Revelation RBT

 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!"

Endure, overcome, victorious, faithful, white, blood, light, I will...I am coming, these are the words of Jesus to his church in the book of Revelation.

Jesus makes it absolutely clear that he knows all about us, what we think, what we do, how we feel, what we suffer.

What I have learnt from this RBT is that Revelation is not a weird book it's like pure Gospel, 'eternal Gospel' it's like Jesus distilled and poured out like the tears he is going to wipe away.  

I think the fact that He knows our suffering is such a massive comfort, that he asks us to overcome, to wait, to see God's perspective is a massive encouragement. All too easily will I give up, especially if I'm blinded by the discomfort of misery or loneliness or illness or fear or grief...or pride, or envy, or...well, it just goes on and on and on.

Unless I take the sinner's place, unless I'm grateful and I'm looking for Jesus, everywhere...only then can I understand there is a vision which is greater than anything I will ever suffer, more massive than my imagination, more important than anything I could ever do; only then is the fact of his knowing my afflictions so comforting, so astonishing, so mind-blowingly great.

This is God who made time, he's the beginning and the end, he's the morning star, he's the light of the world and he's the word of God and He has taken the time to talk to me and to know me...

I do feel at this point a little bit like Eliza Dolittle, 'I think she's GOT IT!'

'Be faithful,even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.'