God's Word is Faithful & True (Rev. 22:6-7)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR

12/05/2005

My Worship Time                  Focus:  God’s Word is Faithful & True

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Revelation 22:6-7

            Message of the verse:  “6   And he said to me, ‘These words are faithful and true’; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place.  7  ‘And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book.’”  (NASB 95)  “6   The Angel said to me, ‘These are dependable and accurate words, every one. The God and Master of the spirits of the prophets sent his Angel to show his servants what must take place, and soon.  7  And tell them, ‘Yes, I’m on my way!’ Blessed be the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.’”  (Message)

            The angel who was speaking to John tells him that all of these words are faithful and true.  I believe that the angel is talking about this entire letter that John was writing down as he was instructed to do so.  There are some who do not believe what is said in this letter, or they try to spiritualize it and thus take away the meaning that it was intended to have.  Just because one cannot understand it does not mean that they have the right to disregard it of make it into something that it is not.  There is no one on this earth who has ever understood all that is in the Bible, but that does not mean that we should not study it, for the writers of the Bible did not always understand what they were writing, but they wrote it down because they were told to do it by God or one of His angels.  Daniel is a good example of this because he actually writes about this, saying that he did not understand what he had seen or was told to write down, but one of the angels told him not to worry about it for there would be a day when all that he wrote would come to pass and would be understood.

            John uses the word “soon” in verse six and “quickly” in verse seven and if one looks at that word in the way that it is used in the English language they might think that it has been over 1900 years since John penned this letter and that surely is not quickly or soon, however I have read that these words mean that once the prophecies began to take place the sequence would happen rapidly. 

            The angel also said in verse seven that those who would heed the words of this prophecy would be blessed.  The readers of this book were also told in the beginning of it that those who read this would receive a special blessing.  This is more evidence that this book should be read and studied and followed and not just put away and not looked at.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  The writer to the Hebrews sums up pretty well the spiritual meaning for my life today from the verses in Revelation that I have been studying this morning when he writes, “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”  I am to keep on reading and studying and memorizing and meditating on God’s Word.

The Word of God has been refreshing to me as I read and studied it this morning.

My Steps of Faith Today:  Continue to read and study the Word of God, even though at times I am not exactly sure all of the time the exact meaning of it, trusting that the Holy Spirit will teach me the things that He wants me to know and learn at the right time.