Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw [in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near. Revelation 1:2-3
Look at what Jesus tells John to tell us: there is a blessing in reading and there is a blessing in hearing the Book of Revelation read out loud with other believers. So go read it out loud to someone today! The Truth is that there is a blessing with reading and sowing all of our Father’s Word, for whatsoever thing a man soweth, that shall he reap, Galatians 6:7. But by sowing this Revelation of Jesus, we are told that there comes a special blessing.
With that Truth in mind can you see why satan and the world have tried to make Revelation seem so difficult to understand. Can you see why the forces of darkness have tried to have people shy away from this Book of Truth? I know so many people who won’t even read Revelation and who actually believe that it cannot be understood. That is so wrong! Even if you think that you do not understand completely what Jesus tells us in Revelation, read it out loud anyway! Jesus tells us that there is a special blessing if we do. So read it to your kids, your spouse, a friend, a neighbor, a sibling, a parent, whoever, just read it out loud.
The Truth set’s us free and the Truth is that this prophesy of our Lord is not hard to understand for the saved. It’s not hard for us because our Lord has empowered His chosen ones with the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit fully understands what our Father’s will is. The Holy Spirit is our strength and through His strength we are able to fully comprehend exactly what our Father is going to do during the last years of this earth. Nothing is hard for us, our yoke is easy and our burden is light, Matthew 11:30. Jesus has given us the very Holy Spirit of our Father, to insure that there is not one little piece of His Truth that will ever be a mystery to us. We are empowered to know the Book of Revelation in its entirety! The only thing of our Father that we are not permitted to know is the exact moment of Jesus’ return, Matthew 25:13. But even though we are not permitted to know the exact hour, we are empowered with the very knowledge of our Father to know the season that Jesus will return, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3. That is why we have been given this Revelation of our Lord and Savior! Jesus will come as a thief to the lost, but we are His Bride and we are empowered to ever be awake to our Father’s Truth.
We are sealed until the day of our redemption. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Ephesians 4:30.
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