I have doing a bit of thinking about Revelation lately and have discovered that it is an incredibly practical book. My next few thoughts will be from the book of Revelation, God willing. However, I won’t be emailing them all out, but I will try and get the days thoughts on Revelation on the Thinky Things website at https://thinkythings.com/read/, or click the “read” button below. Enjoy and be blessed by this amazing book.

Revelation 1
LOVE LETTER

When we think about the content of Revelation we automatically think of judgement, punishment, suffering, terrible times and the end of the world. Yes, Revelation contains all that and more. But one of the keys to our understanding of this book comes in the first chapter. What we read is a description of Jesus – not a description of vengeance and wrath, but of love.

“To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father – to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.” (Revelation 1 v 5 – 6).

Many of the prophecies in Revelation do describe terrible times, but they are there as a warning to those who will listen so that the people Jesus loves will not be caught off guard. While these prophecies seem harsh, it shows the love of Jesus in giving us the opportunity to inherit the good instead of the bad.

Revelation is the last love letter God and Jesus wrote for you and me, to give us strength in the last days. The wrath and anger in it are for those who do not love Jesus.

So let us read this letter looking at it with the point of view that Jesus loves us so much that he has warned us of what is to come and has promised us a great inheritance.

May we be encouraged as we start to read the book of Revelation this weekend.

With love in our Lord
Robert
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