Part 2 Revelation Chapter 1: 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 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. There are a few things that stand out to me in this passage: 1. The phrase, “Revelation of Jesus Christ”, is ambiguous. We can deduce that Jesus Christ is revealing something, yet we can rightly conclude that something is being revealed about Jesus Christ. We will touch on this more as we go further in our studies. 2. The phrase -“God gave Him to show His servants” tells us: a. ...
"The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so you may obey it." Deut 30:14