While Revelation was not written as a secret code to predict Jesus’ return, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t mean to inspire study. Intensive study. Today’s passage sends us deep into Ezekiel to see how John is recreating a vision and then expanding it. Revelation 11:1 I was given a reed like a measuring rod and […]
“7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.” (Revelation 10:7) Continuing our study of Revelation in 40, there are enough odd statements in the lines of Scripture that we don’t need to […]
Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot […]
Let’s take a quick moment to point out that Revelation (that we’re studying for Lent) is not a strict chronology. We can’t follow it like numbered connect-the-dots to form the picture. We’re passing through an interlude describing the spiritual battle. The seventh seal is open, and five trumpets have sounded. Where are we? John gives […]
It’s good–after a week of world tumult that seems out of control, and when the vignettes in our Revelation Lenten study have turned to thoughts of judgment–to remember that the results are not up to us. God wins. That’s assured. And His character ensures the judgments will be just in the Last Day. Here is […]
An eagle appears and indicates the progression is now to the inhabitants…mankind. “As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!” (Revelation 8:13) […]
The trumpets do not bring judgment, only herald it. The angels do not inflict judgment on their own choice. As created beings, they cannot be the source. You see, it’s a holy war and only God has the authority to send judgment upon mankind. Everything else is created by God and therefore has no authority […]
The shofar, or trumpet as it’s often translated, was sounded repeatedly in Scripture. It was used for many reasons such as sounding an alarm, announcing a battle, engaging in spiritual warfare, honoring holy days like Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, worshiping God, heralding the Return of Christ, and proclaiming Judgment to come. Often it was […]
Heaven is filled with praise of God. Scripture says, “Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” (Revelation 4:8). Praise […]
Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal […]
