The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Revelation-Inspiration’s Supreme Portrayal of Human Destiny

Of all the disciples, John the Beloved caught the vision of Christ’s inner message and reflected the genius and goal of His mission on earth more clearly and fully than all others. His Gospel record of the utterances and emphases of Christ constitutes our supreme source book on the eternal life that He came to bestow. And his epistles are replete with their application. Contrary to popular conception, John actually wrote of life as frequently and as fully as of love. ¹ CFF1 388.1

But the Apocalypse, penned by John the revelator, constitutes the climax, the ultimate, in divine revelation. In it, all books of the canon “meet and end.” It was John who was chosen of God to convey the last New Testament message of God to men, with its supreme entreaty to repentance and life, and its final admonition and warning against rejection and death—necessary to complete the record of the Book of God, and to round out and close the inspired revelation of truth. Any deviation from or perversion of this perfect norm, or any addition to or subtraction from the terms and specifications of this inspired depiction, is therefore fraught with gravest peril. Its closing words of warning are: CFF1 388.2

“If any man shall add unto these things [“the words of the prophecy of this book”], God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away has part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book” (Revelation 22:18, 19). CFF1 388.3

Picture 1: Christ Reveals Immortal Life:
Christ Reveals the Glories of the Radiant Immortal Life in Store for Those Who Accept the Proffered Gift.
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