#Revelation #EndTimes Started going through the book of Revelation today, what an awesome picture of Jesus Christ - Yeshua Messiah- Isa Al Masih, His love, power, justice and lordship over all history, over all creation.
Rev 1:3-6 "Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
"The beginning and end of creation is a person. Beginning and end are not in the first instance indications of time. And the same applies to first and last, alpha and omega. The meaning of these concepts amounts to the following: That Christ is the alpha and omega means that there is a special relationship between Christ and the entire history of the world. That Christ is called 'the beginning' is not a reference only to a temporal relationship between Jesus and creation, but also includes the idea that Jesus is Lord of creation. As Lord he takes his creation along with him and sustains it. The same meaning is contained in the concept 'first' which indicates rank rather than sequence. Christ as the 'end' (telos) involves the idea of terminus and goal and amounts to the same thing as pronouncements (particularly of Paul) which depict Christ as the goal of creation. Christ as the 'last' emphasizes his decisive meaning for creation. There is no one whose significance can in any way be compared with his decisive meaning for creation. In brief then Christ is both Lord of the whole of the history of created reality and the destination toward which all creation is moving- the destination which will be reached through him, the decisive One." Adrio Konig
The Eclipse of Christ in Eschatology: Toward a Christ-Centered Approach p 30,31
Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing 1989.
Absolute Love is- First and Last- Beginning and End- the goal, as in unfolding purpose of creation the goal of history. Absolute Love is a being.
Get the book. Absolute Love by R. I. Willroth 2011 Westbow Press.
Rev 1:3-6 "Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
"The beginning and end of creation is a person. Beginning and end are not in the first instance indications of time. And the same applies to first and last, alpha and omega. The meaning of these concepts amounts to the following: That Christ is the alpha and omega means that there is a special relationship between Christ and the entire history of the world. That Christ is called 'the beginning' is not a reference only to a temporal relationship between Jesus and creation, but also includes the idea that Jesus is Lord of creation. As Lord he takes his creation along with him and sustains it. The same meaning is contained in the concept 'first' which indicates rank rather than sequence. Christ as the 'end' (telos) involves the idea of terminus and goal and amounts to the same thing as pronouncements (particularly of Paul) which depict Christ as the goal of creation. Christ as the 'last' emphasizes his decisive meaning for creation. There is no one whose significance can in any way be compared with his decisive meaning for creation. In brief then Christ is both Lord of the whole of the history of created reality and the destination toward which all creation is moving- the destination which will be reached through him, the decisive One." Adrio Konig
The Eclipse of Christ in Eschatology: Toward a Christ-Centered Approach p 30,31
Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing 1989.
Absolute Love is- First and Last- Beginning and End- the goal, as in unfolding purpose of creation the goal of history. Absolute Love is a being.
Get the book. Absolute Love by R. I. Willroth 2011 Westbow Press.
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