Write

Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. 

Revelation 1:19 

Why did John write the book of Revelation? Various people have criticized the book because of its content. Others have viewed is as a weird addition to the rest of the New Testament. The simple answer is John wrote it because Christ instructed him to do it. Our text contains that instruction. John did what Christ told him to do. Having said that, John had become accustomed to following Christ simple commands. At one point, He had said to John and James, his brother, ‘Follow me.’ Throughout his years of following  Christ, he received other simple commands. From the cross, Christ, referring to Mary, had said to John, ‘Behold your mother!’ indicating he was to assume her care. Therefore, when Christ said to him, ‘write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this,’ he was receiving another assignment from Christ, His Lord. Christ leads us just as certainly as He led John. We live on the bare word of God. As He makes plain to us what we should do, or where we should go, or to whom we should do good, we follow Him to do what pleases Him.  

Our Holy and Wise God, 
we rejoice that You have a plan for us, 
to do Your will. 
We praise You that, as we follow You, 
You reveal Your will to us.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning