“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for My name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first”- Revelation 2:2-3 The book of Revelation in...  Read More

“When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades”- Revelation 1:17-18 Lift up your head. Don’t be discouraged.We’re closer to the end than we’ve ever been. We can see the evidence. We’ve ...  Read More

“In His right hand He held seven stars, and coming out of His mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance”- Revelation 1:16 The Apostle John relays a physical depiction of God, and then he says, “In His right hand He held seven stars, and coming out of His mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword...” (1:16). There has been much dispute about what the...  Read More

“The hair on His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of rushing waters” - Revelation 1:14-5 For the first time in Scripture, we are given a physical illustration of God in the Book of Revelation. We’re told that His hair is white. Why white? Because this represents that He’...  Read More

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings” - 1 Peter 5:8-9 When have we been persecuted? We might have to dig a little to remember a time when we were put down for being a Christ...  Read More

“I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus” - Revelation 1:9 We often think of our tribulations as punishment. When we are in an undesirable situation, we might think we are being punished for our wrongdoings, or we might even blame it on bad luck. ...  Read More

“…To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power for ever and ever! Amen” - Revelation 1:5-6 God has made us to be a kingdom and priests. The Doxology not only relays the authority of the Trinity, but also the love of God. When Jesus died to save the world, that could have been t...  Read More

“Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth” - Revelation 1:4-5 The beginning of Revelation reveals that those who dwell on these words will be blessed. There are many blessings throughout the book of Re...  Read More

“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take heart what is written in it, because the time is near” - Revelation 1:3 There’s been a certain hesitation regarding the reading of Revelation that many Christians struggle with. The book can be confusing, so many shy away from reading it because they fear they won’t understand it. Most of us ...  Read More

“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon take place” - Revelation 1:1  By nature, humans want to know what’s next. We want to know who will win the Superbowl and when the next season of our favorite TV show will be released. We want to know if so-and-so is having a boy or a girl. We wonder what we’re getting for Christmas and where we’re going on vaca...  Read More

“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us…” - Romans 12:4-6 As we talked about yesterday, those of us who are Christians and following Christ are a part of God’s team. And each o...  Read More

“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not al have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us…” - Romans 12:4-6 As believers of Christ, we are all a part of a team — God’s team. Whatever your plan and purpose, it is ultimately to ...  Read More