{"id":3169,"date":"2016-09-21T02:53:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2016-09-21T02:53:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:53:17","slug":"audio-for-sunday-am-september-18-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=3169","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO for Sunday AM &#8211; September 18, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/revelation-of-Jesus-Christ-man-reading-back-cover-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3171\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/revelation-of-Jesus-Christ-man-reading-back-cover-1.png\" alt=\"revelation-of-jesus-christ-man-reading-back-cover\" width=\"652\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/revelation-of-Jesus-Christ-man-reading-back-cover-1.png 652w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/revelation-of-Jesus-Christ-man-reading-back-cover-1-257x300.png 257w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/revelation-of-Jesus-Christ-man-reading-back-cover-1-624x728.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The revelation of Jesus Christ. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">That is how the book of Revelation begins. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the Greek the first three words are: \u201c\u1f08\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03ac\u03bb\u03c5\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u201d. Transliterated it is \u201capocalypse Jesus Christ,\u201d and in our English translations we read\u2014\u201cThe revelation of Jesus Christ.\u201d These three words tell us everything we need to know as to how we are to approach this last book of the Bible, and through these three words we discover God\u2019s intended message to us as he outlines the final chapter of Earth\u2019s history and the transition to eternity. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The meaning of the word apocalypse in the Greek is to reveal, to uncover, unfold, disclose, to bring to light. Our English Bibles without exception capture the meaning very literally in verse one: \u201cThe revelation of Jesus Christ.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">No other book in the NT begins by stating God\u2019s clear intention as Revelation does. I reviewed the first few verses of every NT book, and the only introduction that even comes close to the brevity and clarity of Revelation is Luke\u2019s stated purpose to Theophilus in Luke 1. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The intended purpose of God in Revelation is to reveal Jesus Christ. And we will see that it is in fact Christ revealing himself to us as we make our way through the promises, the prophecies, the warnings and the judgments of the book. We are directed to view everything in the book of Revelation through these words\u2014\u201cThe revelation of Jesus Christ.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">As we study Revelation, we must understand that our approach is everything. For example, many people have tried over the years to predict when Jesus Christ is coming. In the mid-1980\u2019s one man put together a pamphlet he called: \u201c87 Reasons Christ Is Coming in 1987.\u201d And when Christ didn&#8217;t come in \u201887, he wrote \u2026 yes he did: \u201c88 Reasons Christ Is Coming in 1988.\u201d True story. We were in Wyoming at the time. He caused quite a stir. His misdirection twisted his study, if you could even call it study. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">We have prophecy wackos everywhere\u2014TV, radio, books, magazines, internet. And they have a tremendous following. However, the big question is not WHEN Christ is coming, but will we be READY when he does come. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">And many over the years have spent their time and energy trying to identify the anti-christ. These people override God\u2019s purpose with their own agenda, and the results are a foolish mixture of the weird and the heretical. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The revelation of Jesus Christ. This is so relevant to our times, as it has been outstandingly relevant for every generation of humans who have ever walked the planet. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">We do not need to know who the anti-christ is, but we do need to know who the Christ is. I will repeat that. We do not need to know who the anti-christ is, but we do need to know who the Christ is. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not the palatable Christ of your imagination or the compromised Christ of your pragmatic, sensible religion or the Christ for whom you have somehow generously found the time to carve out a small niche in your crowded, busy life. Not the Christ that keeps you in good standing in the community. Not the man upstairs. Not the abridged, edited version of some liberal theologian or college professor. And certainly not the image represented by some picture on the wall. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">We need to know the revealed Christ, the One who is coming with the clouds, the Christ of glory, the Lamb who was slain and who will one day peal the seals away from the scroll of God\u2019s terrible judgments and wrath.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">No one other Christ will do. Revelation is all about revelation. The revealing of Jesus Christ, glorified and coming again. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Message: \u201cThe Revelation of Jesus Christ!\u201d<br \/>\nMessage Text: Revelation 1:1-3<\/h3>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3169-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%201%20-%20The%20Revelation%20of%20Jesus%20Christ%20:%20Revelation%201-1-3%20:%20ffc%20:%20dave%20scott%20:%20091816%20AM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%201%20-%20The%20Revelation%20of%20Jesus%20Christ%20:%20Revelation%201-1-3%20:%20ffc%20:%20dave%20scott%20:%20091816%20AM.mp3\">http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%201%20-%20The%20Revelation%20of%20Jesus%20Christ%20:%20Revelation%201-1-3%20:%20ffc%20:%20dave%20scott%20:%20091816%20AM.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The revelation of Jesus Christ. That is how the book of Revelation begins. In the Greek the first three words are: \u201c\u1f08\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03ac\u03bb\u03c5\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u201d. Transliterated it is \u201capocalypse Jesus Christ,\u201d and in our English translations we read\u2014\u201cThe revelation of Jesus Christ.\u201d These three words tell us everything we need to know as to how we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3172,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions\/3172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}