{"content":[{"text":"1. How would people who received book understand Revelation \n 2. The Bible is its own interpreter 404 verses - 518 allusions OT \n 3. Clear text are to guide us to obscure text – objective standard \n Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto \n him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to \n pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: \n Apo-kalypis Apo is oppose or un and kalypis is veil or covering, unveil \n English Apocalypse is Revelation to réveal … uncovering … know able \n Public reading 1 hour & 5 minutes / expect the hearers to understand \n Apo-kalypis Yesu Cristos Title in Greek The Revelation of Jesus Christ \n Most Apocalyptic literature written during times of persecution \n Question Revelation: is it of Jesus Christ or by Jesus Christ, it is Both \n “must” Greek “die” necessary … trouble-sometimes are here … \n Matthew 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that \n ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end \n is not yet. \n Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto \n him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to \n pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: \n “shortly” Greek even-toxay English … tachycardia rapid heart beat, \n mean haste, prompt brief space time \n Only used 8 times in N.T. 2 in Revelation @ beginning & end \n Always … Always … Always means “right away’ example cf: \n Acts 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a \n light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised \n him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. \n Acts 22:17-18 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to \n Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance 18 And","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.045338,"width":0.88236,"height":0.892725}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}