Revelation
by Monty Spencer
There is so much of Revelation that has not been written about. Let
us start with Verse 1 of Chapter 1.
1) “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which GOD gave him to show his
servants things which must shortly take place and he sent and
signified it by his Angel (messenger) to his Servant John, 2) who
bore witness to the word of GOD and to the Testimony of Jesus Christ,
to all the things that he saw,
3) blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this
Prophecy and keep those things which are written in it, for the time
is near.”
In most of my letters I tell you to read the Bible out loud. This is
a mystery; in the Old and New Testament it says many times, “He who
has ears let him hear.”
In Revelation, in the first three chapters it says seven times: “He
who has an Ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.” In
the first three Churches, it is in the body of the letter. In the last
four Churches, it is outside the letter. The first three Churches are
Spirit Filled Churches. The last four are not. The first Church,
Ephesus, is so into the Holy Spirit that they lost their first love,
Jesus Christ. We have a little of all the seven Churches in our
Churches today. I studied under the late J. Vernon McGee. He would
always say you could go from New York to California and never find the
perfect Church because there is not one. I’ll talk more about the
seven Churches another time. Let’s get back to the first verse of
chapter one: “...He sent and signified it by his Angel (messenger) to
his Servant, John...” (these are what I call Players of the Bible, and
you will see them throughout the Bible) The players are: GOD, Jesus
(GOD become flesh), Holy Spirit (GOD), Michael (Angel), Gabriel
(Angel), Enoch (Flesh), Elijah (Flesh), and Moses (Flesh). Which one
of these was the Angel (messenger) that showed John the Revelation?
Let’s go first to Revelation 19:9. “Then he said to me, ‘write,
“blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the
Lamb,”’ and he said to me, ‘these are the true sayings of GOD,’ 10)
and I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, ‘see that
you do not do that. I am your fellow servant and of your brethren who
have the testimony of Jesus. Worship GOD! For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy.’”
Let’s go to Matthew 17:1: “Now after six days Jesus took Peter,
James, and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by
themselves. 2)And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like
the sun and his clothes became as white as the light. And behold,
Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with them. Then Peter
answered and said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here, if
you wish let us make here three tabernacles, one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah.’”
OK, John knows what Moses and Elijah look like, so it was not them.
Now let’s go back to Revelation 22:6. “Then he said to me, ‘These
words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the Holy Prophets
sent his Angel to show his servants the things which must shortly take
place.’
7) ‘Behold I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of
the prophecy of this book.’
8) Now, I John, saw and heard these things and when I heard and saw, I
fell down to worship before the feet of the Angel (messenger) who
showed me these things. 9) Then he said to me, ‘see that you do not do
that for I am your fellow servant and of your Brethren. The prophets,
and of those who keep the words of this book, worship God.’”
He (the messenger) is of John’s brethren, and also is a prophet.
Let’s go to Hebrews 11:5: “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he
did not see death, and was not found because God had taken him. For
before he was taken, he had this testimony that pleased God.”
Now we can go to Jude verse 14: “Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied about these men also, saying, ‘Behold, the Lord comes with
ten thousands of his saints 15) to execute judgement on all, to
convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds,
which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh
things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.’”
Now you can see that it was Enoch who showed John in Revelation these
things.
Knowing Jesus and helping others is the rent that we pay on Earth for
our room in Heaven. It is not what you know, it is who you know, Jesus
Christ.
Monty Spencer
Assistant Chaplin
Kootenai County
Sherriff’s Office
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