The
last great book of the Bible opens with the words: “The revelation of Jesus
Christ,” and from these words it derives its title: “The Revelation.” In this
book St. John deals largely with the return of Christ in glory to judge and
reign.
II
Thessalonians1:7,8 tells us that one day “the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
heaven… in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that… obey not the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ.” This is what the book of the Revelation is basically
about. But this phraseology is also used in Paul’s epistles, for in Galatians
1:11,12 he says:
“I certify you, brethren, that the gospel
which was preached by me is not after man, for I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Surely
this is not the same “revelation of Jesus Christ” of which John wrote. St. Paul
refers not to “the revelation of Jesus Christ” in glory, but to “the revelation
of Jesus Christ” in grace while He delays the judgment; not His revelation to
the world in person, but His revelation to the world through Paul the chief of
sinners, saved by grace. In Verses 15,16 of Gal. 1, the Apostle says: “…it
pleased God… to reveal His Son in Me.” What a revelation of grace to a
sin-cursed world when God saved Saul, His bitter, blaspheming enemy! He tells
about it in I Timothy 1:13-16, where he says:
“[I] was a blasphemer, and a persecutor,
and injurious… Howbeit, FOR THIS CAUSE I OBTAINED MERCY, THAT IN ME FIRST JESUS
CHRIST MIGHT SHOW FORTH ALL LONG SUFFERING, FOR A PATTERN TO THEM WHICH SHOULD
HEREAFTER BELIEVE ON HIM TO LIFE EVERLASTING.”
This
is why Paul says: “…it pleased God… to reveal His Son in Me.” By saving the
chief of sinners (as Paul calls himself in I Timothy 1:15), God would show us
that He is willing to save any sinner, “for whosoever shall call upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13).
Video Archive - Les Feldick Bible Study
(A 10 Minute Video)
Video Archive - Les Feldick Bible Study
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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