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 z Lesson text: Revelation 1: 1-20. Golden text: Jesus Christ is the
 same yesterday and today, yea and for
 eVer.H Heb. 13:S
 Lesson Material
 I. The revelation Of Jesus Christ
 which God gave him to show unto his
 servants. even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and | Signified 1t by his angel unto hfS ser
 want John: 2. who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ even of all things that he saw. 2. Blessed is he that readeth,
 an they that hear the words of pro-
 phecy, and keep the things that are . written therein; for the time is at hand. i. John to the seven churches that are
 in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is 70 come: and from the seven spirits that
 are before his throne: ,. and from
 Jesus Christ, who is the faithful wit
 ness the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth Unto
 him that loveth us. and looSed us from
 our sins by his blood; 6. and he made
 us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto
 his God and Father; to him be the
 siory and the dominion for ever and
 ever. Amen. :. Behold he cometh
 with the clouds; and every eye shall see him. and they that pierced him; and
 all the tribes of the earth shall mourn S. l
 Alpha and the Omega, said the Lord God. who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. 9. I John, your
 brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus was in the Isle that
 is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10. 1 was in the spirit of the Lords day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of d trumpet, II. saying, What thou seest write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus. and unto smyrna and unto PergamuIn, and unto Thvatria- and unto Sardis. and unto
 Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me And having turned saw seven golden canGlesticks; 13, and in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breast with a golden Sirdle. 14. And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15. and his feet like unto burn ished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice a voice of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. r. And when I saw him. I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saving. Fear not: I am the first and the last, IS. and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. 19. Write therefore the things which thou sawest. and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass here after; 20- the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my hand and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.
 Introduction
 When we open the book of Revela- ton we discover at once a marked diff ference between it and any other DOT lion of the New Testament It is not history like the Gospels and Acts not practical discussion like the epistles, but we at once seem to breathe the at mosphere of prophets like Ezehie1 and Daniel The book is a book of prophecy. God gave to John to show unto his servants the things which should shortly come to pass In order to Have a clear understanding of the book we must not lose sight of it's object as stated in the opening sentence. Its ob- Ject IS to reveal the future. Its aim is not to reveal some limited events of the future, but to show the things which must come to pass. Tn other words, it's aim is to unfold the outlines of coming history as far as that his tory effects the fortunes of the church.
 This vision was revealed to John on Inc isle of Patmos- Doutless John fled rom Jerusalem during the days of the destruction in the year 70, when the var cloud was gathering around that ,ity, in obedience to the Lords warn ng- (Matt. 24: 16) He finally took ID his abode in Ephesus, in the midst If the churches of Asia, founded by the tpoStle Paul At the close of his life le was banished in the prosecution of he latter part of the reign of Domi- ian. Patmos, the place of the exile is imply a rocky prison house in the sea.
 For the moment let us transfer our -ision to this lonely isle, and note our prisoner as he walks along the shores f this little prison house. His head is owed and he is in deep meditation the day we do not see him ake one bite of food, and as the day $ closing we see him hide himself -mong the rocks not to sleep but to 'ray. All night his great heart moves n prayer. Early in the day which is he Lords day, we see him move from lis secret place of prayer back to his ,ath along the sea shore, and as he walks alone, he falls to the ground, and yorships for his Crucified Lord has ppeared to him. John 21:2) And in he book of Revelation we have the ;hall we study as true children of God, nd receive the intended lesson.
 Lesson Comments
 1-3- The revelation Apocalypse, or ncovering so the Greek word means The curtain of the future is lifted. Of esus Christ The revelation is made y Jesus Christ God gave him to how. He who sits on the throne gave O the Son the sealed book of the fu- 1re to open it. Shortly come to pass. iiBBS, 1oe PHYSICIANS BUILDING