Exegesis of Rev 1120
Revelation as a whole is often viewed as a very hard book to understand. However, if taken in small sections and really studied closely, the meaning of the text can come through. The first step to understand the book is to understand when it was written and the occasion and purpose for which it was written. Revelation was written at a point when Christians were under great persecution by Rome. Most scholars believe it was written somewhere around A.D. 95 by the apostle John. The book was written to encourage the new Christians at the seven churches to hold fast and not give in the emperor worship that was beginning to be enforced. John had already been exiled to the island of Patmos (1:9) and others were coming under great persecution. John writes this letter to encourage the believers that Christ's return is imminent and that they should not be dispirited by the persecution they are going through now. Instead, he echoes Matthew 5:10, that "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." There are many interesting things about Revelation 1. The first verse itself is somewhat interesting. It reads, "The revelation of Jesus Christ..." This is intriguing in that
He could have meant either heavenly messengers, earthly messengers/ministers, or personifications of the spirit of that particular church. " Finally, at the end of the first chapter of Revelation we come to the revealing of the symbols that Jesus holds in his hands. " Verse 1:18 tells us that Jesus holds "the keys of death and Hades. Instead, it can mean one of two things. " (1:16) Because of this, we should be ready at all times for his coming and also keep on witnessing to others, so that they will not have to go through that terrible judgment. " This verse is worthy of note because of it is the first beatitude of the seven that are contained in Revelation. In totality, it is used 52 times throughout the entire book. " This made possible "an immediate connection with the invisible world. " This states that all means all who are not saved. " This demonstrates one of the distinctive features of Revelation, the repetitive use of the number seven.
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