“HE changes times and seasons, HE removes kings, HE sets up kings.”
Far too often, church leaders exhort us to work diligently to elect politicians and pass laws of which they approve, claiming it is God’s will and warning of the dire consequences that will befall us if we fail to do so. Believers must fight tooth and nail for their chosen candidates and programs! But chosen by whom?
Continue readingThe 144,000 “males” on Mount Zion comprise the “first-fruit” of the final harvest, the priestly company that “follows the Lamb” – Revelation 14:1-5.
Previously, John saw the 144,000 “males” from the tribes of Israel encamped in the wilderness. Now, they appear together on “Mount Zion,” a priestly company and the “first fruits” of the greater harvest to come. They stand with the “Lamb” in contrast to the “inhabitants of the earth,” who bowed and rendered homage to the “beast.”
Continue readingSYNOPSIS: The saints overcome the Dragon and his forces through the death of the Lamb and their faithful witness, “even unto death” – Revelation 12:11.
In Chapter 12 of the book of Revelation, the “sign of the Great Red Dragon” appears, a sign that war has commenced “in heaven,” the battle between the Dragon and Michael the Archangel. Continue reading
Through a series of seven “beatitudes,” Revelation summons believers to faithfulness despite hostility and persecution.
The Book of Revelation is not a tool of divination for peering into the future. Instead, it summons God’s people to vigilance, right living, and faithful witness, all while living in a hostile society. It is not so much about when certain events will occur, but instead, how churches must “overcome” in their present situations and, thus, arrive at the city of “New Jerusalem.”
Continue readingSYNOPSIS – In Revelation, the “saints” are identified and defined by their relationship to Jesus, not ethnicity or membership in the nation of Israel.
The book of Revelation applies numerous labels to the people of God, including “churches,” “saints,” “elect,” “churches,” “priests,” “witnesses,” “seed of the woman,” “called,” “faithful,” and “my people.” This group consists of men and women “purchased” by the “blood of the Lamb” from every national and ethnic group – Ethnicity, nationality, and social status have no bearing on membership in the covenant community.
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