{"id":36156,"date":"2022-09-13T12:43:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/in-revelation-13-why-should-the-book-of-revelation-be-hidden-ghana\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:43:51","slug":"in-revelation-13-why-should-the-book-of-revelation-be-hidden-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/in-revelation-13-why-should-the-book-of-revelation-be-hidden-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"In Revelation 1:3,  why should the book of Revelation be hidden? (Ghana)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Revelation 1:3 (NKJV), &ldquo;Blessed is he who <strong>reads<\/strong> and those who <strong>hear<\/strong> the words of this prophecy, and <strong>keep <\/strong>those things which are written in it; for the time is near.&rdquo; Revelation is a book of <strong>symbols and prophecies<\/strong>. In order to understand it, and no one will understand it all until it is completely fulfilled, <strong>God needs to open a person&#039;s heart and mind<\/strong>.&nbsp; Ephesians 1:18, &ldquo;The <strong>eyes of your understanding being enlightened<\/strong>&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>God&#039;s <strong>method of instruction <\/strong>is first He <strong>teaches<\/strong>. Then He waits to see if we use it and <strong>apply it to our hearts and lives<\/strong>. As Revelation 1:3 reads, blessed are those who <strong>read, hear, and keep<\/strong> God&rsquo;s instruction. God does not give more understanding until we use what we know. Isaiah 28:9-10 (NKJV), &ldquo;Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to <strong>understand <\/strong>the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts?&nbsp; For <strong>precept must be upon precept<\/strong>, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There are also <strong>specific times<\/strong> when God opens our understanding of prophecy. Daniel prayed to God and said,&nbsp; &ldquo;I heard, but<strong> I did not understand.<\/strong> Then I said, &quot;O my lord, <strong>what shall be the outcome<\/strong> of these things?&rdquo;&nbsp; He (<em>God<\/em>) said, &ldquo;Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and <strong>sealed until the time of the end<\/strong>.&nbsp; Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And <strong>none of the wicked shall understand<\/strong>, but those who are <strong>wise shall understand<\/strong>.&rdquo; Daniel 12:8-10 (ESV).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revelation 1:3 (NKJV), &ldquo;Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.&rdquo; Revelation is a book of symbols and prophecies. In order to understand it, and no one will understand it all until it is completely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/in-revelation-13-why-should-the-book-of-revelation-be-hidden-ghana\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In Revelation 1:3,  why should the book of Revelation be hidden? (Ghana)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}