Introduction.
This Blog series will cover the book of Revelation. The author of the Blogs will not employ the traditional interpretations of the prophecy. The goal of this series of Blogs is to present Jesus Christ. Who is Jesus, and why the Christ? This series of Blogs will build on the understanding, needs, and events as it was in the first two centuries of Christianity. Projections to the modern-day will follow the logical path as much as possible. This series of Blogs will refrain from engaging in fruitless analyses and dissection of various words. These Blogs will not address conspiracy theories. All projections and applications to the future will accord with the Bible and a source to which the author of these Blogs had privileged access.
“Revelation,” What does it mean? Is it a revelation of something or someone or a revelation from someone? Proper understanding of the Revelation depends on how we apply the noun Revelation. The noun Revelation 1:1, in Greek, begins, “Apokalupsis Iesou Christou,” which means literally, Revelation about Jesus Christ. John received it from Jesus Christ. Therefore, it could be read as the revelation about Jesus Christ as given by Jesus. Or. The revelation from Jesus Christ about himself. The book of Revelation does not reveal something hidden or unknown. Instead, it reveals something that is misunderstood. The message in the Book of Revelation is mostly misunderstood. The Book of Revelation tells us about God’s mystery, which will be covered later in this series.
To understand who Jesus is, we must understand why humankind needed Jesus Christ. Humankind sinned in the Garden of Eden and became separated from God the Creator, the only source of life. The moral law condemned humankind to eternal death because it sinned. Humankind could not do anything to remove its sinful nature and return to God. However, God loved humankind selflessly. Therefore, he determined to save sinful humankind from guilt and eternal punishment for sin. The salvation of humankind had to be at just the right time. God only knows when the right time or the fullness of time is. The Messiah, the Savior of humankind, came at just the right time. Accordingly, Jesus presented to John the sequence of events leading to the coming of the Messiah. First, the Messiah had to defeat the ruler of this world, who still is God’s enemy. Next, he redeemed humankind from the kingdom of sin and darkness. Then, he removed the sin of humankind through his body on the cross at Golgotha. Thus, he returned humankind to God as his children. This is what the book of Revelation presents to us.
Continued in the next blog.
