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28th March 2026
SaturdayReflection
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'Joe Beard'
first served as a missionary in Summit,
South Dakota
"The Revelation of
Jesus Christ"
.... Revelation 1:1
Are you ready to start our study of the book of Revelation? Have you read it at least once?
I hope so, I have been excited all week as I have studied and prepared to begin sharing with you the truth of this book.
Turn in your Bibles to the last book of the Bible, the book of Revelation chapter 1, verses 1
This book is the record of the events that Jesus Christ revealed.
God gave him this revelation in order to show to his servants what must happen very soon.
Christ made these things known to his servant John by sending his angel to him.
The word "revelation" is a translation of the Greek word "apokalypsis from which we get the word "apocalypse."
This word in Greek simply means "an unveiling, a revealing."
Unfortunately, this word "apocalypse" has come to mean in our day anything that has to do with chaos and catastrophe and nothing to do with unveiling the truth.
The unveiling of Jesus Christ is the title of this book, we are going to see Jesus Christ as we have never seen Him before.
In this final book of the Bible we are going to see the risen, glorified Lord Jesus Christ in all of His Power as He judges the world.
We will see Him triumph over all His enemies and reign as King of kings and Lord of lords.
We will see Him as He truly is in all His glory.
This book was written in 95 or 96 AD and the things written in it have not yet taken place nearly 2000 years later.
This phrase gives us the substance of the revelation, "the things which must shortly come to pass" is how it is translated in the King James Version.
In the book of Daniel, he declared that the things he described would take place in the latter days, but here in Revelation it is described as "shortly or soon taking place" meaning "quickly or suddenly coming to pass,"
Then we are told that this revelation was sent by Jesus Christ and communicated or signified by His angel to the bond-servant of Jesus Christ, named John.
John here is called the bond-servant of Jesus Christ because of his faith in Jesus Christ and his faithful service to Him.
John received the revelation, the unveiling and was to share it with those who had put their faith in Jesus Christ.
When John wrote this book not everyone would have a copy so it would be read aloud to the church.
Did you know that reading this book, that hearing this book read and then paying attention, taking to heart what was written in it would mean a blessing for you?
Here is a book with a specific blessing attached to it and yet many people are afraid to read it, they do not want to read it because their afraid of what they will read about the future, their afraid it will be scary.
Remember this is a book about Jesus Christ, you are going to learn about Him.
Do not be afraid of this book, it will be a blessing to you if you take what is written in it to heart.
John writes, "for the time is near."
The apostles often wrote of the fact that the time of the end is near, they were teaching that we need to be ready at all times for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We call this the imminent return of Christ, which means it could happen at any time.
What may seem long to us in our finite world is nothing in the scope of eternity.
Read, take to heart, be blessed and be waiting because the Lord Jesus Christ may come for us very soon.
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This is an edited version.
The full article is avaiable on request
Joe Beard
had attended a church served by Village Missions when he was single,
and Vern Wilkinson was instrumental in encouraging him to apply to Village Missions.
Joe and Karla first served as missionaries in Summit, South Dakota,
but have spent the last ten years in McCleary, Washington, serving McCleary Community Church.
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