The Book of Revelation

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

I’ve heard many people say that the Book of Revelation is a “scarey” book, and they get a bit uncomfortable reading it.  Personally, I see it as the Word of God and nothing to be afraid of!  "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7).  When something is “sound”, it is sophronismos’, meaning it is disciplined and self-controlled!  The synonym for “sound” is whole, undamaged, healthy, robust, logical, true, valid, reliable, strong, firm, thorough, and stable.  The only way one can get the Revelation of this Book is with a “sound mind”.

UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY GHOST OR HOLY SPIRIT!

It is the activity of God in a universal sense or present everywhere at the same time. It is the moving force in the universe taken as a whole. The Spirit is the infinite “breath” of God. The life essence of Being. "And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, 'Receive ye the Holy Ghost'” (St. John 20:22).

What they were receiving was the very mind of God:  His wisdom, knowledge, understanding, power, authority, dominion! This was the same “breath” that was breathed into Adam in Genesis 2:7. This is the same wind or “breath” that was breathed on the bones in the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37. This was the same “wind” or “breath” that was in the upper room at Pentecost!!