Waiting Upon God

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904. Excerpt: ... XV THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE BOOK OF REVELATION Revelation V. The opening verses of this book tell us very distinctly what the book is. It is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the revelation made known by Jesus Christ, "the revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto Him, to show unto His servants the things which must shortly come to pass. And He sent and signified this revelation to His servant John: who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw." The book is the word of God, the word spoken by God. It is also the testimony of Jesus Christ, the thing borne witness to by Him who is the true and faithful witness. And it is made known by John to the servants of Christ. God gave the revelation to Christ, who sent and signified it to John, who bore witness of it unto us; and it is a revelation of the things which must shortly come to pass. Perhaps it may not be considered amiss if I make a few general remarks about the book as a whole, before proceeding to consider the 5th chapter. First, the book consists of two great parts: the epistles to the seven Churches in the first three chapters, and the long series of visions from chap. iv. to the end. Now it is difficult at once to perceive the connection between these two parts, and observe the unity of the book. The relation between the epistles and the body of the book appears to be this. The book proper (" the words of the prophecy" as it is called in chap. i. 3, "the prophecy of this book" or "the book of this prophecy" as it is called in chap, xxii. 18, 19) extends from chap. iv. to the end. This book is the revelation of Jesus Christ, and contains the things which must shortly come to pass. Now this Book of Prophecy, chaps, iv.-xxii., is properly...