Walk through the book of Revelation with me: posting #39. Rev 1:10-11 "I was in the Spirit (Ac 10:10; 2 Cor 12:2) on the Lord’s Day (Jn 20:26; Ac 20:7), ... " It is appropriate that this apocalypse would be given on the Lord’s day. The term “Lord’s day” had become the technical term for the first day of the week. It was so called because Christ arose from the dead on the first day; the birth of the Church was on the first day; the day of Pentecost was on the first day of the week (see Le 23:15-16 cf Ac 2:1). So, the first day of the week was the prearranged day (by God) for the Church’s birth. Because of all this the Christians chose the first day for corporate worship (Ac 20:7) and the assigned day for receiving the collection of the saints (1 Cor 16:2). It has been suggested by those who would place all of the apocalypse in the very end of history that by “the Lord’s day” John means “the day of Judgement.” This is not likely because, if true, it would remove ALL of the visions from the churches history and assign them to a date far into John’s future; such a view would contradict: Chapter1,v1 “shortly come to pass; chapter 1,v3 “the time is at hand;” 22:7 “Behold, I come quickly; 22:10 “for the time is at hand;” 22:20 “Surely, I come quickly;” but most importantly 1:19 “Write the things which thou hast seen (past), and the things which are (present), and the things shall be hereafter (future). To be continued. Peace to your houses, ☩ Jerry Hayes
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 02:11:44 +0000
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