12] And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS;

Revelation 1:12-16 [13] and in the middle of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His breast with a golden girdle.

Revelation 1:12-16 [14] And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire;

Revelation 1:12-16 [15] and His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been caused to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.

Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary Verse 13… Clothed in a ROBE – A ROYAL garment The GOLDEN GIRDLE [sash, belt] – the girdle [sash, belt] of TRUTH [Eph 6:14]

Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary Verse 14… WHITE HEAD and HAIR – SINLESS PURITY and EXCELLENT MAJESTY [Is 1:18]

Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary Verse 14… Eyes life FLAMING FIRE – An apocalyptic designation of DIVINE OMNISCIENCE, that has PENETRATING DISCERNMENT of all things

Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary Verse 15… Feet like BURNISHED BRONZE – the emblem of UNTARNISHED and PURE TRUTH The voice like MANY WATERS – Descriptive of MAJESTY and AUTHORITY

Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary Verse 16… SEVEN STARS in Jesus’ right hand – The ANGELS of the seven congregations [Rev 1:20]

Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary Verse 16… The SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD – RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT and DIVINE JUSTICE Based upon the WORD of God [Heb 4:12]

Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary Verse 16… His FACE SHINING as the SUN – He IS the LIGHT of world [Jn 8:12]

I AM the FIRST and the LAST,” Revelation 1:17 And when I saw Him, I FELL at His FEET as a DEAD MAN. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, “D “Do not be afraid; I AM the FIRST and the LAST,”

Revelation 1:18 “and the LIVING ONE; and I WAS DEAD; and BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE, and I have the KEYS of DEATH and of HADES.”

and the things WHICH ARE, Revelation 1:19 “WRITE therefore the things WHICH you HAVE SEEN, and the things WHICH ARE, and the things WHICH SHALL TAKE PLACE AFTER THESE things.”

Revelation 1:20 “As for the MYSTERY of the SEVEN STARS which you saw in My right hand, and the SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS: …”

Revelation 1:20 “… the SEVEN STARS are the ANGLES of the seven churches, and the SEVEN LAMPSTANDS are the ANGELS of the seven congregations, are the SEVEN CONGREGATIONS.”

PERSONAL Make the BLESSINGS