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The great day; notes on the book of Revelation
The great day notes on the book of Revelation Author:Thomas Graham Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: pass." The second coming of Christ is invariably spoken of as near at hand. It must not be assumed that the events of the. Book were immediately to begin ; compa... more »re Luke xviii. 7, 8— " I tell you He will avenge them speedily"—the very same expression as is here translated "shortly"—yet a long delay is certainly implied. It is not, however, necessary to insist upon this meaning of the Title ; we may take it as the one exceptional use of the phrase, and understand by it that the Book is a revelation of future things by Jesus Christ, through His servant John. But in what sense is the Revelation "given " to Him ? It is given to Him as Mediator. Compare Mark xiii. 32; John v. 19, 20; vii. 16 ; viii. 38 ; xii. 49. On earth, in His humiliation, He spake as in His human nature He was taught of the Father by the Holy Spirit; and it seems that even now there is, and will be unto the end, (l Cor. xv. 24) a mediatorial dependence on the Father. And so, the Man Christ Jesus, even in His glory, receives from the Father the narrative of His own Revelation, or the revelation of future things which He now communicates to His Church. The angel mentioned probably did no more than cause these visions to pass before the Seer. It is remarkable, however, that he does not appear to do this until chap. xvii. Compare Dan. viii. 16, and x. 10. The proof that the John who saw and records the visions was the Evangelist of that name is conclusive. And the instrument was "worthy"; none of all the twelve so near to Christ as John, and they who live nearest to Christ learn most about Him. St. John's gospel and epistle areemphatically the " record of the Word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ;" he now concludes the two, which are one. Verse 3.—The Lord's own promise of blessing, already refer...« less