Jesus is Coming Back

Letters for Churches Revelation 1 - 3

Revelation 1:3 3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 1:1-2 1

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

Revelation 1:3 3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 1:4-5a 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, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.

Revelation 1:5b-6 5

To him who loves us and has freed us 6 from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.

Amen.

Revelation 1:7-8 7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

8 Â "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Letters for Churches Revelation 1 - 3

Jesus is Coming Back Rev 1:1-8 | Letters for Churches

Jesus is Coming Back (Rev. 1:1-8) 1)

Book Summary (v. 1 – 2)

Revelation 1:1-2 1

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

Revelation 1:3 3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 22:6,10 6

And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place."

10

And he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

2 Peter 3:8-9 8

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

1 John 2:18 18

Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

Revelation 1:1-2 1

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

Jesus is Coming Back (Rev. 1:1-8) 1)

Book Summary (v. 1 – 2)

2)

Blessing for Us (v. 3)

Revelation 1:3 3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 14:12 7

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

“The primary purpose of Revelation is to enable Christians from every age and in every possible circumstance to view what is happening in history from God’s point of view, rather than from man’s, and to be comforted and strengthened by it.”

James Montgomery Boice

Revelation 1:3 3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Jesus is Coming Back (Rev. 1:1-8) 1)

Book Summary (v. 1 – 2)

2)

Blessing for Us (v. 3)

3)

Greetings from the Triune God (v. 4-5a)

Revelation 1:4 4

John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace

Revelation 1:4-5a 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, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.

Exodus 3:14 14

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM."

Revelation 1:8 8

 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Revelation 1:4-5a 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, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.

Jesus is Coming Back (Rev. 1:1-8) 1)

Book Summary (v. 1 – 2)

2)

Blessing for Us (v. 3)

3)

Greetings from the Triune God (v. 4-5a)

4)

All Praise to Jesus (v. 5b-6)

Revelation 1:5b-6 5

To him who loves us and has freed us 6 from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.

Amen.

Jesus is Coming Back (Rev. 1:1-8) 1)

Book Summary (v. 1 – 2)

2)

Blessing for Us (v. 3)

3)

Greetings from the Triune God (v. 4-5a)

4)

All Praise to Jesus (v. 5b-6)

5)

When He Comes (v. 7-8)

Revelation 1:7 7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

Acts 1:9,11 9

And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

11 “This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."

Revelation 1:7 7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

Daniel 7:13,14 13

"I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Revelation 1:7 7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

Matthew 24:30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Revelation 1:7 7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

Revelation 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon."

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

“Brethren, no truth ought to be more frequently proclaimed, next to the first coming of the Lord, than His Second Coming.�

Charles Spurgeon