A Letter for the Churches and for Us
Read: Revelation 1:1-7 In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Rom. 8:37) Why do I return to the introduction again? John must have written it after the visions. How excited he must have been to send this book to his churches! How it must have amazed, encouraged and […]
The King’s Promise to Return
Read: Revelation 22:6-21 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. (John 14:3) The seven episodes of Revelation interpret each other. More than 500 allusions to other Bible passages are like footnotes. Revelation isn’t unique […]
A Scintillating Crystal Cube
Read: Revelation 21:9-22:5 Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb. (v. 9) John sees a sparkling, jeweled crystal cube. The angel says it’s the Bride, the Church descending from God. Her people are born of God. She is set down on the new earth, her eternal home. Heaven! Each element named […]
A New Earth
Read: Revelation 20:11-21:8 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true” (21:5) Multitudes stand before the throne. All the unrepentant dead are raised—whether buried, cremated, drowned, bombed to bits, or lost in space! Their […]
April 2023 Prayer Guide
NEPAL — Pray for the team in Nepal as they continue to work toward expanding the number of languages and dialects they produce media in. Nepali society is divided according to caste levels and societal groups. Unique programming by locals of different areas of the country is likely to speak more closely to the needs of […]
Thrones, Priests and Martyrs
Read: Revelation 20:4-6; Eph. 2:4-7 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. (Eph 2:4-5) The “1000 years” is most of the period between Jesus’ birth and his return. John sees people on […]
The King and the Red Dragon
Read: Revelation 20:1-3, 7-10 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matt. 28:19-20) Revelation […]
Last Battle and the Vulture Banquet
Read: Revelation 19:11-21 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? (Mal. 3:2) Our Warrior-King has his sword in his mouth. His sword is his Word. It is our sword too, to challenge ideologies, persuade skeptics and lovingly draw seekers. Our King also carries a scepter to […]
Return of the White Horse Rider
Read: Revelation 19:11-21 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. (2 Cor. 2:14) Suddenly the Bridegroom appears! The Warrior-King with the penetrating eyes, the Rider on the White Horse. We saw him in Revelation 6, riding […]