"The revelation of Jesus Christ" (1:1)
What does this mean?
* First and foremost, it means this. Jesus Christ is the great Theme of the Book of Revelation. Jesus Christ is the great Theme of the whole Bible. Why has God given us the Book of Revelation? Why has He given us the Bible? Is it just to teach us all sorts of interesting information about ancient times? - These are the kind of things that people believed in ancient times. No! God's Word is for us. God's Word is for today. God is revealing to us His Son, our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is leading us to a true knowledge of Himself. He is showing us the Way through which we come to know Him. He is showing us Jesus Christ - "the Way, the Truth and the Life." Jesus is the Way. He is the True and Living Way. Jesus Christ is revealed to us so that, through faith in Him, we might come to know God as our Loving, Heavenly Father.
What does this mean?
* First and foremost, it means this. Jesus Christ is the great Theme of the Book of Revelation. Jesus Christ is the great Theme of the whole Bible. Why has God given us the Book of Revelation? Why has He given us the Bible? Is it just to teach us all sorts of interesting information about ancient times? - These are the kind of things that people believed in ancient times. No! God's Word is for us. God's Word is for today. God is revealing to us His Son, our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is leading us to a true knowledge of Himself. He is showing us the Way through which we come to know Him. He is showing us Jesus Christ - "the Way, the Truth and the Life." Jesus is the Way. He is the True and Living Way. Jesus Christ is revealed to us so that, through faith in Him, we might come to know God as our Loving, Heavenly Father.
