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, […]
Spiking the football. The victory lap. The evil beast killed two of God’s finest. Acting like “Ding Dong the witch is dead!”, people all over decide to treat the dead with indecent indignity. They begin celebrating. “Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and […]
In the big picture of Revelation so far, we’ve seen that seven churches received letters from God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) as warning and encouragement for the days to come. Why warning? Ah, those “last days”. The churches are instructed that those who overcome will inherit various blessings belonging to the righteous in heaven. […]
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 […]
