One of Those Great Mysteries

Revelation 1:1-8    Eric Boberg

This such a grand passage, everything is on a large scale. It's bigger than Texas. Bigger than the West. Bigger than the whole world.

"Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits [a] before His throne, [5] and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth."

We are being addressed and offered peace from Jesus Christ Himself, the very ruler of all the kings on earth. But to me the astonishing part is how we are so matter-of-factly, we, yes we, are made a part of this grand story.

"To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father."

A kingdom of priests, and not in the future some time down the road but right now, present tense. We are granted priesthood.

This has to be one of those great mysteries like in 1 Peter...that the angels long to look into.

It is in one sense, unbelievable; but I think we must believe it and hold onto it if we are to ever know the truth of it. And I think it is one of those truths that must be acted out before we can deeply know it.