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Jun 21, 2024 · Revelation 1:4-8 is about proclaiming the eternal nature, power, and authority of God and Jesus Christ, emphasizing their role in redemption and ultimate sovereignty over all creation. 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by ...
The seven spirits who are before His throne – The seven spirits are mentioned four times in the book of Revelation (1:4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6). Each of the other three instances refers to these as “the seven spirits of God.”. The Greek word for spirit here is “pneuma,” which can mean “wind,” “spirit,” or “breath.”. The most ...
Jan 28, 2009 · Praise is also our frontline weapon against spiritual warfare (Rev. 4:8, 11; 5:9-14; 7:12; 11:15-17; 12:10-12; 15:3-4; 19:1-8). · Kingdom and priests in the O.T. meant that all God’s people were holy to Him. Under law, there were specific roles in the priesthood that people were called and ordained to fill. Priests were to be bridges from ...
Sep 14, 2014 · We read in 4:8... And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”. So in 1:4, 1:8, and 4:8, the Father is referred to as the One “who is and who was and who is to come ...
Apr 3, 2016 · The God in Revelation is the same God who manifests self in the entire Sacred Christian Canon. Through Jesus Christ, this God poured out the Holy Spirit upon John to be both the witness and instrument of God’s voice, signs and wonders. The book’s title is mentioned in the first verse and its main goal … Continue reading "Commentary on Revelation 1:4-8"
The first word, Apokalypsis (revelation), gives this book its title. In verses 1 and 4, we learn that the one who received this revelation and wrote this book is John. We don’t know which John. The early church thought of the author as John the apostle—John the son of Zebedee and the brother of James—John, one of the “Sons of Thunder ...
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Revelation 1:4-8. New International Version. Greetings and Doxology. 4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[a] before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of ...
