REV 1:8

Revelation 1:8

Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (NASB ©1995)

Isaiah 41:4 "Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last. I am He.'"

Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."

Revelation 11:17 saying, "We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

Revelation 21:6 Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.

Revelation 22:13 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." (NASB ©1995)

        Who hath wrought and done  it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I  am he.

Isa 41:4 43:10 44:6 48:12

The language here is what would properly denote "eternity" in the being to whom it is applied in other words we can say “I am from eternity to eternity” and could be used in reference to no one but the true God. It means that he is the beginning and the end of all things; that he was at the commencement, and will be at the close; and it is thus equivalent to saying that he has always existed, and that he will always exist.

REV 1:7

Revelation 1:7

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

This truth is the great hope and expectation of all true believers today and it is the theme of Revelation. The death and resurrection of Christ and the promise of His second coming are the foundation of our hope. They were a great source of strength to the Early Church and are even more so to us today as we move into the final days of time before Christ's return. This verse reveals how Jesus will return. He will come in the same manner in which He ascended into Heaven:

Behold he cometh with clouds ---

Behold - "behold" is prefixed to it, to excite attention, and to denote the importance of it: things of great moment, and very surprising, will then be done;

Symbol Cloud

·       Clouds are appropriate symbols of majesty, and God is often represented as appearing in that manner.

·       In other words Christ will appear in great glory and majesty

15 times it is  written in Bible the Son of man is going to come in the midst of cloud.

Daniel 7:13, Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 12:11 – Daniel and Zachariah saw the vision.

Matthew 24:30.  Matthew 26:64; Mark 13:26; Mark 14:62; Acts 1:9, Acts 1:11,

Matthew 16:27, Matthew 16:28, Matthew 25:31, Luke 21:27, Luke 23:28 – Jesus Christ Himself foretold about it.

John 19:37 – John telling about how he will come

 Mount Sinai was covered with full of smoke

Exodus 19:18 – God came down on mount of Sinai that time the mount of Sinai was covered with full of smoke why because God came down as a fire; 

Jesus will not come to earth in secret coming. People only will meet Him in heaven

1 Thessalonians 4:17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

And every eye shall see him

 The righteous shall see him, and be glad; they shall see him in his glory, as he is, and for themselves, and be satisfied; they shall rejoice at the sight of him; they will be filled with joy unspeakable, and full of glory:

But the wicked will see him and tremble; they will be filled with sock and they will surprise; they will not be able to bear the sight of him;

And they also which pierced him –

  Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

1.   Many times the Jews community went against God. We can see this in the OT

2.   In NT also Jews community did not accept Jesus Christ they killed him, his hands, feet, and side, when they crucified him; both the Roman soldiers, who actually did it, and the body of the Jewish nation, the rulers and common people, who consented to it, and at whose instigation it was done; these, being raised from the dead, shall see him with their bodily eyes, whom they so used,

3.   The expression here refers not to the Jews only, but to all who reject the Son of Man

4.   Who are not accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior.

5.   Who is worshiping false Gods or Idols worshipers.

6.   All sinners who have pierced his heart by their crimes also can able to see the son of man coming on cloud.

7.    which no one can doubt, is proof that people feel that they are guilty

Even so, Amen - "A double expression of "so be it, assuredly, certainly,". It is true, so be it.

REV 1:6

Revelation 1:6

Revelation 1:6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen

“made us a kingdom Priesthood”

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Revelation 5:10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth."

Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

“God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

 1 Peter 4:11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Romans 11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

REV 1:5

Revelation 1:5

 “And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood”

Visible and Invisible Seven

Already I mentioned about number seven, as the key number of Bible. We can see this number either visibly or invisibly.

Examples for visible seven in Revelation are:

• Rev.1:4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6               –          7 Spirits
• Rev. 1:4, 20                             –          7 Churches
• Rev. 1:12                                 –          7 Golden candle sticks
• Rev.1:16                                  –          7 Stars
• Rev. 5:1                                   _          7 Seals
• Rev.5:6                                    –          7 Eyes of Lamp
• Rev. 8:2                                   -          7 Angels with 7 trumpets
• Rev.10:3                                  -           7 Thunders
• Rev.12:3                                  -           7 Heads dragons
• Rev. 13:1                                 –          7 Heads of beast
• Rev.15:1                                  –          7 Angels having 7 plagues
• Rev.15:7                                  -          7 Golden vials full of the wrath of God
• Rev.17:9                                  –          7 Mountains and 7 kings

Some times the number seven will not be visible like 7, but if we read carefully we can identify the number 7. For example if we read carefully verses 5 and 6 from Revelation chapter 1, we can find the number 7. What are those seven things in these two verses? They are the seven characteristics of Jesus Christ. They are as follows

• 1.      The faithful witness
• 2.      The firstborn of the dead
• 3.      The ruler of Kings on earth 
• 4.      Who loves us
• 5.      Has freed us from our sins by his blood
• 6.      Made us kings and priests unto God and his Father
• 7.      Glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

I. Jesus Christ the Faithful witness

a.      One and only witness

      Jesus Christ is the one and only witness for the heavenly Father. If we read John chapter 17 we can find the longest prayer of Jesus Christ. From that prayer we can  understand  that Jesus Christ as the one and only witness for Heavenly Father.

John 17:7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you.

b.     Mediator

According to 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

 also we can understand that our Lord Jesus Christ is the mediator between us and Heavenly Father. Whatever goodness we receive is from God.  Our praising, thanks giving everything will happen through Him and in Him only.

II.            “Firstborn of the dead”

Paul and John both wrote that Jesus was “the firstborn of the dead” (Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:5).  But how did the dead come to be dead?  How and why did death come into the world?

a)      The prophecy about Jesus 

According to Acts 26:22, 23 … what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."  All the prophecies told about Jesus Christ were fulfilled.

b)     What is the purpose of suffering?

Why Jesus Christ should suffer for us? To give us, the eligibility to take part in his church by cleansing our sin.

Colossians 1:18 says “And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.”

c)      Why did God used this strategy?

The “tree of life” in the Garden of Eden, of which one might “eat and live forever,” was available to Adam (Genesis 2:16; 3:22).  Thus he did not have to die.  But the penalty of death God gave if Adam and Eve ate of the tree of good and evil (Genesis 2:16-17), a penalty irrevocable, a penalty handed down to all Adam’s descendants:  “through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” Romans 5:12 We all suffer the penalty of Adam’s sin, but the guilt cannot be inherited.  Sin is personal, and its guilt cannot be transferred to other people:

 Because of 1^st Adam death came into this world. But because of 2nd Adam’s resurrection from the dead we all are saved from the death.    1 Cor 15 :20-23 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive?

III.            … Him who loves us

How does Jesus Christ shows His love to us? John 15:9 says that “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love”.  So only He gave a Commandment to us in John 13:34 …I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

IV.            Has freed us from our sins by his blood

Jesus came to this world, He suffered, He died and He resurrected.  Why bible gives more importance to the blood of Jesus Christ?. What specialty is there in Christ’s blood?

Leviticus 17:11 says “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life”. If I give my blood, it will clean everyone’s sin? Then how the blood should be? In 1 Peter 1:19 says “but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb WITHOUT BLEMISH OR WITHOUT SPOT”. From this we can understand the one and only Christ blood had an eligibility to clean every one’s sin.