erica punishment #3

sorry if i seem kind of incoherent, i am dead tired right now >< but i promised you all i would post, so i'm going to try to be coherent.

so i read revelations 1 from the brp (i am i think about a day behind, hopefully i can fix that tomorrow >< )

i feel like this passage i just read declares a lot of truths about Jesus:
- the book of Revelation is Jesus' message to his servants about what is to come.
- he is the faithful witness, firstborn from the dead, ruler of the kings of the earth
- he made us priests through his death to serve his father
- he loves us and freed us from our sins through his blood
- every eye will see him when he returns, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him"
- he is "like a son of man" and the description offered in v. 13-16 depict someone "glowing" and really powerful and even frightening (John was certainly frightened haah)
- we need not be afraid of him.

another thing that really spoke to me was verse 3: blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear ti and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

that's what obedience is right: hearing it, and then taking it to heart and living it out. i hope i have the strength to do that.

ok good night! i have morning prayer tomorrow ><