§9: Rev 1:9-11:The First Woe and Start of the Second Woe

This podcast provides a verse-by-verse analysis of Revelation 1:9-11. After the introductory verses in the Book of Revelation, these verses begin the initial substantive visions. In these verses John identifies himself by name as a peer among his fellow-saints that suffer tribulation. The podcast explains the conditions of John’s day and his banishment to the island of Patmos for his witness and testimony of Jesus Christ. The podcast also explains what it means to be patient in a gospel-sense. John’s vision of Jesus Christ occurred on the “Lord’s Day,” which means Sunday. John was “in the Spirit” on that day as the vision was heralded by a symbolic trumpet. This podcast describes the process whereby Sabbath-day worship went from Saturday among the Jews to Sunday among Christians. The podcast concludes with the directive for John to write the visi ...