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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