Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Everything in the Revelation can be found in the previous 65 books of the Bible. Jonh's Revelation adds nothing of substance to what we already know because the truth of the Gospel is already complete, revealed in Jesus Christ. There is nothing new to say on the subject but there is a new way to say it. The entire book of Revelation is a letter addressed to seven specific churches according to their specific concerns but each is also an introduction to the whole book. Christ is commending, accusing and warning each church that in order to eat from the tree of life in paradise with God we must overcome and we will overcome only by listening. Overcomers will receive the right to sit with Christ on his throne just as he overcame and sat down with the Father on the Fathers throne.