The final vision that John receives reveals details concerning the New Jerusalem. Readers normally ask two questions: (1) Does this city exists in the Millennial Kingdom of Christ or in the Eternal State? (2) Who are its citizens? Certain elements of the city’s description help answer those questions. The absence of the curse links everything […]
Revelation 21:9-22:5–The Holy City, The New Jerusalem Read More »
John writes about the series of events that take place with the Second Advent of Christ: the Great Supper of God, the chaining of Satan, and the 1,000-year reign of Christ in His Kingdom. Then John moves beyond the Kingdom to the events at its close: the loosing of Satan, the Great White Throne Judgment,
Revelation 19:17-21:8–Christ’s Return and Events After His 1,000-Year Kingdom Read More »
God’s judgment of the harlot Babylon unleashes a wave of Hallelujah choruses in heaven and prepares for the entrance of the bride of Christ. In the nature of prophecy, events occur in staccato-like fashion, one after another—sometimes difficult to determine their exact order. The marriage feast will occur as the bridegroom Himself leads His bride
Revelation 19—Rejoicing in Heaven and the Christ’s Return from Heaven Read More »
The Sunday prior to Thanksgiving became, for our class, a time of reflection and Thanksgiving. Our dear friend and church member, Nita Mays, had gone home to be with the Lord just the previous evening. Our beloved Dr. Mays was there in the class. We took time to look again at the Jesus before whom
Thanksgiving Review of Jesus in Revelation Read More »
When God judges Babylon, its fall will impact all nations, all kings, and all merchants. In the post-Flood world, Babylon became the archenemy of God’s kingdom. At the end of earth’s history, the great archenemy will be destroyed and the kingdoms of this world will give way to the kingdom of Christ. Babylon’s immorality, idolatry,
Revelation 18–The Judgment of Babylon Read More »
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 »
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
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