Rev. 5:1-14 "The King Reclaims His Inheritance - An Introduction to Revelation"

Speaker: Pastor Patrick J Griffiths The book of Revelation is first and foremost a letter written by the  Apostle John to the churches in Asia Minor during the 1st Century AD  (Rev. 2-3) at around 90AD.   It is written to encourage a suffering church and to remind them that  their story is a part of God's larger Story. In the Revelation, God comforts His people by reclaiming all things  rightfully His (Rev. 2-19) as Creator (Rev. 4) and Redeemer (Rev. 5).  As He pushes His agenda forward, He is reconstituting the Garden for the  joy of His people (Rev. 21, 22). Thus, as the rightful heir to the cosmos, Jesus, in His victory [Death,  Burial, Resurrection, Ascension], reclaims what is rightfully His  through signs and wonders.