Towards Understanding Revelation

Tag: Wallie A. Criswell

  • 8/4/24 REVELATION 1:2, PART 15

    and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. (New American Standard Bible – NASB) “Sent and signified (εσημανεναποστειλας) [esimanen aposteilas]. ‘Having sent (first aorist active participle of αποστελλω[apostello] , Mt 10:16 and again…

  • 8/22/23 REVELATION 1:1c, PART 5

    8/22/23 REVELATION 1:1c, PART 5

    “things which must shortly come to pass” We start with a very down to earth, no nonsense quote:  “The unveiling is given to the Son in order that He in turn may show it to His servants, so that they may be adequately prepared for the ‘things which must shortly come to pass’ (1:1). The…