Day 38 ~ Rev. 1-7

This is the hardest blog I have had to write during this time of “Faith Comes By Hearing.” There is so much in the first seven chapters of the book of Revelation that I could probably write a blog on each chapter. The last book of the New Testament, Revelation, has always been a mystery and a book that most Christians avoid reading. I find in fascinating because it tells us what is to come. Although hard to understand, if you do an in-depth study of the book, it should give you a feeling of peace. Yes, there are a lot of terrible things written in the book, but if you are one of the faithful to Jesus Christ, you have nothing to worry about.
At the end of each of the messages to the seven churches is a promise to those who are faithful to the end. To the church in Ephesus - To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. To the church in Smyrna - He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. To the church in Pergamum - To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]. To the church in Thyatira - to him will I give power over the nations. To the church in Sardis - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. To the church in Philadelphia - Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name. To the church in Laodicea - To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
This only covers the first three chapters of what John saw and heard about these seven churches. Our reward is great if we stay faithful to the end. Doesn’t this make you want to tell everyone about the Good News of Jesus Christ?

Mike Dickmann