Revelation 1: The Time Is Near

Last updated on: December 1, 2011 at 9:59 am by Dillon Burroughs

Revelation 1: The Time Is Near 2011-12-01T09:59:53-05:00 Dillon Burroughs

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“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” -Revelation 1:3

Prophecy both scares and fascinates people. We find the Bible’s future judgments frightening, much like a horror film nearing its concluding scene. Yet we also find fascination in the real (and sometimes not so real) connections between the Bible’s future predictions and what we see today.

In John’s vision called the book of Revelation, we find a different introduction. Here we are informed that the person who reads the words of this prophecy is blessed. Even those who hear and consider its words are blessed. Why? Because the time of Revelation’s fulfillment is near.

Of course, “near” is a relative term. It has been nearly 2,000 years since Revelation was written. However, God’s past predictions have always come true, indicating we should have no doubt in his remaining predictions. Instead, we are to consider what is ahead and live accordingly, both through holy living as well as sharing the hope within us with all who will listen.

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Dillon Burroughs is the author and coauthor of numerous books and is handwriting a copy of all 31,173 verses of the Bible at HolyWritProject.com. Find out more about Dillon at Facebook.com/readdB or readdB.com.

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