In Revelation in 40, we’ve now arrived at the great climax of the conflict between good and evil. There will be no more interludes or pauses as there were with the seals (1-6 and then 7) or the trumpets (1-6 and then 7). Once God gets started with bowls of wrath, He isn’t going to […]
Let’s recap for a moment in our study of “Revelation in 40”. Seven churches received warnings and encouragement for the Last Days. They were instructed to overcome. And there were those who did so, overcoming “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so […]
Psalm 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation– whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life– of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3 Though an […]
Some choices you can walk back pretty easily. You buy. You regret. You return. Simple enough. Not so the eternal choice which comes with an expiration date and a point of no return. Revelation 14:1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had […]
That whole alliance of evil—the dragon, the first beast, and the second beast—are all about a twisted mimicry and mockery. Of those actions, none has attracted more attention through the ages than “the mark of the beast.” The false prophet (second beast) isn’t satisfied with simply tricking people to worship the antichrist, it now engages […]
Again, as our series on Revelation continues, we do not study evil to entertain ourselves as some sort of macabre obsession like binge-watching zombie movies. We study what is good and when Scripture leads us to protectively recognize evil when we see it, we do well to pay attention. Revelation 13:11 “Then I saw a […]
Our adversary, Satan, appears as a dragon and he’s got a couple of sidekicks, the first of which is the “beast coming out of the sea. “It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name… The dragon gave the beast his power and his […]
Remember Woe, woe, woe? Three of them. So far, we’ve seen woe number two ending with resurrection of the two witnesses who preached with fire and power who had been killed by the beast. Resurrection, terror among the inhabitants of the earth, and the second woe passed. But it doesn’t end there. Now we’re on […]
All seemed lost. Resuming our study of Revelation in 40, let’s pick up where we were before our Sabbath. The faithful witness of two of God’s best and brightest ended in a seeming triumph of evil as they were left for dead in the public square of sin. Among the infidels, there was gloating, a […]
“Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, […]
