Here we are, we have made it, the final stop in our series on Route 66. I personally have thoroughly enjoyed this, My hope is that you have as well. I have been challenged and remain challenged that when we look at our Scripture we need to look at the writings in a different way as long as we are taking it in its proper context.
What I mean by that is, we often read some of these Scriptures and we gravitate towards specific characters and events, there are more than just the common knowledge Scripture and characters and events and this series has challenged me to look beyond all of that and try to listen to different parts of the themes within these individual books.
Today we’re going to get into Revelation.
Now, when we get into Revelation we have a mix-bag of feelings that tend to happen. Some get excited, “I’ve been waiting for this Let’s talk about demons and death and AntiChrist.” And others who get a little scared. “I don’t read Revelation because it terrifies me.” I have talked with people on both sides of the coin when it comes to that.
Most readers of the bible have a love-hate relationship with this last book. Full of mysteries leaving people feeling inadequate when they get done or start to study it. You may feel shocked to hear this, but I do not believe that Revelation was written to make anyone feel like inadequate, I just believe that most scholars write a lot of stuff about the mysteries and it leaves the average person confused on what to believe and or teach.
The name of the book of the Bible that we’re studying today comes from the Latin and Greek words meaning “Unveiling”. The Purpose of Revelation is to Unveil the future events, and to Unveil where we are as a people and as a church.
This morning, we are going to discuss the topic of Jesus is talking, Are you listening? There is an Unveiling that happens even before we get into the meat and potatoes of Revelation.
The conviction that Revelation really is meant to reveal truth, and not to obscure it, and that its treasures really do lie on the surface if one looks for them in the right light
In revelation, God is the agent as well as the object. It is not just that men speak about God, or for God; God speaks for Himself, and talks to us in person.
J. I. Packer
This verse is our “Golden Text” if you will you will see a form of this statement throughout each one of our mini pit stops today.
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it, for the time is near.
