Quotes about Revelation
No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight hereafter who does not in some measure behold it here by faith.
— John Owen
Without a spiritual wakefulness to divine purposes and connections in all things, we will not know things for what they truly are.
— John Piper
The Word frees us from smallness of mind (1 Kings 4:29) and from threatening confinements (Psalm 18:19).
— John Piper
I will give them a heart to know that I am The Lord." Jeremiah 24:7 He gives it at new birth, then again and again.
— John Piper
All the fullness of God is in Jesus (Colossians 2:9). All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Jesus (Colossians 2:3). Beyond what the Old Testament told us, whatever we need to know about God and how he relates to our lives we learn from what we hear and see in God's final, decisive Word, Jesus Christ.
— John Piper
Brand-new truths are probably not Truths.
— John Piper
Word corresponds to hearing, and glory corresponds to seeing. Ultimately God has spoken in order to reveal his glory for the enjoyment of his people. Therefore we must hear what he says in order to see what he reveals. The Bible does not speak of hearing the glory of God, but seeing it. Hearing is the means. Seeing is the goal. The aim of all our hearing of God's truth is the seeing of God's glory.
— John Piper
We do not know ourselves aright, Until we have the Father's light. We think we know ourselves and groan, Until we know as we are known
— John Piper
The word mediates the glory, and the glory confirms the word.
— John Piper
Thinking is not just entertainment on the stage of life where nothing is real. It is really useful in knowing the God who is really there. It is useful in knowing what God has revealed about himself and about this world and how we should live in it.
— John Piper
In all his self-glorifying acts in the world, God is revealing and giving himself to all who will receive him as their portion and their treasure. His self-glorifying is not only a "show," but a gift of himself.
— John Piper
In and through the Scriptures we see the glory of God. What the apostles of Jesus saw face-to-face they impart to us through their words. "That
— John Piper