God gives John a vision of the glory of His throne. Through vivid imagery God may just be giving us clues as to how we can pursue glimpses of it here and now. If people would desire the courage to do great things for God whether in good deeds or in suffering here on earth they must learn see His glory as it truly is in heaven. When we pray that God’s will would be done on earth as it is in heaven may we already have a vision for what that would look like!

What if, in the story of the prodigal son, the older brother had gone out to rescue the younger brother and bring him back to the family? In essence, that is exactly what Jesus has done and now we get a sobering view of what it would be like to sit down with Big Brother, Jesus, Who gave His life to save us and bring us to the Father.

What if, in the story of the prodigal son, the older brother had gone out to rescue the younger brother and bring him back to the family? In essence, that is exactly what Jesus has done and now we get a sobering view of what it would be like to sit down with Big Brother, Jesus, Who gave His life to save us and bring us to the Father.

What if, in the story of the prodigal son, the older brother had gone out to rescue the younger brother and bring him back to the family? In essence, that is exactly what Jesus has done and now we get a sobering view of what it would be like to sit down with Big Brother, Jesus, Who gave His life to save us and bring us to the Father.

What if, in the story of the prodigal son, the older brother had gone out to rescue the younger brother and bring him back to the family? In essence, that is exactly what Jesus has done and now we get a sobering view of what it would be like to sit down with Big Brother, Jesus, Who gave His life to save us and bring us to the Father.

Part of what makes Revelation and the study of end things difficult is that Jesus, Himself spoke about the Kingdom of God as something that was both at hand (here now) as well as something to come in the future. We call this the “already but not yet” way of thinking about the Kingdom of God. In this continued introduction John has a glorious vision of Jesus Who undeniably puts Himself in the position of the One True God. We will focus on what it means for the people of God walking in patient endurance that Jesus has the keys of Death and Hades.

In this intro and doxology the writer magnificently sets the stage for a glorious vision of the Lord Jesus from the Lord Jesus. 

The People of God are the greatest proof of His faithfulness. God, throughout redemptive history has made it a point to ensure that the glory of His grace be displayed in the lives of His people. We gather together as those who display the faithfulness of God and in so doing we encourage one another to hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering. For He who promised is indeed faithful!