Mystery, Babylon the Great. Interpretations vary from the Roman Catholic Church to a rebuilt future Babylon. What is this great end times entity to which John devotes two full chapters of the Book of Revelation? He was not alone–both Isaiah and Jeremiah also dedicated two full chapters in their prophecies to the topic of Babylon. […]
Revelation 17–The Great Harlot Read More »
The following links are to pdfs of PowerPoint presentations which I used in teaching a course on the Book of Psalms for the Leadership Development Group (ABWE) in Lisbon, Portugal, October 15-20, 2012. Some of the Scripture texts display some of the key words in Portuguese or the entire text in Portuguese–taken from A Biblia Sagrada
Psalms Studies in Lisbon, Portugal–October 2012 Read More »
Recently Dr Barrick has started a series on Hebrews at Placerita Bible Church in the evening service. Unfortunately, the first message was not recorded, so this is the second message in the series based on Hebrews 1:5-14.
A More Excellent Messenger Read More »
God’s climactic series of judgments against the Man of Sin’s counterfeit kingdom occur one after the other in quick succession. Amazingly, the hardened hearts of the followers of the Man of Sin continue their blasphemies and refuse to repent. All of it builds to a declaration of “It is done!” accompanied by a great earthquake,
Revelation 16–The Seven Bowl Judgments Read More »
A third great sign will appear in heaven at the time of the seventh trumpet. The sign consists of seven angels with the seven golden bowls containing the final plagues with which God will judge the earth. A crescendo is building up to the destruction of the Man of Sin’s counterfeit kingdom. Revelation 15
Revelation 15–The Seven Angels with the Seven Final Plagues Read More »
The 144,000 appear on Mt. Zion with the Lamb while six angels appear as participants in this scene from the future. This study of Revelation 14 seeks to identify the one sitting on the white cloud wielding a sickle and proposes an explanation for the river of blood as deep as the horses’ bridles. Verses
Revelation 14–Five More Messages Read More »
The 144,000 appear on Mt. Zion with the Lamb while six angels appear as participants in this scene from the future. This study of Revelation 14 seeks to identify the one sitting on the white cloud wielding a sickle and proposes an explanation for the river of blood as deep as the horses’ bridles.
Revelation 13:11-18 reveals the description, deception, and demarcation of the third person in the unholy trinity. This individual, also known as the false prophet, holds a relationship to the first beast (the man of sin) similar to that which the Holy Spirit has to Christ. See the post for Revelation 13:1-10 for the handout and
Revelation 13:11-18–The Second Beast: The Third Person of the Unholy Trinity Read More »
A careful analysis of the structure and flow of the Book of Daniel reveals a pattern to the treatment of prophecies throughout the book. “A Chart of the Prophecies of the Book of Daniel” show the systematic development of key topics in the book with regard to the major empires (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, Revived
Outlines of the Book of Daniel Read More »
Recently some biblical scholars have questioned the true height of the giant Philistine, Goliath. Their renewed resistance to the biblical record in 1 Samuel 17:4 arises out of a Qumran scroll among the Dead Sea Scrolls that contains a different reading that reduces Goliath’s height by three feet (nearly a meter). The Hebrew Masoretic Text
Was Goliath only 6.5 feet tall? Read More »
