15 Mar 2013

Revelation 1:2

Posted by joncooper

Revelation 1:2: “Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.”

It’s worth noting that Revelation is a firsthand, eyewitness account. We are not being told something that was relayed by someone else, who had a friend who had a friend who knew about it. We are getting it straight from the apostle John – a person who actually spent three years with Christ Himself.

John was an eyewitness, both of these events and of the ministry of Christ. John was there when Jesus turned water into wine. He was there when Jesus fed the 5000, when Jesus raised the dead, when Jesus was crucified, and when Jesus was resurrected. John saw all of these things happen, and in the Bible we have his firsthand account, written by John himself. That should not be treated lightly.

To put it slightly differently:

1 John 1:1: “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”

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