pace exploration has changed our world in many unbelievably different ways. New products have been created as a result of new research and recent discoveries which allow men to exist in a airless, dark, and hostile outer space. The new technologies have allowed us to learn things about the far reaches of space as well as our planet’s weather patterns, natural resources, military operations, and animals. We have needed satellites to give us insights that we could not discover without them.      In a similar way, prophecy gives us a picture of the future that scientists, poets, philosophers, and politicians can never really understand. Man can hope and dream, but only God knows our future. The book of Revelation is unlike any other book in the Bible. It gives us a glimpse into the future of the world and our future life. With the completion of our last study in Revelation, the painting of our future has been completed. God, our masterful artist, has laid down His brush. A grim and yet wonderful picture of our future has been painted. The painting is one without sin and includes the group of people who will live with Him forever. The prophecy is certain.       It Is All True. Next, the Holy Spirit reminds us that all that we have read is true,     And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place. And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book.” (NASB) Rev. 22:6-7   God is not like us. He does not lie (Num. 23:19). He has no reason to lie. Fulfilled prophecies in both the Old and New Testaments prove that God tells the truth. He is faithful and true in all that He says. This is all about God. He has planned the future and given us His plan in this book.          We discover in this passage that once again Jesus promises to come quickly. He promised to come quickly in Rev. 2:16; 3:11; 11:14, and He will repeat that fact once again in Rev. 22:12, 20. In our study of Revelation 8, we discovered that the Greek word for “quickly” has the idea of “suddenness” and not “immediately.” He is telling them to not focus on how soon He comes; but that when He comes, He will come fast. There will be no warning to get ready.      We also saw in the gospel of Luke that Jesus did not promise to come while they were alive. He warned them and all of us that when He comes, He will come suddenly. He wants us to always be faithful. The Apostle John is still alive, yet he also warns us to be ready.      The Holy Spirit encourages us to read and heed the words of Revelation! There is a blessing in doing both. In the first chapter of Revelation, God encouraged us to read the book of Revelation by telling us that we would be blessed. Revelation is all about God, His glory (Rev. 4-5), and His plan to end sin and evil (Rev. 5-20). It is about His keeping His word (Rev. 1:3, 19:10) and about His love for us (Rev. 20-22). It is about our unbelievably holy God loving us!         < Back   Next >
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