I am Jesus YOUR Savior, who, having died for all mankind; and now being raised from the dead I SHALL DIE NO MORE, the great sacrifice has been completed. And I have the keys of death and hell, so that I can CHANGE the living and raise the dead. This key signifies the power and authority over life, death, and the grave. “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hell and of Death.” (Rev. 1:18)
These visions and prophecies are for our general instruction, and so every situation must be faithfully detailed. That’s why we received this word! “Blessed is the one WHO READS and HEARS the Words of this prophecy, and the ones keeping the things written in it, for the time is NEAR.” (Rev. 1:3)
What John saw was to be written; what John was about to see, concerning the seven Churches, must be also written; and what He was to see afterwards, about the rest of the world, was to be recorded as well. That’s why Jesus said: “Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;” (Rev. 1:19) Let me stop a minute and say something about this, I have heard many people say ‘I don’t read the book of Revelation. It’s too hard to understand!’ Remember John said about this book he wrote: “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” (Rev. 1:3)
The prayer I normally pray before reading the bible is “Lord quicken (make alive) your word in my spirit” because I know that THE WORD IS SPIRITUAL, so it will speak to my spirit and enlighten me to its true meaning; Oh Lord, BREATH your word into my spirit as I read…
GOD WILL REVEALE HIS WORD TO US BY HIS SPIRIT…
-Bill Stockham