Rev 1:1– The combination of Jesus Christ and future events in this verse confirms a theme that is present throughout the New Testament. The initial coming of Jesus Christ was an eschatological (end-time) event. It was the fulfillment of prophecies made throughout the Old Testament. It was the coming of the Kingdom that had been foretold. It was the mighty inbreaking of God into human history that the prophets had longed for. But the New Testament shares all this with a sense of “now and not yet.” While the prophecies of the OT have found an initial fulfillment in the life, death and resurrection of the earthly Jesus, they will march through history to a cosmic and final fulfillment at the second coming of Jesus (14:14; 19:11-21; 22:11-12). The book of Revelation does not separate salvation from eschatology or creation from redemption. Jesus Christ is at the center of all God’s work in the earth from biblical times all the way to the End. Prophecy and its fulfillment will always be Christ-centered.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:15:22 +0000
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