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Daily Reading: Joel 1:1-3:21 ESV, Revelation 1:1-20 ESV, Psalm 128:1-6 ESV, Proverbs 29:18 ESV
Daily Verse: “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John” (Revelation 1:1 ESV)
APOKALUPSIS (602): “This word is more comprehensive than epiphaneia (2015) and depicts the progressive and immediate unveiling of the otherwise unknown and unknowable God to His church.”[1]
Unveiling the unknown.
Revelation means we will know what we don’t know now about God. All of the questions we have concerning the Big Guy will have answers. The book of Revelation, as my friend said when we studied it in 2020, “Brings everything together.”
From Old Testament to New, everything comes full circle. God redeems the earth from its woes, protecting His children as all hell breaks loose.
More than anything, Revelation reveals the ending of life as we know it. One day, no one knows when, in the blink of an eye, our average days will cease to exist.
Stay vigilant.
If we learn anything from the weighty book of Revelation, we should realize that life can change instantly. At a moment’s notice, life ends, and we face our Maker; whether together or individually, all of us will stand before God and give an account of our actions on earth.
Having Jesus stand with us makes all the difference in the world. For those who chose not to believe in Christ for them, my heart aches at the bleak future they face.
Staying vigilant in an ever-changing world means taking every opportunity to glorify and share Jesus. Actions of love have a more significant impact on those around us than anything else. For people to find out what you know about Jesus, they must first know you care.
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt
We may not know everything about the Bible, but we know enough to know God exists. And if we want other people to know what we know, they must first believe we honestly care about them.
One day, God will call us home, and our questions will have answers. But until then, we live by faith, sharing it with others to the best of our ability. When we begin by caring about their needs, they will want to know what we know.
[1] Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament (p. 36) Thomas Nelson
