Rev.C.Joe McKnight, Seattle
WHAT IT IS NOT. It is not the revelation of John the Apostle. John was merely the vessel privileged to receive the revelation. Note that John refers to himself as a servant. Rev.1:1 To John was given the responsibility of sharing the message of the Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Rev. 1:2 John was the scribe, used of God, to relay the message of the last days to the church of the Lord. Rev. 1:4 John proclaimed himself to be a brother in Christ. One who, with many others, had suffered persecution and incarceration for Christ. He was not exiled because of some wicked act he had committed, but because of his faith in the Lord Jesus and the Word of God. Rev. 1:9 John was a spiritual man. One who lived for the Lord. Certainly his experience on the Lord’s day was not unusual for him only this was to be an unusual day, a day of revelation and unfolding.