Examining LSM's Eschatology - Revelation's 7 Churches TOMES

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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane

My position might seem to have left me fairly uninterested in the book of Revelation, but it hasn't really because of one verse I noted, which I have decided to take literally:

Blessed is he who reads and and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand. (Rev. 1:3)

I like being blessed, so I decided I would just read Revelation for that reason and not try to interpret it. (I don't mind hearing others interpretations, but I just kind of file them away under the "something I heard once" category.) By simply reading the words of the prophecy, I keep them in mind and I am blessed. God can do with them what He likes. The day may come when they come alive for me in some kind of present application and God may give me some understanding, but for now, I simply don't know.

TJ

TJ, what an EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT response ! I loved every bit of it. It was not until last year, I realized there was a BLESSING given to those who read Revelation ! Like you, I like being BLESSED ! I tell everybody to read Revelation because there is a BLESSING promised to us in Revelation 1:3 Here's how it is recorded in the Amplified version:
Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near. I also want them CROWNS: The Crown of Righteousness, the Crown of Glory, the Incorruptible Crown, the Crown of Rejoicing and the Crown of Life ! But I want all my brothers & sisters in Christ to also be blessed and be counted worthy of the crowns.

Now we ARE going to get the crowns because CROWNS are worn by KINGS and WE are kings and priests unto the Most High God. We are ROYALTY. A Royal PRIESTHOOD. Jesus is the KING of kings. All Glory, Praise and HONOR with Blessings and Thanksgiving belong to HIM.

Scripture references:
1 Peter 2:9
Revelation 1:6
Revelation 5:10
1 Timothy 4:8- Crown of Righteousness
1 Peter 5:4 -Crown of Glory
1 Corinthians 9:25-Incorruptible Crown
1 Thessalonians 2:19- Crown of Rejoicing
James 1:2-Crown of Life