Title: Revelation of Jesus Christ (2) (Rev:1~3)
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At the beginning of verse 1, there is a saying, “The revelation of Jesus Christ”. The word “the revelation of Jesus Christ” is “Jesus Christ, the owner of this revelation”, and “This revelation belongs to Jesus Christ.” That's why Jesus Christ uses it."
Therefore, this revelation belongs to Jesus Christ, comes from the use of Jesus Christ, is still used by Jesus Christ, and exists for Jesus Christ.
What, then, is this revelation opening up and showing?
It shows what is written in Revelation chapters 1 to 22. What is recorded in the book of Revelation? God, heavenly host and angels, spirit creatures, devils, people, nations, peoples, thoughts, attention, nature Everything, everything like this, is recorded without omission. However, since everything in heaven and on earth was created by God, it is said to be "natural revelation and general revelation."
The "revelation" mentioned in verse 1 does not refer only to the documents recorded in the entire book of Revelation, in other words, it does not refer only to the document called Revelation. Because I let it go, it refers to everything in heaven and on earth.
Therefore, the phrase “this revelation belongs to Jesus Christ” means “everything in heaven and on earth that is written in the book of Revelation belongs to Jesus Christ”. It exists, and it is there to be used when Jesus Christ uses it according to His will.
So who is Jesus? To put on human nature as God, to save human life, to come into the world on behalf of sinners who will perish, to be punished on the cross, and to die in obedience to give forgiveness and the merits of justification. If you believe in this merit, you will receive the forgiveness of sins. He is the one who received, justified, and resurrected on the third day after being nailed to the cross, giving the merits of regeneration and giving us a living hope.
So who is Christ? God Himself has been anointed to be priests, prophets, and kings, and he is responsible for this work of setting up those who belong to God as priests, prophets, and kings like God.
Therefore, before God put on humanity and came into the world, he was the name of God before eternity, and made those who belong to God to be priests, perfect in morals, prophets, perfect in wisdom and knowledge, and kings, perfect in power. Christ is the name of God when he is in charge of making God reign over all things.
Therefore, the God who has the name “Christ”, who has been entrusted with the offices of priest, prophet, and king, came to this world in humanity to carry out the office of Christ, namely Jesus. Before Jesus was put on humanity, He was a God who had the name “Christ”, and the reason He had the name “Christ” is because He has the three responsibilities of establishment: priests, prophets, and kings.
However, it is said that Jesus put on a human being, because he could do what a human being can do only when he put on a human being. He is the God who has the responsibility to do what he has done, and to grant to mankind the merits he has performed on his behalf.
In other words, saying that Jesus is a certain person, God, who came to the world wearing a human being, did on behalf of what human beings can do, and who came in human form to give human beings the merits of what he did on behalf of God, made an apology on the cross. ), justification, and rebirth, and endowed them with these merits on human beings, and those who receive these merits attain morality and wisdom This office and history, making them perfect in power, making them live as priests, prophets, and kings for all creatures in the eternal kingdom He is the one in charge of (役事).
However, the revelation of Jesus Christ came about, that is, what is the reason for the existence of things in heaven and on earth?
It was created to be used for God to apply forgiveness, justification, and regeneration to human beings who were destroyed for their sins, and to make them perfect in morality, wisdom, knowledge and power just like God. In other words, all of these things exist to be used for Jesus Christ, to accomplish the purpose of Jesus Christ, and to fulfill the work of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, since the recording of everything in the spiritual realm and the universe is the “revelation” mentioned at the beginning of verse 1, everything in heaven and under heaven is included in this revelation. That is, when you say “revelation” including documents and objects, “revelation”, that is, documents and objects belong to Jesus Christ, and are used to accomplish the work of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ came to this world in the form of a human to make God's elect perfect in morality, wisdom, knowledge, and power He has given the merits of life and regeneration, and is still working with the truth and the Holy Spirit, and the beings written there are those recorded in this book of Revelation.
In other words, neither God, nor the devil, nor everything in the spirit world and the universe are written there. All things in the heavens and the heavens are gathered together and written there. Even now, God is devoting his whole heart to making his chosen one perfect in morality, wisdom and knowledge, in ability, and even the devil is the science of the 20th century, atheism, materialism ), communism, democracy, big and small, visible and invisible, me, you, believers and non-believers, everything is written there.
What is in heaven and under heaven is for this, to make God's elect, we who believe, perfect like God in morality, wisdom and knowledge, in ability, and perfection. There are also evil forces that hinder faith in Jesus for this purpose. If you look at the outer shell, you may not believe in Jesus, but on the inside, you are cooperating and refining to draw closer to God.
Therefore, Jesus Christ is the God who came into the world in a human body and performed the merits of forgiveness, justification, and regeneration in order to make us believers perfect in morality, wisdom, knowledge, and ability. Everything is used to achieve