Lord, Come Quickly!

James MacDonald / OnePlace.com

Revelation 1:1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.

Jesus Christ is coming back soon. I believe that with all of my heart. The opening of Revelation 1:1 says, “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him…” What does “which God gave Him” mean? Didn’t Jesus know “the revelation” already? I mean He’s God, the Second Person of the Trinity, right? Doesn’t He know everything? Well, apparently (and I don’t understand how the Trinity works because it’s a mystery) He doesn’t. Jesus said in Matthew 24:36, “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.”

So, the Father who knows gave this revelation to the Son. The Son gave it to an angel. And an angel gave it to John, who wrote it down for us. And that’s how we came to have it today. John wasn’t told to go and hide with it; it was supposed to be revealed to all of us: “to show to his servants” (v.1). There are actually three terms or phrases in this verse that speak to the clarity of the book of Revelation; revelation, show, and made it known.

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