Page 3 - 01 The Opening Vision

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
title of “The Revelation of St. John the

Divine.” In this they contradict the very first

words of the book itself, which declare it to be

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ is

the Revelator, not John. John is but the

penman employed by Christ to write out this

Revelation for the benefit of his church. There

is no doubt that the John here mentioned is

the person of that name who was the beloved

and highly favored one among the twelve

apostles. He was evangelist and apostle, and

the writer of the Gospel and epistles which

bear his name. (See Clarke, Barnes, Kitto,

Fond, and others.) To his previous titles he

now adds that of prophet; for the Revelation is

a prophecy. But the matter of this book is

traced back to a still higher source. It is not

only the Revelation of Jesus Christ, but it is the

Revelation which God gave unto him. It comes,