If the dominant influence in the church is indifference totally to God, no production, no life,

it's a dead church, though there may be a few people who haven't quite died.

Whatever the dominant influence, it gives character to the church. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. A

pastor once shared a simple technique that had revolutionized his

appreciation for God's word before Before studying a book of the Bible

chunk by chunk, he read the entire book in one sitting. It made an incredible

difference in his understanding of and his love for scripture.

Well we're going to more or less follow that study method today and we think you two

will be invigorated by our look at one of the Bible's most challenging books.

So stay with us as John MacArthur takes us on a jet tour through revelation.

And with the lesson now, here's John. Open your Bible to the book of revelation.

While you're turning to revelation chapter 1, verse 1,

1, let me just say that no book in scripture reveals the glory of God and Christ in any more

splendor than does this book and yet no book has been more misunderstood and

misinterpreted and neglected than this book in chapter 22 of revelation in verse 10 it says

seal not the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand if there's

one thing God wants in regard to this book it is that we know

what it teaches. Seal it not. The book begins with a blessing. Chapter 1

verse, Blessed is he that readeth. with a blessing. Chapter 1 verse

blessed is he that readeth. It ends with a blessing chapter 22

verse 7

blessed as he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book. It is the only book in the Bible

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