Revelation 1:1 KJV
The Revelation
of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things
which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto
his servant John:
The
process of Scripture found in this one verse is insightful as to how God gives
His Word to us:
- The Revelation belonged to God
- God gave it to Jesus Christ to shew His
servants
- Jesus gave it to Apostle John
At that
point then, John turns his attention to his audience and addresses us with what
Jesus had shown him.
This same
process is apparent throughout the Bible. Though each book if the Bible has the
appearance of a communication from a prophet or Apostle to the reader, the
prophet or Apostle is in truth only a distributor. His message
- Originates with God
- Is passed to the prophet through the Holy
Spirit and then
- Communicated to us through the medium of
that prophet or Apostle
The
message never did belong to the penman. Hus only function was as a distributor.
He had no authority over his work. His only duty was to take what God possessed
and make it available to the people.
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