Understanding Revelation / David Jeremiah

 

Understanding Revelation Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. Revelation 1:3 There’s an old story about a preacher who showed up early for a speaking engagement. Looking around, he noticed a moneybox on the wall. He made a five-dollar contribution to it, thinking it was for the poor. After the service, his host walked him to the door and took the money from the box. “This is where our people contribute to the visiting preacher,” said the man, “and you’ve done better than most. Look, here’s a five-dollar bill.” Later the man told the story to his family. “Dad,” observed his son, “if you had put more into it, you would have gotten more out of it!”

Recommended Reading: Revelation 1:1-7

The book of Revelation is like that. The more we put into studying it, the more we’ll get out of it. At first glance, Revelation seems like a complicated book. Many feel they can’t understand it. But its broad outlines are relatively simple, and with repeated study it becomes a blessing. Revelation is meant to be understood, and it offers rich blessings to those who take the time to mine its truths.   It is true of all parts of the Bible that they study it best who come feeling that they are on holy ground. R. H. Boll