THE REVELATION
THERE ARE MANY GREAT MYSTERIES UNVEILED IN THE FIRST CHAPTER, FIRST VERSE. "THE REVELATION (SINGULAR) OF JESUS CHRIST (NOT THE REVELATION OF JOHN), WHICH GOD GAVE UNTO HIM (JESUS CHRIST), TO SHOW UNTO HIS SERVANTS THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS..." LET'S EXAMINE THE PHRASE "THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS." LOOK UP THE WORD "THINGS" ON PG. 1080 OF THE STRONG'S CONCORDANCE (OR SEE GLOSSARY FOR THESE WORDS), THERE IS NO NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF ITS' LISTING IN REV. 1:1. THIS MEANS THAT THERE WAS NO WORD USED FOR "THINGS" HERE IN THIS PASSAGE OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT. NEXT, FIND THE WORD "WHICH" ON PG. 1193 OF STRONG'S, AND NOTICE THE NUMBER 3739 TO THE RIGHT OF ITS' LISTING IN REV. 1:1. GO TO THE BACK OF STRONG'S TO THE GREEK DICTIONARY (ALL NEW TESTAMENT WORDS ARE FOUND IN THE GREEK), PG. 52, LOWER RIGHT, AND FIND THE NUMBER 3739. IT SAYS "PRONOUN, WHO, WHICH, WHAT...etc.," INCLUDING VARIOUS OTHER BITS OF INFO ABOUT THE WORD. IF THERE IS NO WORD FOR "THINGS," THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE IS THE NOUN "SERVANTS" AND THE PRONOUN SHOULD BE "WHO." NOW, THE NEXT WORD IS "MUST" PG. 729, AND IS NUMBER 1163 IN THE GREEK PG. 21, AND MEANS "IS OR ARE NECESSARY." TAKE SPECIAL NOTICE THAT THIS WORD IS 3RD PERSON (WE, YOU, THEY), AND IS ALSO ACTIVE AND PRESENT TENSE (ARE NECESSARY). AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF THE WORD "SHORTLY," YOU WILL FIND ON PG. 957, THAT THERE IS ALSO NO WORD IN THE ORIGINAL TEXT. THE WORD "COME" ON PG. 211, IS NUMBER 1096 IN THE GREEK PG. 20, AND MEANS "TO CAUSE TO BE, LIT. THE VERB, (TO BE)". THE LAST WORD IN THIS PHRASE IS "PASS," AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON PG. 803, THERE IS NO WORD USED HERE. SO IF THE PROPER WORDS IN THE PROPER TENSES ARE USED, THIS PHRASE READS, "WHO ARE NECESSARY TO BE." LOOKING AT THE MID-SECTION OF THIS PASSAGE, IT ACTUALLY READS "TO SHOW UNTO HIS SERVANTS WHO ARE NECESSARY TO BE." THIS SCRIPTURE REFERS, NOT TO THINGS BUT TO US, HIS SERVANTS. TO FURTHER THIS IDEA, CHECK OUT THE WORD UNTO (1519, SPIROS ZODHIATES, PG 521, art.1, B, SEE GLOSSARY) "IF AFTER TO SHOW, IT MUST BE "IN OR INTO." THIS MESSAGE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN PAUL WROTE IN GAL. 1:15-16, "BUT WHEN IT PLEASED GOD, WHO SEPARATED ME FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND CALLED ME BY HIS GRACE, TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME, THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM AMONG THE HEATHEN; IMMEDIATLEY I CONFERRED NOT WITH FLESH AND BLOOD." THERE IS A DEFINITE BLESSING FOR THE READERS OF THIS BOOK (REV.1:3). READ REV. 1:4-8, JOHN WRITES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES, "...FROM HIM WHICH IS, WAS AND IS TO COME AND FROM THE SEVEN SPIRITS...AND FROM JESUS CHRIST...WHO LOVED US, AND WASHED US FOM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD, AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD (HIS FATHER)...BEHOLD, HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS..." THERE IS A GREAT REVELATION HIDDEN IN THE NEXT STATEMENT, "AND EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM, AND THEY WHICH PIERCED HIM..." EVERY (3956 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY, ALL, THE WHOLE) EYE (THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT AND APPLIED GOD'S HEALING, EYE SALVE) SHALL SEE HIM, AND THEY ALSO WHICH PIERCED (1574 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY, TO POINT OUT) HIM (JESUS); AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE EARTH SHALL WAIL BECAUSE OF HIM. EVEN SO, AMEN. IT IS SIGNED BY THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING, THE LORD, WHICH IS, AND WHICH WAS, AND WHICH IS TO COME, THE ALMIGHTY. TO THOSE WHO HAVE PERFECT VISION AND WHO WILL POINT OUT THE LORD, HE WILL BE REVEALED SO OTHERS WILL FIND HIM. THE FULL REVELATION (TO TAKE OFF THE COVER) OF JESUS CHRIST IS GIVEN TO JOHN'S COMPANIONS (THE CORPORATE BODY) IN TRIBULATION, AND IN THE KINGDOM AND PATIENCE OF JESUS CHRIST. MANY SUCH SECRETS ARE HIDDEN (AS A TREASURE) IN THIS FIELD OF SPIRITUAL WEALTH. NOW, LET'S STUDY THE CORPORATE BODY OF THIS REVELATION MAN (SERVANT).
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