Because He Has Not Believed in the Name - Part 894

"I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars." (Revelation 2:2)

The last book of the Bible -- Revelation -- is essentially the revelation of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, "which God gave unto him to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass." (Revelation 1:1) Herein, John bares record of the Word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ and of all things that he saw. 

He writes, "Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand." (Revelation 1:3)

The words John scribes are intended for the seven churches "from Him which is, and which was, and which is to come" -- "Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth." (Revelation 1:4) 

"Unto Him that loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen. Behold, He comes with clouds and every eye shall see Him and they also which pierced Him and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen." (Revelation 1:5-7)

So, who is the "Him"  referred to here? Certainly, Him does not refer to a trinity or triune God, or God in three persons as the religious culture of this day would have us believe. Rather, Him refers to the same ONE God and Saviour in the old covenant who is the very same one God and Saviour who shed His precious blood for our sin in the new testament. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. The Word that in the beginning was with God and was God and then later became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:1-18) His name is Jesus -- the only name whereby we must be saved in this dispensation of grace. 

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending," saith the Lord, "which is, and which was and which is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 21:6; John 1:1-18) That is, Jesus -- the root and offspring of David and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16)

As believers, we need to understand the prophetic message given in the book of Revelation to the churches but at the same time, we need to know in whom it is we worship. 

"Fear not; I am the first and the last. I am He that liveth and was dead and, behold, I am alive forevermore -- amen and have the keys of hell and of death." This is why John wrote the things which he hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. 

So that "he that overcomes, and keeps My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations -- AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON; AS THE VESSELS OF A POTTER SHALL THEY BE BROKEN TO SHIVERS -- even as I received of My Father -- and I will give him the morning star. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." (Revelation 2:26-29)

And us? We need to respond to His love in spirit and in truth -- worshipping Him that loved us and washed us with His own blood and hath made us kings and priests -- that is, our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Stand in the offering plate.