Author: DANIEL

1.4. John to the seven churches which are in Asia. The number seven is usually taken as an expression of fulness. St. John addresses here only the seven churches with which he, as one who lived in Ephesus, was in especially close and frequent contact. But in these seven he addresses at the same time the Christian Church as a whole. In the New Testament seven sons signify seven churches. For Paul also wrote to seven Churches (Rome, Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, Colossae and Thessalonica), and in the Apocalypse (1.4) seven churches are mentioned… The days of Genesis are seven, And the lampstand in the tabernacle has seven lamps (Exodus 25.31), and God’s eyes watching over the world are seven. And Zechariah’s stone has seven facets.

And preach as you go, saying, `The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay.

Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,

no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food.

And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart.

As you enter the house, salute it.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.

Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor’rah than for that town.

Meditation

What does the Gospel cost? We should consider two prices: what it costs us to receive it and what we “charge” to share it. The Gospel’s value is infinite, beyond monetary measure, making it priceless to receive. Yet, when sharing the Gospel, we do so freely, without expecting anything in return. This is because the Gospel, belonging to Christ, is offered to us without cost.

“Without cost you are to give,” Scripture tells us, emphasizing the need to share the Gospel freely. However, this free sharing demands a personal commitment – giving of ourselves without reservation. This is justified by the fact that we’ve received everything freely through the Gospel.

The Gospel, embodying Jesus Christ, is a free gift that transforms us into a gift for others. Reflect on your openness to receive the Gospel and your readiness to share it freely. Let this divine gift change you into a blessing for others.

AMEN SHALOM

REV 1.3. Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand. The book of the Apocalypse has, consequently, not only a prophetic, but also a moral significance. The meaning of these words is as follows: Blessed is he who, on reading this book, will prepare himself by his life and deeds of piety for eternity; for the translation to eternity is near for each one of us.”Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy concerning the future destinies of the Church and keep those things that are written therein, cries the holy seer of her great and wondrous destinies! Blessed is he who, attending to the Lord’s revelation concerning the destiny of the Church of God, does not doubt in the truth of her triumph over her enemies or in the final, complete victory of her Founder and supreme Master over the ancient serpent, the age-old slayer of man, who rose up against the Kingdom of God and never ceases to arm himself against Him with all the powers and resources of hell! Blessed is he who hopes on the almighty power of the meek Lamb, slain for the salvation of the world, and who does not fall away from Him amidst the terrible temptations that have befallen the Church, but rather takes inspiration from his participation in her universal triumph, which will be revealed at the end of the age! AMEN SHALOM

Rev 1; 1-2. And He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John: who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that He saw. The Revelation was transmitted through an angel to God’s servant John the Apostle and Evangelist, who then recorded it for posterity. Such is the mark of all true knowledge. It comes to us from God, through the mediation of His holy servants – angels, apostles and prophets. The writer of the Apocalypse calls himself John at the very beginning, saying that to him was given the Revelation of Jesus Christ (1.1). Further, greeting the seven churches of Asia Minor, he again calls himself John (1.4). Later he again calls himself John, saying that he was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ (1.9). From the history of the apostles it is known that it is precisely St. John the Theologian who was subjected to exile on the island of Patmos. And finally, at the end of the Apocalypse, the writer again calls himself John (22.8). In the second verse of the first chapter, he calls himself an eyewitness of Jesus Christ ( I John 1.3).The opinion that the Apocalypse was written by a certain ‘Presbyter John’ is totally without foundation. The very existence of this ‘Presbyter John’ as a person separate from the Apostle John is rather dubious. The only testimony which gives reason to speak about ‘Presbyter John’ is a passage from a work of Papias which has been preserved by the historian Eusebius. It is extremely indefinite and give opportunity only for guesses and suppositions which contradict each other. Likewise the opinion is totally without foundation that ascribes the writing of the Apocalypse to John Mark, that is, the Evangelist Mark. Even more absurd is the opinion of the Roman presbyter Gaius (3rd century) that the Apocalypse was written by the heretic Cerinthus.) The second proof that the Apocalypse belongs to the Apostle John the Theologian is its similarity to the Gospel and Epistles of John, not only in spirit but also in style, and especially in several characteristic expressions. Thus, for example, the apostolic preaching is called here testimony or witness (1.2, 9; 20.4; cf. John 1.7; 3.11; 21.24; I John 5.9-10). The Lord Jesus Christ is called the Word (19.13; cf. John 1.1-14; I John 1.1) as well as the Lamb (5.6; 17.14; cf. John 1.36). The prophetic words of Zechariah, And they shall look on Him Whom they pierced (12.10), are cited identically both in the Gospel and in the Apocalypse in accordance with the translation of the Seventy (1.7 and John 19.37).THE APOCALYPSE WAS WRITTEN BY ST. JOHN THE APPOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN AND SHALOM.

1.1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass. The name Apocalypse, i.e. the Revelation of Jesus Christ, signifies the declaration of the mysteries of the future judgement and recompense [and] renovation of the world, which must shortly come to pass. Shortly, however, in this sense, as St. Andrew of Caesarea says, that something of what is predicted in the Revelation is, so to speak, at hand. But even that which relates to the end of time is not very distant, for a thousand years before God are as yesterday. Just as the first book of Holy Scripture, Genesis, is concerned with the creation of the world, so the last, the Apocalypse, is concerned with the consummation of all things. All prophecy comes from the Father, in the Son, and through the Holy Spirit. It is not given to human nature, unenlightened by the Grace of God, to know the future. That is why the Lord in His manhood said of His Second Coming: Of that day and that hour knows no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father (Mark 13.32), while in His Divinity He certainly knew both the day and the hour. THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST IS AT HAND REPENT,BE AT RIGHT STANDING WITH JEHOVAH. SHALOM

BOOK OF ISAIAH CHAPTER 5;1-2 .

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes

MAY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST TRANSFORM OUR SOULS TO BRING FORTH GOOD GRAPES.

Examine from Greek word PEIRAZO meaning to scrutinize with aim of PROVING (dokimazo)your Faith status in Christ lest you be a victim of what Rev 3:5 describes: names blotted out of God’s living book of life…
Shalom Saints and REMNANTS in Christ Jesus our Lord. We’re right in the heart of Matthew 24:24…our Saviour Jesus Christ WARNED of the FALLING AWAY of the ELECT: EKLECTOS! Saints of God EXAMINE YOURSELVES; are you still in the FAITH?…2Cor 13:5

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