STUDY SHEETS for Sunday – January 8, 2017

A narrative is a spoken or written account of connected events–a story. The Revelation of Jesus Christ begins with Christ commissioning John to write a narrative, a detailed account, of everything that he saw. John did not choose when, where or what. In fact, John chose nothing except to obey Christ and faithfully report what he saw.

And that is what he did. In Revelation in the ESV John wrote “I saw” 35 times (“then I saw” 13 times) and “I looked” another 11 times (“then I looked” 4 times).

  • (Revelation 1:1–2 NLT) This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John, who faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

It is very important to understand that everything we read in John’s account has been scripted to reveal Jesus Christ. The entire panorama that was unfolded before John–the scenes, the timing and placement of events, everything–was under the direction of God. John was not to give his perspective, or seek out a unique angle or pursue his own storyline.

His commissioning was simple and straightforward. Write down what he saw.

Message: “First Impressions”
Message Text: Revelation 4

 

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