March 17, 2011 by Tom Brunson
The second division of Revelation presents "the things that are." In this section, Christ the Judge, who is over the Church (and therefore the churches, or local assemblies), sends letters to seven specific churches in Asia, evaluating them. We tend to be surprised to learn that "the things that are," are disappointing...
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March 16, 2011 by Tom Brunson
The tone of Revelation is so different from the rest of the New Testament that it took the early Church some years of debate to agree that it was inspired Scripture. Eventually it was agreed that it indeed was Scripture, and is not simply "another" book, but is a very necessary book to give the Church a proper view of God.
Recall that the greatest thrust of the previous Epistles is to both correct false doctrine and to warn against false teachers. The most common warning concerns either a return to Law or to the adding of some "works" to the Gospel as necessary for Christians to really be righteous...
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