Words that are Trustworthy

Revelation 22:6-9

When I began to write on the Revelations, I told you many books have been written on this book, and there are four principal schools of thought dealing with the subject matter; the preterist, the futurist, the historicist, and the eclectic.  I may not have told you, but my intent was not to come to you with some dogmatic or arbitrary interpretation.  My desire was that we could look at this often-neglected book and gleam from the Spirit what has been promised.

The apostle John would be an unwavering witness in our courts today, because of the following statement, “I, John am the one who heard and saw these things.  And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, “You must not do that!  I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book.  Worship God.” (Revelation 22:8,9)  If you have stayed with me on this journey through Revelations, it would be unusual for you not to have opinions and that’s what a court of law does, based on the evidence.  The angel of the Lord had a concern about you when he showed John these truths, and the Spirit of God spoke the words onto paper using John’s personality, look with me at verse six; “And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true.  And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servant what must soon take place.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice