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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Son of God in humiliation, this same world will see Him once again-and in that day to come He will appear in the blaze of His uncreated glory. That will be "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." Then every eye shall see Him. Then the events which are set before us in the book of Revelation will find their culmination, and the Lord Himself will return to the earth, actually, per sonally, visibly, bodily. Let us note again the opening words of this book: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass." \,Vhen Jesus was upon the e_arth, He said, "Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only" (Matt. 24 :36). Our Lord, as a Man, knew not the hour. When the Word of God speaks of "The Revelation" that God the Father gave to God the Son, of course, it has in view the Son of God as a Man. But let us ever remember that, as the eternal Son of God, our Lord Jesus was and is and ever shall be equal with the Father in all wisdom. Here is the Father making known to the Son of Man what He is going to do for Him in that day when the prophecy of the second Psalm shall be fulfllled: "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion" (Psalm 2:6). So John, on the Isle of Patmos, writes: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass." God the Father gives the revelation to His Son. The Son makes it known to John. John puts it into permanent form, in order that we, the servants of God, may read what the Father is going to do for the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, when all the world shall behold Him in His eternal glory. THE PROMISE OF BLESSING "Blessed Is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand" (Rev. 1:3). No such special promise of blessing is attached to any other portion of God's Word, although, of course, blessing does follow the reading of all portions of the Holy Scriptures. But a special promise of blessing is given to those who read
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