REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Four - "The Alpha and the Omega"

 Confident that Jehovah will direct  the outcome of matters, Joh tells his fellow slaves: "I John, your brother and a sharer with you in the tribulation and kingdom endurance in company with Jesus, came to be in the isle that is called Patmos for speaking about God and hearing witness to Jesus." (Revelation 1:9)  A prisoner on Patmos for the sake of the good news, enduring tribulations with his brothers, hoping firmly  to have a share in the coming Kingdom, the aged John now sees the first of the visions  of Revelation. No doubt he was encouraged greatly by these visions, just as the John class is stimulated today at seeing their fulfillment. We do not know how John forwarded  the scroll of Revelation to the congregations,  since he was  in confinement at the time. (Revelation 1:11;22:18, 19) Jehovah's angels must have cooperated in getting this done, just as they have protected  faithful witnesses of Jehovah who served under bans and  restrictions today, so that these have been able to get their timely spiritual food to their truth-hungry brothers. - PSALM 34:6, 7.

How deeply John must have appreciated his privilege of being used by Jehovah as His channel of communication to the congregations!  Similarly, the John class today treasures greatly its privilege of providing  the household of God with spiritual "food at the proper time." (Matthew 24:45) May you be one of those strengthened b this spiritual provision so as to attain to the glorious goal of everlasting life! - PROVERBS 3:13-18; JOHN 17:3.

Next time: REVELATION  ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Five - John Beholds the Glorified Jesus

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