{"id":7000,"date":"2022-12-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=7000"},"modified":"2022-09-21T05:40:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:40:54","slug":"revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"REVELATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2 minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Revelation-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7001\" width=\"339\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Revelation-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Revelation-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Revelation-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Revelation-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Revelation-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Revelation.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joel+1%3A1-3%3A21+&amp;version=ESV\">Joel 1:1-3:21 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+1%3A1-20+&amp;version=ESV\">Revelation 1:1-20 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+128%3A1-6+&amp;version=ESV\">Psalm 128:1-6 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+29%3A18&amp;version=ESV\">Proverbs 29:18 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cThe <em>revelation<\/em> of Jesus Christ, which God&nbsp;gave him&nbsp;to show to his servants&nbsp;the things that must soon take place.&nbsp;He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+1%3A1&amp;version=ESV\">Revelation 1:1 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APOKALUPSIS (602): <\/strong>\u201cThis word is more comprehensive than epiphaneia (2015) and depicts the progressive and immediate unveiling of the otherwise unknown and unknowable God to His church.\u201d<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Unveiling the unknown.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revelation means we will know what we don\u2019t know now about God.&nbsp; All of the questions we have concerning the Big Guy will have answers.&nbsp; The book of Revelation, as my friend said when we studied it in 2020, \u201cBrings everything together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Old Testament to New, everything comes full circle.&nbsp; God redeems the earth from its woes, protecting His children as all hell breaks loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than anything, Revelation reveals the ending of life as we know it.&nbsp; One day, no one knows when, in the blink of an eye, our average days will cease to exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Stay vigilant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we learn anything from the weighty book of Revelation, we should realize that life can change instantly.&nbsp; At a moment\u2019s notice, life ends, and we face our Maker; whether together or individually, all of us will stand before God and give an account of our actions on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having Jesus stand with us makes all the difference in the world.&nbsp; For those who chose not to believe in Christ for them, my heart aches at the bleak future they face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staying vigilant in an ever-changing world means taking every opportunity to glorify and share Jesus.&nbsp; Actions of love have a more significant impact on those around us than anything else.&nbsp; For people to find out what you know about Jesus, they must first know you care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cPeople don\u2019t care how much you know until they know how much you care.\u201d<\/em> Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may not know everything about the Bible, but we know enough to know God exists.&nbsp; And if we want other people to know what we know, they must first believe we honestly care about them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, God will call us home, and our questions will have answers.&nbsp; But until then, we live by faith, sharing it with others to the best of our ability.&nbsp; When we begin by caring about their needs, they will want to know what we know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Strong, J., &amp; Strong, J. 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Daily Reading: Joel 1:1-3:21 ESV, Revelation 1:1-20 ESV, Psalm 128:1-6 ESV, Proverbs 29:18 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cThe revelation of Jesus Christ, which God&nbsp;gave him&nbsp;to show to his servants&nbsp;the things that must soon take place.&nbsp;He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John\u201d (Revelation 1:1 ESV) APOKALUPSIS (602): \u201cThis word&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/revelation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">REVELATION<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7007,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7000\/revisions\/7007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}