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”The Things Which Shall Be Thereafter”

by on May.22, 2009, under God is Love

”The Things Which Shall Be Thereafter”
Thereafter What?
Commentary on the News
Friday, January 16, 2009
Jack Kinsella – Omega Letter Editor
www.omegaletter.com 

The Book of the Revelation was authored by the Apostle John on the island of Patmos off the coast of Greece sometime around the last decade of the 1st century.

John was the youngest of the Apostles, probably no more than fifteen or so during the Lord’s lifetime, and likely in His eighties at the time he penned the “Revelation of Jesus Christ” — for that is what the Book actually is.

Not the Revelation of John, but the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John the Apostle. John makes that clear from the start:

“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.” (Revelation 1:1)

The revelation was given to Jesus by the Father for the purpose of showing it to His servants, who later came to be called by His Name, “Christians.” The Apostle John is simply the recording device.

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