REVELATION 1:1

THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST…

Jesus came to earth with a singular revelation for all mankind. This message monopolized virtually every discourse and miracle represented in the four gospels:

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Mat 4:17)

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. (Mat 13:11)

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: (Mat 13:24)

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: (Mat 13:31)

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (Mat 13:33)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (Mat 13:44)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: (Mat 13:45)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: (Mat 13:47)

WHICH GOD GAVE HIM…

The message of the Kingdom of Heaven was commissioned to Christ by the Father:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (Joh 1:1)

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us… (Joh 1:14)

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the (sealed) book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne. (Rev 5:6-7)

TO SHOW HIS BOND SERVANTS THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS…

The message of the Kingdom was to be given only to those whom the Lord called His “bond servants”:

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. (Mat 13:10-11)

AND HE SENT AND SIGNIFIED IT BY HIS ANGEL UNTO HIS SERVANT JOHN…

The revelation concerning the Kingdom was to be “signified” to John (and us) through signs and symbols, so that only those who come to Jesus for understanding of the Kingdom will receive it.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out. (Pro 25:2)

SUMMARY:

The book of Revelation conceals in signs and symbols the Kingdom of Heaven as it unfolds throughout history beginning at the cross of Christ and ending with His return to the earth in victory. Since Christ was expressly sent to the earth by the Father to trumpet the Kingdom and its importance to every believer, any other interpretation of the book of Revelation must be set aside as speculative, unfruitful, and unscriptural.