John is told to mesure the Temple. Measuring conotates ownership. God cares deeply about what is His. Are we His? Do we care about what is His? Then the two witnesses are sent to earth for 3 1/2 years, killed, and resurrected. A witness is not just something we do, it is something we are. Let’s be witnesses here on earth until Jesus returns!
Continue readingWe see another pause before the seventh trumpet is blown. The day of judgment has finally come. Just as the scroll that John was given to eat was sweet in his mouth but bitter in his stomach, the Word of God should bring both conviction (for ourselves) & compassion (for the lost). How much do we have to hate someone to not share the Good News of Jesus Christ with them?
Continue readingThe opening of the seventh seal signals the sounding of the seven trumpets, bringing destruction upon a third of creation. This is the Lord’s direct response to the saints’ cry, “How long, O Lord…?”. Retribution will finally be made against those who reject God’s love and choose evil.
Continue readingChapter 7 describes two groups of people: 1) 144,000 Jews 2) “Great Multitude” (Tribulation Saints) that will survive the Great Tribulation and enter into the Kingdom of God, where Jesus is on the throne and spreads His Tabernacle over them. Is Jesus on the throne of your life? Is He your covering today? Let’s surrender all to Him!
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Luke 24:1-11 – “A Revelation of Unanswered Prayer”
The disciples asked for a miracle, for Jesus to be delivered, but their prayers seemed to go “unanswered” when He was crucified. They weren’t expecting or praying for a resurrection, but the Lord was! Easter Sunday reveals the unexpected! What does God have in store for you that’s unexpected? He is the God of the miraculous!
Chapter 6 marks the start of the Tribulation period as the first four seals are opened, bringing deception, war, famine & death. God is showing us the consequences ahead of time, so that we might choose life in Him and be spared of His judgment and wrath upon the earth. It’s all about His love for us!
Continue reading“Worship His Majesty” – One of the two subthemes of chapter 5 is worship. Worship is a priority to God. It begins at the recognition of a completed action…the cross! True worship happens when we truly see the slain Lamb.
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John sees God sitting on His throne in heaven holding a scroll with seven seals (the title deed to the earth), which only Jesus Christ, the Lion of Judah, the Root of David, the Lamb of God is worthy to open. Jesus, our kinsman redeemer & heir of creation, is about to redeem the earth back from Satan!
John is taken to heaven in the Spirit and sees God the Father on the Throne of Judgement with the 7 Spirits of God, 4 living creatures & 24 elders around Him. Are we walking in the Spirit or in our flesh? Let’s be in the Spirit like John and receive revelations from the Lord!
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