The Revelation Given To John By Jesus Through The Angel

The Revelation Given to John by Jesus Through the Angel

Postscript to Lesson Eleven

John noticed a scroll in Yahweh’s right hand, sealed and secure. Yahweh was holding secrets of the future, but no one was able to break those seals and share Yahweh’s knowledge of the future. John was so disappointed, he wept and wept.

One of the elders comforted him. “Don’t cry, John,” he said. “See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David’s tree has conquered. He can break the seals and open the scroll.”

So John dried his tears and looked up. Sure enough, there was the Lamb of God standing tall. He completely overshadowed the throne, the elders and the animals. John saw that he was the victorious Mashiach, perfect in power, might, and knowledge. What a relief! Yeshua knows the future and is able to control it. He is able to comfort and encourage the Church about the future.

John saw, in the four animals, the greatest of Yahweh’s accomplishments, and four portraits of Yeshua: The King of kings, The humble Servant, The Son of man, and The Son of Yahweh with all the power and glory of the godhead resting on him.

In the twenty-four elders John saw the Church “in Mashiach” (hid with Mashiach in Yahweh[i].

He saw in the Lamb, our sin bearer, perfect in power, perfect in knowledge, and personally involved with everyone all the time. We call these attributes omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.

Then John saw the Savior- Immanuel (God with us) take the scroll and its power from Yahweh. He remembered Yeshua saying, “All power is given unto me in heaven and on earth…”and immediately heard the song of worship erupt from the prayers of Yahweh’s people. Then, in a powerful crescendo, the angels joined the praise, and finally all creation was joined in with its own song of adoration.

This wonderful, soul filling worship was climaxed with a shout of agreement from the four living creatures – who are the representatives of Yahweh’s power and character; and the elders – who symbolize the Church fell on their knees in deep worship.

 

[i] Colossians 3:3

What Did God Do About Sin And The Fall?

WHAT DID GOD DO ABOUT SIN AND THE FALL?

Part Two

The Roman Empire ruled the known world; and the Greek language was the universal language of trade and the arts. The Jewish people were waiting for the Mashiach to come and set them free. Isaiah’s prophesy[i]foretold a day when light would shine in the shadows of their captivity and they would again populate their nation and fill it with joy. Deliverance! Mashiach would take over the running of the world – and they expected it to happen all at once. They didn’t understand Yahweh’s full plan. They had been told that a virgin would give birth to a child who would be Immanuel[ii]; then when Joseph discovered that his betrothed wife, Mary, was pregnant and he was thinking about how he could take care of things in a way that wouldn’t disgrace Mary; Yahweh sent him a dream explain this was the promised Immanuel and he should name him Jesus[iii]because he would save his people from their sins. Perhaps Joseph understood more in that dream than he remembered later, because when Jesus was twelve years old[iv]and stayed at the temple to talk with the priests, he didn’t expect it.

For years the chosen people had portrayed the sacrificial death of Yeshua, who is Immanuel (our god with us) by bringing the prescribed sacrifices of the innocent lambs to the temple. There were many other sacrifices that showed a picture of what Yahweh would do for mankind through his Son Yeshua, like the scape goat who bore the sins of the people, but it would be redundant to list them all here.

Through Yeshua, Yahweh brought the sacrifices to an end. By his Son, the Father had created the world in the beginning; and by his Son, the Father set the world right after the fall. Yeshua didn’t just die for the sins of the whole world; He conquered death and the grave by raising from the dead. No one but Yahweh could have done that. Death couldn’t hold him because he is the source of life. He said I AM the resurrection and the life[v]. It is a mystery to me how or why the Son of Yahweh could and did take my imperfection on his own body and let it kill him, raise himself out of the grave with a glorified body, and make me a part of him so that I could have eternal life. I know it is because he is love and love for me made him do it, but I am weak and do not understand that kind of love. Someday I will see him with my own eyes because of that great love and I may understand better. Till then, I will continue to praise his glorious name.

 

[i] Isaiah 9:1-9

[ii] Immanuel means God with us Isaiah 7:14

[iii] Jesus is Greek for Yeshua

[iv] Isaiah 7:14 able to make moral decisions

[v] John 11:25, 26