Season 3 Podcast 46 Letters of John to the Seven Churches Pt V Titles of Christ Pt II
Titles of Christ Pt II
As discussed in Podcast 45 Letters of John to the Seven Churches Pt V Titles of Christ Pt I, In the first three chapters of the Book of Revelation Christ is called by at least 35 titles, some strengthened by repetition. The reason is simple. The central figure in the Book of Revelation is Christ. If you take your eyes off the Savior, you will lose the meaning of the Book. The Book of Revelation begins with Christ and ends with Christ. In this Podcast we shall look at the rest of the chapters of the Book of Revelation, comprising chapters 4 – 22, which takes us to a different level. Some titles are repeated by John. Repetition is often accompanied by rich variation. The new information is always in the variation or differences, be they ever so slight.
Also, in the last podcast I mentioned that the most emphatic positions were the beginning and the end. For example, you will find the titles of Christ concentrated in Chapters 1 -3 and 19 -22. We are given the following titles of Christ in the middle chapters comprising Chapters 5 -18:
1. Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (Revelation 4:8)
2. him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever (Revelation 4:9)
3. him that sat on the throne (Revelation 5:1)
4. the Lamb (Revelation 5:8)
5. the living God (Revelation 7:2)
6. the God of the earth (Revelation 11:4)
7. the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)
8. Lord God Almighty, (Revelation 16:7)
9. the God of heaven (Revelation 16:11)
10. Lord of lords, and King of kings: (Revelation 17:14)
11. the Lord God (Revelation 18:8)
All titles but three above are repeated in the beginning and ending chapters. The three unique titles are “The living God,” (Revelation 7:2); “The God of the earth,” (Revelation 11:4) and “The God of Heaven.” (Revelation 18:8), all of which are strongly implied in the opening and closing chapters. Among other things, the titles of Christ teach us the scope of his power. He is God of both heaven and of earth, the temporal and the spiritual. And above all he is “the living God.” which is inherent not only in the vivid description of the resurrected Lord, but also in his return as depicted so amazingly in the following verse:
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:1-3)
Such a scripture illustrates what the titles mean about being a living God, the God of the earth, and the God of heaven. It is fun to listen or, of course, read the titles and contemplate their meaning. Each title allows us to see the Savior in a new light. It was Isaiah who said,
“10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” (Isaiah 28:10)
It is our lot to learn here a little and there a little. The Great John fainted when he saw Christ in his glory. John described his experience this way:
eep God’s commandments.
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