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Revelation 3:14; 22:13 or the “amen” God. The Lord Jesus is

The first three titles of this article come therefore reminding those at Laodicea
from the words of the Lord Jesus to the that His word is true, unchangeable and
reliable (hence the familiar phrase “verily,
church at Laodicea. As with every church, verily” as recorded in John’s Gospel). He
the Lord presents Himself to the assem- is also declaring that every promise God
bly in a way which speaks directly to the
pressing spiritual needs of the saints. has made will be faithfully fulfilled in and
Christ is the Amen, the Faithful and True through Him: “For all the promises of God
Witness, and the Beginning of the (new) in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the
Creation of God. This is what Laodicea glory of God” (2Co 1:20 KJV).
should have been for God, but she had When we say “Amen” at the end of our
failed. She should have been a faithful and prayers, we are saying to God, “Let it be
true witness to the spiritual and heavenly so”; we have presented our desires and
promises which are secured in the Amen; requests in keeping, we trust, with the
instead, she was consumed by the material will of God. Thankfully, God knows bet-
riches and goods of this world. She should ter than us, and what is better for us, thus
have displayed the spiritual character of some of our requests remain unfulfilled.
the new creation; instead, she became an In contrast, when God says “Amen,” He is
expression of the natural creation, full saying, “It shall be so!” There is no doubt.
of nauseating self-sufficiency and pride. An omniscient God makes no mistakes,
Nevertheless, if these saints could grasp and the purposes of an omnipotent God
something of the glory of the Person of will never fail.
Christ, they could rise above the prevail- The Faithful and True Witness
ing conditions of the day. And so can we.
The book of the Revelation describes
The Amen an end-time trinity which will include
This title is an implicit reference to the the “false prophet” (Rev 16:13). He will
deity of the Lord Jesus. Though the title is “deceive them that dwell on the earth”
not used of Christ elsewhere in Scripture, (13:14) and bear false witness to the Man
it is used of God twice in the Old Testa- of Sin. But the Lord Jesus is no false wit-
ment. In Isaiah 65:16, God is the “God of ness. His witness was faithful towards
truth,” literally, the God of the “amen.” God. He never misrepresented His Father,
In Deuteronomy 7:9, the God that de- only ever speaking those things He heard
livered Israel from Egypt and keeps His of Him (Joh 8:26) and only doing those
covenant promises is “the faithful God,” things He saw His Father doing (5:19).
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