This is Not the End
Can I Understand Revelation?
Revelation 1:1-3
By – Parkwood Baptist Church (10 min 5 sec)
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.” Revelation 1:1-3
The book of Revelation fascinates some and they pour over it earnestly. Others avoid it because it just seems too far-fetched and confusing. Yet, it was written to remind us all that God’s plan does include an end of what we think of as our world.
Perhaps that is why the book starts with a condition and promise:
· Condition – read, hear and heed the words of the book
· Promise – those who do will be blessed and ready