I don't disagree with you. What exactly do you disagree with? God gave the Revelation to show His servants... but it was specially commanded. Rev 1:19.
Is there some other contradiction? Jesus commanded the book to be written... and it has a purpose to show what must happen.
Really, where do we disagree?
I’m sorry…maybe I misunderstood taking the below “it is not so much inspired by the Spirit” to mean you do not think it was inspired by the Spirit.
Jesus commanded Revelation to be written. It is not so much inspired by the Spirit... as it is actually commanded by Jesus to be written.
That was the part I stumbled over. That was why I thought we disagreed there and the reason for my asking about The Revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave unto him…which I take to mean as inspired by God, whom gave it to the Son to reveal to his servants. Example “My words are Spirit. They are Life.”
Note that understanding is not part of the blessing, so interpretation is not really a component of the blessing.
Ive read some of the post here, not all yet. What do you think is the blessing if it isn’t “understanding” or “interpretation”? To me that is what it seems to say in where Jesus Christ asked Peter “who am I?” Not who do others tell you that I am, but who do you say that I am, Peter?” At Peters answer significant to me is “blessed you are because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.” That whole passages seems to touch on “interpretation” or “understanding” of Peter…who I am? given by the Spirit of God, or given of man?
For example:
1 Corinthians 2:12-14 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. [13] Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches (is the Revelation inspired by the Spirit, where Paul spoke of not having received it of men but was taught it by the Revelation of Jesus Christ which the Father gave unto him to reveal?) ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. [14] But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Another example:
Luke 10:22 which reminds me of “The Revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave unto him to show to his servants. “All things
are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
No man knows who the Son is, except the Father.
Yet Peter was asked “who am I”
Peter knew.
because no man knows the Son, except the Father …what a blessing if you think about it. “Peter, no man knows the Son, except the Father. I mean no man Peter, not flesh and blood but the Father who knows the Son, He told you that I am the Son of God.” Or at least that is what I hear. Same as no man knows the Father, except the Son. Because if you have seen the Son …which no man knows except the Father…then you have seen the Father who the Son makes plain…flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.” First) My Father revealed to you that I am the Son of God. Second) because you see Me…you have seen you have seen the Father.
Over and over…blessed are you to hear God through the revealing of His Son. I’m not suggesting you disagree, only making my thoughts or input clearer…working through it also. It is interesting that the Revelation of Jesus Christ is the only one that gives those who see and hear and understand the Revelation of the Son …a special blessing. Simply in this bitter, sometimes almost unbearable world…it is blessing to hear from God “This is My Son, hear Him.”