Bible Discussion Thread

Now the contents of this 1st chapter. The 1st verse, it--it really speaks for Itself, because it is the Revelation of Jesus Christ. 2nd verse, Saint John the divine is the scribe and servant. 3rd verse, the blessings pronounced. The 4th through the 6th verse, the salute to the church. The 7 verse, the announcement. The 8th verse, the supreme Deity of Jesus Christ. The 9th to the 20 verse, the Patmos vision. And, also, the 14th and 15th verses describes His sevenfold glory of His Person. Oh, it 's beautiful when we see Christ in His sevenfold personages of hi-... sevenfold beings of His personages, in His glorious resurrection. The Revelation of Jesus Christ,... Not the revelation of Saint John the divine, but the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Now, the Greek word for revelation is the apocalypse, which means "the unfolding. " And I was taking that word and searching it. It means, the apocalypse, is to... Like a sculptor, has made a great statue, and he 's got it covered by a veil. And then he goes and tears back this veil and reveals what he has behind the veil. It 's an uncovering. And this Book is not the uncovering of, so much, the Person of Jesus Christ. Yet, it certainly speaks of His Deity and His sevenfold personage, and also of the things that He is, like Priest, King, and so forth. But it is the revealing of the future of His works in His seven church ages that 's coming on. It...