Who is the Him in the first verse of chapter 1 of the Book of Revelation?
Verse 1&2 state:The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants- things which most shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.
Well, we can go back to John 16;13, Jesus describing to the disciples: However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you in all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
So the purpose of the Holy Spirit is to reveal Jesus Christ. Remember when Jesus asked each of the disciples … but who do you say that I AM? Do you have ears to hear Him ask us now?- But who do you say I AM?
When we start to answer Him, the Holy Spirit is ready to reveal every aspect, character, strength, ability and purpose that He is to us…. So ask Him to give eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart to understand that we may see as John saw this Great Savior, the I Am.
Then we come to understand our purpose in the revelation of Christ. If we allow the Holy Spirit to take us to the depth of the ocean in knowledge of Him…..which has no end. Then to the heavenlies of His reign in mercy and grace….. which as far as the east is to west for those who He chose and love Him….. We still will have only scratched the surface of knowing Him.
When the Holy Spirit rides us into the depths of God, we have some very hard, yet, wouldn’t trade moments for the world, times. These experiences open the door to start to scratch the surface in understanding the Son of God.
I mentioned a couple of blogs back regarding Esther and the custodian she received to help her prepare for the king. So Holy Spirit is our Illuminator to the Son of God, our King. He teaches us His ways and proves us into His likeness.
He will take us as far as we want to go into knowing the WHO the Great I Am is……..The symbolism that describes the Alpha and Omega will begin to grow in us… The more we grow in the Light will equal how far we allow the Holy Spirit to show where our thinking and ways are still operating from darkness. We have to obey the His hands of cleansing, beautifying us for the King. As we receive the experiences and knowledge of the True Light of the world, then the more we understand and grow in His likeness and darkness in us flees away.
Come on get on the White Horse, the Holy Spirit, in the Book of Revelation that His army rides….. Take a ride into our God. It is not for the faint heart. The Holy Spirit wants those that seek Him with all their heart….. He wants us to mean business, that we will not stop asking until He carries us into His realm: the Truth of our God, the sufferings of our God, and to come to the never ending love of our God.
Remember Christ will be all in all….. John witnesses in 1 John 1;1-7 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life– the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write you that your joy may be full. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is Light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness , we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
I can never take for granted the fellowship, our life in the Spirit, that is ours in Christ Jesus with our Heavenly Father….. Never because………verses 4-6:
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, and to Him be all the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
The above scriptures, beloved, really, really chew on this…. We have the open door to fellowship with Him who is and who was and who is to come, the seven Spirits who are before His throne and Jesus Christ, the Faithful Witness….. How wonderfully exciting is this life He offers us!
How incredible and unbelievable but this is our God’ s desire toward us. Come on in, sit at the table that He has set for us before our enemies….. Rejoice, He is in our midst!
Let’s ride……..Selah!!
