A study of Revelation

I'm taking material from my former Pastor, Dr Jack Hyles to do these studies. He never copy righted his books so people could reproduce them to help others. I will probably do a few lessons then go to something else then come back to it. I love his book on Revelation and want to share it with you.



So here we go on our Study of Revelation Chapter 1:1-3
Vr 1. "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John."


1. The Revelation. The word means unveiling, uncovering, presentation, appearing, coming (as in a great performance when the curtain is pulled and the star is unveiled). The same word was used when Paul saw Jesus on the Damascus Road. This book, above all, shows the lord Jesus Christ and reveals Him to us. Hence, one who does not know Revelation cannot know Jesus as he should. What a shame that so many are so ignorant concerning this wonderful Book.

2. Which God Gave Unto Him. This probably means that God has given His son the glory of the coming Revelation because of the suffering that He endured. He shall avenge His death on the cross when He comes in His glory.

3. The word "servants" means literally, "bondservants." A bondservant was one who had completed his time as a slave, but out of love for his master had volunteered to continue to be a servant. This is the kind of servant God wants.

4. "Shortly" in this verse means "speedily" or "surely." In other words there is no doubt that the things written in this Book will come to pass.

5. You will notice that this message was given to John by an angel. Read Revelation 22:9. Some think that this teaches that this particular heavenly messenger was one of the Old Testament prophets. This may be true.

6. We find the writer in this verse. It was John, the apostle. We will find in verse 2 which John it was speaking of in verse 1.

Vr 2 "Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw."

In vr 2: This verse says that the John verse 1 mentions is the one who bore record that Jesus was the Word, and wrote that Jesus was the Son of God. Read John 1:1 and John 20:31 and you will see that it was the same John who wrote both books.

Vr 3 "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of his prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

In vr 3:
1. Notice that God promises a blessing to those who study Revelation. Let us notice whom He promises to bless: 1. Those who read.
2. Those who hear.
3. Those who keep. ("Keep" means "to guard with care." So you can see that God will bless anyone who will observe or study Revelation.)

2. You will notice also we are to study these things because "the time is at hand." It is always at hand. In other words, it could happen any minute. We are to WATCH at all times because it could be today.

3. The word "blessed" is this verse means happy, contented, etc. The reason is that those who are looking for Jesus to come are the happiest people in all the world. Communism, atomic bombs, wars, etc., cannot keep the person from being happy who is looking up every day for the return of the King.
God also seems to abundantly bless the churches who believe and study Revelation.

I hope you will enjoy this as much as I do while I'm preparing each part to post. I have already in my own personal study using the Bible and Bro Hyles book learned ALOT!!!