“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;”
Write therefore the things that you have seen, the things that are, and the things that are about to take place after this — the threefold structure (past vision, present reality, future unfolding) organizes the entire book: the initial theophany, the present state of the churches, and the eschatological future. This is not arbitrary division but theological framework organizing John's prophetic message.
Church Fathers on Revelation 1:19
“And in His face was brightness as the sun.” That which He called brightness was the appearance of that in which He spoke to men face to face. But the glory of the sun is less than the glory of the Lord. Doubtless on account of its rising and setting, and rising again, that He was born and suffered and rose again, therefore the Scripture gave this similitude, likening His face to the glory of the sun. “And out of His mouth was issuing a sharp two-edged sword.” By the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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