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Revelation 1

Revelation is the only book in the Bible that promises a blessing to everyone who reads it and does what it says.  God even repeats this promise near the end of the book.  “Look, I am coming soon!  Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll” (Revelation 22:7).  This book is the culmination of the Jesus story, and without knowing how the story ends, we do not have a complete picture of His power.  But because God made this book available to us, we know exactly what will happen: evil will be destroyed, and His peace will reign forever!  Hallelujah!  However, we must remember the command in James 1:22: “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”  There are many important announcements and disclosures revealed to us throughout the book of Revelation.  Some of them are easier to understand than others.  We must pay attention to the commands that are in this book, and not get caught up in debating the meaning of the future visions that are not fully explained and that we cannot fully comprehend yet.  Some of the prophecy in this book includes visions of the future, and the exact timeline is unclear for some of it.  This prophetic book is applicable to “…the things which are [now happening], and the things which will take place after these things” (Revelation 1:19, AMP).  We definitely need to read all of the prophecies, keeping our focus on fixing the things we can change in our lives right now, and understanding our hope for the future. As we read the letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3, we need to take these messages to heart and ask ourselves which parts of these letters apply to our lives. The letters describe problems within people’s hearts that the Lord is calling them out on and asking them to change. We can apply this to ourselves today by realizing that this honest self-evaluation and prompting to make changes applies to us too. 

If we make the changes outlined in Scripture, God promises that we will be blessed.  Blessed is an adjective with a variety of meanings:

1. consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified.

3. divinely or supremely favored; fortunate.

5. bringing happiness and thankfulness.

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