The word for this week is "revelation". We first think of the Book of Revelation as in Revelation 1:1:
This is the Greek word "apokalupsis" . Strong's Concordance says: disclosure and that it is from the Greek word "apokalupto", which means: to take the cover off. Thayer's Greek Lexicon says of the first one above: a laying bare; making naked and of the second one: to uncover; lay open what has been veiled or covered up; to disclose; make bare. The Amplified Bible says this for Reveltaion 1:1:
1 [THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John, AMP
Paul tells us in Galatians 1:11-12 that THIS is how he came to know the Gospel:
So Jesus Himself revealed, disclosed, uncovered, laid open to Paul the Truth of the Word concerning Himself and the Gospel. Paul went on to say that he spent three years separated from the other disciples, learning from Jesus! Galatians 1:15-18:
15 But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased [Isa 49:1; Jer 1:5.] 16 To reveal (unveil, disclose) His Son within me so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles (the non-Jewish world) as the glad tidings (Gospel), immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood [did not consult or counsel with any frail human being or communicate with anyone]. 17 Nor did I [even] go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles (special messengers of Christ) before I was, but I went away and retired into Arabia, and afterward I came back again to Damascus. 18 Then three years later, I did go up to Jerusalem to become [personally] acquainted with Cephas (Peter), and remained with him for fifteen days. AMP
Everything that Paul learned of Jesus was revealed to him BY Jesus personally! Now, to the REALLY exciting part! He will do the same for us! The prayer that Paul prays in Ephesians 1:17-23 says this:
17 [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, 18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), 19 And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, 20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places], 21 Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come. 22 And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church], [Ps 8:6.] 23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself]. AMP
I KNOW that that prayer is being prayed for you and your family by your in-laws and by us! When we pray according to His will, He hears us and we have the answer (1 John 5:14-15)! So EXPECT to have more "revelation" of God's Word every day! I do! Here is Hillsong with "You'll Come":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
