#179: The World Becomes His

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... for the church.

And to be able to get behind the mic and talk about it as someone who loves it as much as I do is, is a joy.

Well, on that front, I have noticed that many young Christians tackle the Book of Revelation as the first book they study as a young believer, and I think that is a horrible idea.

As one man said, a friend of mine used to put it this way, he said, "There's only three people in the universe who understand the Book of Revelation.

It's the Father, the Son, and the Spirit-

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... and even they don't agree on what it means."

Oh, yes.

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[laughs] But I will say this, I don't think that any human being can understand the Book of Revelation fully.

The key word there is fully.

Mm.

Obviously, we can understand parts of it.

But any man or woman who says that they have the Book of Revelation figured out is blowing bubbles.

And the reason is-

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... because, I'll show it to you, John, and those of you who are listening, you can get your eyes on it as I read it.

But if you go to Revelation 10, I'm gonna explain to you why you cannot understand the Book of Revelation fully.

Revelation 10:1, "I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow was on his head.

His face was like the sun, his feet like pillars of fire.

He had a little book open in his hand.

And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and he cried out with a loud voice as when a lion roars.

When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.

Now, when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, 'Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.'"