Weekly Book of Revelation CU Studies Journal, Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}
Revelation/Apocalypse 1:1-3 — The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that need be occurring in quickness [tachos - speed, swiftness, quickness]. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John {the disciple, a “son of Zebedee” and fisherman with his brother James, also a disciple. John wrote the “Gospel of John” and we have three short letters he wrote.}
2 And John bore witness to the message of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one reading or hearing the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things in it having been written for (the) time (is) near [eggus - near, close, nearby, nearer, ready]. {Having been written for the near time? Like Daniel 12:9?}
THE vision 1 - Now I {disciple/apostle John} was watching as the Lamb [Jesus] opened one of the seven seals upon the scroll, and I heard one of the four {majestic} living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked! And there, was a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came riding forth conquering, and to conquer. {This white horse may be two things? The gospel riding forth into the age (of our Lord, A.D.) “openly victorious over powers and principalities” Colossians 2:15. And, or, it may be an empire of Satan that finally sweeps the world. Patterns in prophecy do repeat? And logically, both will escalate, gather momentum toward gallop, in late days and ‘last’ hour.}
3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” {“Seconds” - Father is veRy organized?} 4 And out came another horse. This one was fiery [pyrros] red and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people slay one another, and he was given a long sword (Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4). {Obviously war. And war is given a megas - a great, large, mighty sword. Second of the four horsemen of the apocalypse is mankind’s response to the good news? Psalm 2. And the global sweeping power causes much war and the last war. As it comes into possession of the mega ‘sword’?}
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