Introduction to study Revelation | 學習啟示錄前言

The whole series of Reflection on Revelation is my study notes on Revelation while studing it with Bible Study Fellowship International.

BSF is going to do the study of Revelation this year. Like the whole book of Bible, and every single book in Bible, the main character is Christ. Revelation is more about Jesus than anything else. That is why when we read this book we need to watch the Lamb, who walks in victory. We have to keep our focus on Jesus instead of being distracted by something God chose not to revel to us, like timing and places. His story is the true story that matters most. The pinnacle of Jesus' story is that every eye will see and every knee will bow in realization that Jesus Christ is God's Son and Lord of all.

God orchestrates and controls in heaven and on earth. He weaves the distant past, our present and His glorious future together into His story, all to His glory! Will we trust the uncertainty of our life to the One who knows the future? A future with the uniting of heaven and a renewed earth, a world with no death, disease or sorrow, and best of all, with God dwelling in the midst of His people forever.

Keep our eye on Jesus, expext to be comforted, challenged and changed while we engage with God in the final book of Bible, the final chaper of His story He chose to revel to us.

顧名思義，國際聖經學習團契（BSF)是一個全球同步的學習聖經的組織，2015年秋開始，用了九個月時間和姐妹們一起學習啟示錄，把學習心得寫在了“沉思啟示錄”裏。    

不管是整本聖經，還是聖經中的每一卷書，書中的主角都是主耶穌，啟示錄這卷書當然說得也是主耶穌。這就是為什麽我們讀這本書時，要把眼目放在得勝的羔羊身上，我們必須關注主耶穌，而不是糾結於神還沒有啟示給我們事情，比如事情將要發生的時間和地點。主的故事是最主要的，祂故事的高潮是眾目仰望下，萬膝跪拜，稱祂是神的兒子，萬主之主。神指揮，掌管天地萬物。祂把遙遠的過去，你我的現今，和祂得榮耀的將來，編織在一起成為祂的故事。我們可不可以把我們沒有保障的生活，交托給唯一清楚未來的那一位？未來是天堂和更新後的大地合諧起來的世界，沒有死亡，疾病和悲傷，最美好的是，神和祂的子民同住。       

當我們讀聖經最後這卷書，祂啟示給我們關於祂的故事的最後一章時，把目光鎖在主耶穌身上，期待著在和主相交時得安慰，受挑戰，被更新吧！