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Revelation 
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Day 2

"Blessed is he who reads"

Text: Revelation 1:3

BEARING WITNESS

The Lord Jesus Christ commanded His faithful disciples to bear witness of their faith in Him (Acts 1:8). John remained faithful to bearing witness for the Lord to the very end of his life.

“Who bore witness to the word of God,
and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,
to all things that he saw.
Blessed is he who reads
and those who hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written in it;
for the time is near.”
Revelation 1:2-3

1. John bore faithful witness in three areas:

a) To the word of God.

i) He faithfully manifested it through preaching.

ii) He faithfully bore witness through practising the truth of God’s word.

b) To the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ.

i) The word “testimony” has the same meaning as “bearing witness”.

ii) The Lord Jesus bore witness of His faith and trust in God and His word.

iii) John bore witness of the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ.

c) To all the things he saw.

i) This is a reference to the visions that God gave to John.

ii) God revealed many things to John through a series of visions.

iii) John bore testimony of these visions he received from God.

2. Special blessings from God.

a) A special blessing is promised to those who read the book of Revelation.

i) It was common practice to read from the Scriptures in those days.

ii) This book of Revelation was meant to be read to the congregation at worship.

iii) Not everyone was able to afford to have a personal copy of the Scriptures.

b) A special blessing to those who hear the reading of Revelation.

i) Some effort must be put in to hear the book of Revelation as it was read.

ii) The actual hearing of the book of Revelation was promised a blessing.

iii) This was written to encourage greater interest in Revelation.

c) A special blessing to those who keep the things written in Revelation.

i) Revelation offers many messages from God.

ii) These messages were meant to be heeded.

iii) The lessons were meant to be applied in our life.

3. A sense of urgency.

a) John wrote with a sense of urgency.

b) As he wrote about the Return of the Lord Jesus, he felt a sense of urgency.

c) He felt that the events that were revealed were poignant and merited a good response to what God had revealed.

d) May we catch the spirit of faith that was obviously in the Apostle John.