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Jesus Speaks
“I Jesus” (Revelation 22:16).
At this point in the book of Revelation the angel has delivered his message, and now the Lord Jesus, the theme and center of all prophecy, Himself speaks. The solemn scenes of judgment, the coming glories of the heavenly city, the blessedness of the millennial reign, the perfect bliss of the new heaven and the new earth, have all passed before us, but at last we are left alone with the One upon whom it all depends — we are alone with JESUS. The One who can say, “I Jesus” has the last word. Angels have spoken, elders have spoken, trumpets have sounded, the voice of great multitudes have been heard and the sound of mighty thunderings, but at length all give place to the One who is above all — the voice of Jesus is heard.
We can hear His voice speaking to us today as well. Through all the din and activity of everyday life — He speaks; through the noise and confusion of the world around us — He speaks; amidst the distractions that our enemy Satan seeks to put in our path — He speaks. He speaks, and we need, like the boy Samuel, to respond, “Speak; for thy servant heareth” (1 Samuel 3:10).
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