Study
2 From the Book of Revelation is: Revelation 1:9-20
1-
What, according to verse 9, is the twofold experience in which
all believers share, and what should characterize their lives? Cf. Jn. 16:33;
Acts 14:22; 2 Tim. 2:12a.
2-
We are not for a moment to suppose that Christ is literally like
this. What John sees is a vision, each feature of which is symbolic of some
aspect of our glorified Lord. Write down against each feature here portrayed
what trait in our Lord. Write down against each feature here portrayed what
trait in our Lord’s character it suggests. What is the total impression left
upon your mind?
3-
What does Christ say of Himself and of His relation to the
churches in verses 17-20? With verse 17, cf. Dn. 10:8-11, 15-19, and with the
figure of the ’lampstands’, cf. Mt. 5:14-16.
Notes
1-
Verse 17. See also 22:13.
Note that Christ applies to Himself words spoken by God of Himself in verse 8.
2-
Verse 18. ‘The keys of
Death and Hades’.: according to the teaching of the Rubbis these keys are in
the hands of God alone.
3-
Verse 20. ‘Mystery’: i.e., something with a hidden meaning here
explained. Cf. 17:7; Mt. 13:11. ‘The angels of the seven churches’. Sometimes taken
to mean the pastors or bishops of each church, but more probably denoting a
guardian angel (cf. Dn. 10:21; Mt. 18:10).
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