Subject: weeping |
Bible Note: Awesome! My thanks to Barnes, and to you, Jeff, for providing us with that answer. I had to read it twice, but that just made it twice as nice when I finally grasped it's depth; and I think you may be right, I have my doubts that a better answer could be had! When we earnestly contemplate the awesomeness of the events that were unfolding before John, it truly boggles the imagination! It is but a little book, but behind it's seals are truths that will effect all of God's creation from the beginning of time and into all eternity; and yet, there is no one in heaven or on earth who can open it. John was probably in his nineties, and had spent all of his adult life following the Lord and doing His will. And John being the last of the twelve, so privileged to have spent three plus years beholding the face of the Lord Himself in the flesh; and being taught by Him personally. One might indeed say that perhaps John had a greater faith then any other man that ever lived, save perhaps our Lord, the man Jesus Christ Himself. I believe John had been waiting for the Lords return, and you could say by reading his and other of the Apostles writings that, he fully expected the Lord to return at any time. John must have contemplated many times, his whole life long, what it would be like and what should happen when our Lord finally returned. And here it was before him, and yet, no one, but no one, could open the seals that revealed this truth. John |
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