You may have heard statements like “It’s always darkest before the dawn” or “Calm before the storm.” Each refers to a time just before the “Soon”. Silent, dark, stillness. In the flow of Passion Week, Jesus is in the tomb. Soon, everything will be made new because He defeated sin and death on the Cross. […]
A three-dimensional physical world and a life experience marked by time—that’s our frame of reference. From the time we’re born until the time we die, it’s with us … marked by movements of the sun and moon and stars, as well as by the movement of our earth. Physical objects and marked time condition us […]
Today’s passage separates the Christian-Happy-Wishers from the realists. The Christian Happy Wisher group wants to see all the good little Christians beamed up to heaven before things get really bad. They want judgment to happen only to those nasty evildoers at the Great White Throne and the good little Christians sit by with hands folded […]
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Revelation 20: 5-6 What “rest of the dead” and who was part of that first resurrection? I’m glad you asked. Let’s back up: […]
If you want to get into an argument with a theologian, this next passage is a tutorial.* * * Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is […]
Alright. I’m going to tell you a little secret. I love doing the photos associated with these devotionals each year. This year’s has proven a little harder because of the content. At times it’s been my favorite part…choosing images, rendering and piecing collages, to display visually what is going on. ***Not today. I don’t want […]
From the New Testament’s record of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry to Revelation’s Hallelujah! Lord God Almighty reigns…He is worthy of worship. “The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” When […]
Revelation 19: 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Compare with Revelation 17:14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings– and with him will be […]
We often think of war as not being godly and those who serve in armies as somehow not pillars of the faith. Like it’s an unholy pursuit. This passage is encouraging that even though we do not desire war, we’ve been in one since the fall of man back in Genesis. Revelation 19: 11 I […]
It’s nice to receive a wedding announcement, and even better, a wedding invitation. Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for […]
