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07-0902pm - The Book of Revelations Pt 2 ( Time to Understand ) - Samuel Dale
REVELATION 1:1-2
1 ¶ 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:
REVELATION 1:2
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8
1 ¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
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3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a
time of peace.
16-1 REVELATION.OF.JESUS.CHRIST - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.1
You will recall that I mentioned at the beginning of this message that this Book we are studying is the actual revelation of Jesus, Himself, in the church and His work in the future ages. Then I mentioned that it takes the Holy Spirit to give us revelation or we will fail to get it. Bringing these two thoughts together you will see that it won't take just ordinary study and thinking to make this Book real. It is going to take the operation of the Holy Ghost. That means this Book can't be revealed to anyone but a special class of people. It will take one with prophetic insight. It will require the ability to hear from God. It will require supernatural instruction, not just a student comparing verse with verse, though that is good. But a mystery requires the teaching of the Spirit or it never becomes clear. How we need to hear from God and lay ourselves open and become yielded to the Spirit to hear and know.
16-3 REVELATION.OF.JESUS.CHRIST - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.1
"The time is at hand." The time was not at hand previously. In the wisdom and economy of God this mighty revelation (though fully known to God) could not come forth hitherto. Thus we immediately learn a principle--the revelation of God for each age can come in that age only, and at a specific time. Look at the history of Israel. The revelation of God to Moses came only at a specific time of history, and even more specifically it came as the people cried unto God. Jesus, Himself, came at the fulness of time, He being the complete Revelation of the Godhead. And in this age (Laodicean) the revelation of God will come in its due time. It will not falter, neither will it be premature. Think on this and heed it well, for we are in the end-time today.
REVELATION.CHAPTER.ONE_ JEFF.IN ROJC 9-67 SUNDAY_ 60-1204M
153 The nature of the Book shows that John did not write It. That's right. For they are... They are for other... They're his writings, but not his inspiration. It's God's inspiration that writes the Book.
All right, let's see what It says now.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear... this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Now, "Time is at hand." What? When the complete revelation of Jesus Christ has been made known to His churches. And as the ages go by, it's just revealed to them.