John, the Penman of the Apocalypse

From: Miscellaneous Papers By: John Gifford Bellett

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In the progress of this book we see John moved by different affections. He trembles in Revelation 1:17¹⁷And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: (Revelation 1:17); he weeps in Revelation 5:4⁴And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. (Revelation 5:4); he wonders with great admiration in Reveation 17:6; he loses himself in worshipping delight in Revelation 19:10¹⁰And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10) and 22:8.

That is, he trembles in the presence of the judicial glory of the Son of Man; he weeps at the sight of a sealed book, which, had it been unsealed, would have told secrets about Jesus; he marvels at the sight of Christendom’s apostacy; he loses himself in joy when he hears of the marriage of the Lamb, and when he sees the Bride of the Lamb.

What suited affections! What creations of the Holy Spirit in the soul of a saint He never trembles, after the One who was alive tells him not to fear. He that had the keys of death and lades encourages him and that, surely, is enough for us.

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