December 27, 2023
‘Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, “Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her.”‘ (Revelation 18:4 NLT). John the Revelator wrote that he heard “another voice” calling out, perhaps the voice of Christ to His people. Like the angel who told
December 24, 2023
“And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb” (Revelation 15:3 NLT). The Apostle John saw a gathering of believers in heaven who had been faithful to the Lord, enduring the persecution of the beast during the tribulation, without worshiping his image nor taking his mark.
December 21, 2023
“She gave birth to a son who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away from the dragon and was caught up to God and to his throne” (Revelation 12:5 NLT). I’ve never seen Revelation 12:5 quoted in a Christmas card, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be.
December 20, 2023
‘Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: “The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever”’ (Revelation 11:15 NLT). With the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the host of heaven will shout with loud voices
December 17, 2023
“I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets” (Revelation 8:2 NLT). Seven is a significant number in the Bible. The Bible opens in Genesis with the seven days of creation and it begins to draw to a close with the seven trumpets of judgment in Revelation. The number
December 13, 2023
“Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come” (Revelation 4:8
December 12, 2023
“I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!” (Revelation 3:15-16 NLT). Jesus told the apostle John to write a letter to
December 10, 2023
“But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!” (Revelation 2:4 NLT). John’s revelation began with seven letters from Jesus to seven churches. Each letter mentioned something specific to the city in which the church was located. Most of the letters began with a commendation
December 23, 2022
THE SECOND ADVENT While exiled on the Isle of Patmos, the apostle John saw a vision of Christ’s second coming. His description of the Son of Man coming on the clouds was like what the prophet Daniel saw in his vision 600 years before Christ’s first advent. “Behold, with the clouds of heaven
December 22, 2022
KINGS ARE BORN IN PALACES BUT LAMBS IN A MANGER In John’s revelation, the curtain between heaven and earth was pulled back and he saw events from God’s perspective. From God’s eternal, beyond time, point of view, the Lamb was slain before the foundation of the world. For Jesus is the Lamb of God whose