God wants us to know what's coming.

I'm starting to study the book of Revelation to share with some friends.

I was struck by the first verse. 
Here is the first half of it,

                           "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place."  Revelation 1:1a

This verse shows us that God wants His people to know what is coming. 
This may be more general in nature than we would like but, nonetheless, He wants us to have a heads up on what's coming.

A couple observations about this:

• He is aware of what the future holds.
• He has chosen to allow this future to play out. 
• He has even chosen how much to let us know about what will happen.

I usually shy away from the "prophecy nut" side of things but I see the importance being informed of what is coming.  Especially since God made a special effort to make sure we had access to this info. 

Read this verse...

"Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near." Revelation 1:3

There is blessing in being exposed to and seriously considering the content of this book. 



Ryan