Introduction:
By Simon Brown.
Dear friends, thank you for joining me again, as I tell you about my latest insights and research on the book of Revelation.
What I believe the best teacher in the world, teaches me, I would like to share with you.
Very sadly, not many people know Him, but I know Him, and His name is Jesus, The Son of The One True GOD John 10:36.
I am at present digging deep into ''Revelations'' with thorough examinations, while seeking, and researching and asking Jesus for wisdom from GOD regarding probably the most complicated book in the Holy Bible called the Book of Revelation.
Lets start at the Beginning of The Book of Revelation.
Please be kind to me, by letting me know if you believe I am wrong, as I am not in anyway perfect, and I know next to nothing, as I am always seeking, listening and learning with an open heart and mind, always discovering what I did not know.
I always like to stay in my own field, and stick to what I do know, like knowing the simple teachings in the Bible, that Jesus truly is the SON of His ONE TRUE GOD.
I have been deceived too many times, and enough is enough.
Now I walk upright, always denying myself, I feel GOD is telling me to broaden my field, and take the leap into The Book of Revelation, an Apocalypse, where John has Symbolic Visions and gives the Seven churches Symbolic Imagery, of the end times and completion of GOD's New Kingdom through Christ.
We know about the past, please now follow me in my research to discover the future, and be ready for the next greatest events in history, where we will understand and see the last days and the end times of the Bible prophecies unfolding before our eyes preparing ourselves to be ready as the wise virgins, instead of the foolish virgins!
◄ Revelation 1 ►
Berean Standard Bible
Prologue
(Daniel 12:1–13)
1 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
Revelation 1:5, PROVES Jesus Is NOT The FIRST person to EXIST!
There are many within Christianity like the Jehovah witnesses, who say Jesus was the FIRST ever person to EXIST BEFORE all creation.
They will site their main scripture of Colossians 1:15 saying: Berean Literal Bible
He is the image of the invisible God,
πthe firstborn over all creation.π
And so many misunderstand Paul by believing Paul was teaching Jesus is the FIRST ever person to EXIST BEFORE all creation.
But notice what we read in the opening book of Revelation 1:
John Greets the Seven Churches
To the seven churches in Asia:
4 Grace to you and peace from Him being and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, π the firstborn of the dead, π and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
Did you see that: Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
This verse alone proves how Jesus is NOT the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST, as taught by many like the JWS, who say Jesus is the FIRST ever person to EXIST BEFORE all creation.
Did you notice how there is NO MENTION by John what so ever about Jesus being the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST.
Would not, John saying Jesus was the first ever to EXIST, of GOD's creation be a most important fact to reveal?
But instead John tells us how Jesus is (The Firstborn of The Dead), Revelations 1:4.
WHY would John NOT say or tell us how Jesus PRE-EXISTED His flesh, as the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST, if that doctrine were true, as many claim?
In fact, what John does tell us in Revelation 1:5, by saying NOTHING about Jesus being the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST, not only confirms with what Paul wrote in Colossians 1:15 saying Jesus is the firstborn over all creation.
But proves that Paul did NOT mean what many believe, that Jesus is the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST.
And confirms Paul meant what John said and meant, as we are told in Revelation 1:4, that Jesus is (The Firstborn of The Dead) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.