Sudan, Congo, Kenya, Syria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Ukraine, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Malaysia, Burma, Pakistan, North Korea, Greece, Lebanon, Gaza, Israel.  When does rumor become reality?

Ready your hearts, minds spirit and strength.  Have you studied the Book of Revelation, do you know what shall quickly come to pass when God’s Plan unfolds?  Revelation 1, first line, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John”.  This first passage immediately grasps the reader’s attention to the importance of this entire book of scripture.  This book especially Chapter 1 is a “revelation” or revealing of the Lord Jesus Christ to the World, which God showed Jesus so that we may know what is going to happen.  How powerful God’s Word when one single opening line can “Reveal” so much.  So God gave this revelation to Jesus, think on just that idea for a moment.

The majority of Christians I know have never studied Revelation.  Why?  Is there any other interesting book in life that a normal person would read until the last chapter and then put down never venturing to find out what happens to our beloved characters at the end of the book?  NO.  That doesn’t even account for the importance of this One Book to which all of us have surrendered our lives and eternity.  This is the Word of God, Jesus Christ, revealed for the World to see in all His Glory.  Why then have we as Christians never taken the time to investigate the things that God felt it necessary to reveal to Jesus so that He might show us?  Really?  God lays it out there for us to freely question, study and understand and we will not even take the time to do due diligence in investigation of His Revelation.  Would you rejoice at the outcome of a football game if you left before the fourth quarter, never knowing if your team won or lost?  Worse yet if you had a script of the end of the game that recounted in advance your team’s victory would you fail to read that prediction?  NO.  I find this behavior absolutely absurd and indefensible.

Revelation One reveals the Lord for who He is.  Jesus tells us who He is in His Revealed Glory.  Book Two and three are a report card for the Churches, a message to each church and each believer as to what He sees, what He expects and what will happen as consequence of our combined/individual actions.  Oh but book four, that is the blessing for the believer for that is when the Church is no longer on Earth but instead, present with the Lord as evidence by the twenty four elders, the lamp stands, the songs of the redeemed and evidence after evidence.  If a believer goes no further than Book Four they would rejoice at God’s protective hand removing us prior to dispensation of His wrath upon humanity.  But what comes to follow is hard rendering, a clear step by step accounting of tribulation and God’s Love for the world, poured out so that each heart may have a final opportunity to come to Him in repentance and truth.  This Book is essential to Christian maturation and understanding of God’s Plan.  If you are walking about stating that you wish to know God’s Will for your life, yet you have failed to read Revelation and find out, then your prayer is false.  Please stop the falsehood,  Read the Book and be educated to the things of God.  He is revealed to us in His Word so that we are never left guessing.

Praise God for His kindness in telling us in advance of things which shortly must come to pass.  Will we demonstrate our faith, trust and obedience to His promises and Word by reading and preparing for His unfolding plan of Salvation, Wrath and a Rule that never ends?  In Jesus Name.