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Revelation Ch.1-3 (1 of 2)

"Write"

"Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;/ The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."(1:19-20)

In the vision of the Book with seven seals we were shown that the Lamb alone was found worthy, and it is not merely by his circumstance of being a symbol in the divine Will. Yes he was 'the Lamb as it had been slain,'. But he is also an overcomer to which the one of the four and twenty elders alludes, "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."(Re.5:4-8). The phrase 'prevailed to open the book' is his credential and the Spirit in giving his human antecedents in the same quote gives us what it meant to be the author and finisher of our faith. In the tableau presented therein we covered the body and spirit and in this post we shall cover the soul aspect. When God says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them./ And God blessed them." He was specific when he blessed 'them'. For he said, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."(1:28) Subdue it as an overcomer 'as the Lamb as it had been' prevailed over sin of disobedience. Body Spirit and soul of man, in short is held a memorial in heaven as was in the will of God Almighty.