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Allison Moseley on Revelation

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Allison Moseley is a missionary at IHOP-KC and is on the Afternoon Prayer Room Leadership Team as a Section Leader and Production Manager. She also serves on the leadership team of the E12 End-Times Small Groups Department at IHOP as the Director of Operations.

I asked her to write an article on the End-Times and what she thought was important at this time. You can read more from Allison at her blog www.raretune.com.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

Revelation: (noun) The act of revealing or disclosing; Something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized; A manifestation of divine will or truth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ: What is this mysterious work that remains the most misunderstood book of the Bible? Is it for today? Is it relevant to our understanding of Christ Jesus? Is it really that important for our faith? Is it just there for enjoyment of the random and rare elite scholar? Or is it something to be read… heard… kept.

“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.” (Revelation 1:3)

Indeed, it was God the Father who commissioned Jesus to reveal more of His majesty to His Church. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants… (Rev. 1:1) For you see, the time for divine revelation had come, and in His glory Jesus revealed Himself as the Bridegroom King who will judge all that hinders love as He prepares to take over the earth. We see both a blessing and an invitation in Revelation 1:3. Again, in Revelation 22:7, we see another promise. These beatitudes bookend the prophecy in Revelation as an encouragement to believers to take the prophecy seriously so that we would receive the revelation of Jesus’ majestic personality and plan with understanding, and engage the content of the book in active partnership.

We are to READ the book of Revelation, and not just privately. As a community of believers, when we read aloud the words of this prophecy, it helps us intentionally keep this powerful testimony of Jesus at the center of our daily walk. The Church is hindered by the loss of this prophecy. Without His revelation, our understanding of Jesus weakens and we are left with an ethereal, fuzzy concept of a God-man unknown. As the sovereignty and supremacy of Jesus fades to more sensible modern notions, singing from an overflowing heart of wholehearted love and adoration gives way to intellectualism and stale religion. Jesus’ return becomes an abstract concept not a concrete plan to hasten His coming through dynamic partnership.

We are to HEAR the words of this prophecy. Truly hearing the Lord happens by the power of the Holy Spirit as He searches the deep things of God and makes them known to us. This is the reception of divine insight as God releases the Spirit of wisdom and revelation unto our understanding. Hearing takes place when our spiritual senses are awakened to the truths contained in the book and suddenly the content shifts from the realm of principles to be pondered to the place of living understanding that demands a response. When we really hear His testimony in this prophecy, we gain understanding of the personality, power, and plan of Jesus in the End-Time drama!

We must KEEP the words of the Revelation of Jesus. The Greek word for keep means “to guard” from loss. Blessed is the one who guards the content of the book in a way which takes the details seriously. The content of God’s word is to be activated in the life of the believer, igniting a fiery zeal within us as we long for the return of our Bridegroom. This prophecy is an invitation for hastening the day of the Lord through active participation. Which generation will read, hear, and then keep the prophecy? Which generation will come into the revelation of Christ that produces the faith to keep the prophecy? Who will come into agreement concerning the time is at hand and will embrace the Lord’s desire to come establish justice on the earth?

“Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” (Revelation 22:7)

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