The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Revelation 1:1-3, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must shortly take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,

2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.”

The Book of Revelation is the Book of Uncovering. It is most notable among all the biblical books for telling

us what the future holds, what is coming to pass. The Book is in three parts: 1) The Things Which Have Been

(1:1-20); 2) The Thing Which are (2:1-3:22); and 3) The Things Which Shall Be Hereafter (4:1-22:21).

Even before he was converted, John was always quite outspoken. Here in these short three verses, he

twice mentions the soon Coming of our LORD Jesus Christ. We should not be surprised to hear it from

John. But I was surprised to find a piece about Billy Graham in an Israeli email I regularly receive. It did not

go so far as to advocate salvation in Jesus Christ, but the mere positive mention of a Christian in a Jewish

paper was astounding! I took the opportunity to write to the paper’s editor and commend him for his piece

on Billy Graham. At the same time, I noted for him the words of Jesus, “Thou art not far from the kingdom of God (Mark 12:34), and attached several pages of biblical prophecies where the Old Testament foretold of

Jesus. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

Remember the promise and directive of verse three: “Blessed is he who reads…hear(s)…and heed(s) the

things written in Scripture. The time is nearer every day.

We love you and pray for you every, single day,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”