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By Pastor Glenn Pease
The Apostle John is the patron saint of everybody, for he is the hero of young and old alike.
Jesus called him to be His disciple when he was likely in his late teens.
He was the youngest of the 12, and is an example of the faith that Christ had in young people.
John also lived the longest of the 12.
He was used of God for service right to the end, and so he is also an example of the value of older people in discipleship.
God used him to write down the last of the books of the Bible.
When the government looks for a man to go into space they select a man of maturity, but not a man of old age.
When God sought for a man to travel to heaven and see mysteries beyond what any astronaut has ever seen in space, He choose a man well past our retirement age.
John was a senior citizen, but it was no rocking chair for him.
He had an assignment far bigger than anyone ever had.
He was to be the recorder and reporter of the greatest revelation every given.
God does not discriminate against the aged.
God is an equal opportunity employer.
He uses young and old alike.
He has no retirement requirement, but will go on using a person as long as they live.
Your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams is the word of the prophet.
Nobody is to be left out in the task of fulfilling God's plan.
This last book of the Bible is an encouragement to all to plan to be used of God at any age.
We should expect to do something great for the Kingdom even when we are old.
Alexander Maclaren wrote his famous Exposition of Holy Scripture after he was 80. DaVinci was 77 when he painted the Last Supper.
Tennyson was 81 when he wrote Crossing the Bar.
The world is full of great works done by those who were old, and we are studying one of the greatest of these works of the aged as we study Revelation.
John was an old man, but still a capable instrument in the hands of God.
The first lesson we learn from this last book of the Bible is from the author.
We learn that every year of our lives should be a year of labor for the Lord, and a year of expectation that He will use us for His purpose.
The rest of life can be the best of life is to be our motto at any age.
Studies reveal that the reason people get tired and fatigued in old age is not because of exhaustion but because of stagnation.
Life demands labor and expression.
If we settle down to do nothing, we stop the springs of energy and lose our motivation.
If we keep on going and doing things, the waters of life's energy keep flowing.
John never stopped being active.
He was always available for God's service and the result was, he was used to his dying day.
John is not only a great example of love, but a great example of labor.
He never did retire from Christian service, and God used him to give the world this greatest of books-The Revelation of Jesus Christ.
In these opening verses he tells us of the source of the revelation; the subject of the revelation, and the servants to whom the revelation is given.
Let's consider first-
I. THE SOURCE OF THE REVELATION.
Notice it is not from John as the title in the King James Version might imply.
It is not the revelation of St. John the divine.
That title was added by man.
John tells us it is the revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave Him.
In other words, the ultimate source of this revelation is God the Father.
He gave it to His Son and His Son gave it to His angel, and the angel gave it to John, and John gave it to us, the body of Christ.
We see here a 5 rung ladder, as when an owner gives a plan to his son, and the son takes it to the manager, and the manager gives it to the foreman who lays it out for the workers.
God may use many means to communicate with man, but he always begins with His Son who is the Word.
He is the first and the last, the alpha and omega.
Everything God does begins and ends with Jesus.
This book is not what John the Apostle is teaching us, but what our Lord, the master teacher, wants us to know, for it is the revelation of Jesus Christ.
We must approach this book with minds focused on Him, and with the prayer in our hearts that He will teach us.
Hushed by the noise and the strife of the schools,
Volume and pamphlet, sermon and speech,
The lips of the wise and the prattle of fools,
Let the Son of man teach.
Who has the key to the future but He?
Who can unravel the knots of the skein?
We have groaned and have travailed and sought to be free.
We have travailed in vain.
Bewildered, dejected and prone to despair,
To Him, as at first, do we turn and beseech
Our ears are all open, give heed to our prayer,
O Son of man, teach.
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As mysterious as is much of this book, the main concepts can be grasped by everyone.
Jesus is the door that invites us in, and not a door that locks us out.
A revelation means an unveiling of what is hidden.
In this book Jesus opens up the door to the future and lets us see what His plan and purpose is, and how He intends to wrap it all up.
It tells us how He will reward His bride and judge those who serve the cause of evil.
It is a revelation of how men will journey through history to either heaven or hell.
Genesis tells us how Satan began his work on earth, and Revelation tells us how he will end in doom.
Genesis tells us how sin brought man's fall, and Revelation tells us the ultimate consequence of sin.
Genesis tells us how everything got started, and Revelation tells us how everything will end.
It is a fitting climax to the Bible.
We need to keep before us, that the source of this revelation is God, and it is a revelation of Jesus Christ, and so our first objective is not to know the future and satisfy our curiosity.
Our first objective is to know Christ.
This revelation is to primarily lead us back to the source and draw us near to Him who gave it.
Our prayer should be-
Lord Jesus, make Thyself to me
A living, bright reality;
More present to faith's vision keen
Than any outward object seen;
More dear, more intimately nigh
Than even the sweetest earthly tie.
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II.
THE SUBJECT OF THE REVELATION.
To show to His servants what must soon take place.
The subject than, is the future.
We are dealing with prophecy and the prediction of what is to come.
Henry Swete says, "Revelation is the converse of concealment, the process of casting aside the veil that hides a mystery."
We could never know the things in this book if God had not revealed them.
Everyone likes to be in on a secret, and Jesus is letting His people in on the secrets of the future.
Not all secrets are sweet however.
Some of them are bitter such as the revealing of God's wrath and the terrible judgment ahead.
Even the negatives can be an encouragement, however, if we see them properly.
This is illustrated by the two Rabbis who approached Jerusalem and saw a fox.
Rabbi Joshua began to weep and Rabbi Eliezer began to laugh.
"Why do you laugh?" asked Joshua.
"Nay, but why do you weep?" came the reply.
"Because, I see the prophecy of Lamentations fulfilled."
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