Eschatology – Page 9 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Millennial Dream: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 20:1–10)

People have sought a perfect kingdom forever, with humans at the head of that kingdom. No utopian dream as ever come true, yet it remains a dream. We were made for the garden of Eden, made for God’s

Seduced by the Dark Side: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 18)

Have we been seduced by wealth and the pursuit of wealth? It is a question worth asking because it is depicted as one of our and God’s major enemies to be dealt with in the last days. After this

Malevolent Obsession: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 17)

When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness he offered to give him all the nations of the world if only Jesus would worship him. Satan can only think in terms of power for himself and subjugation for all

Death in the City: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 16:17-21)

Many movies have been made that show great destructive enemies (Godzilla, invading aliens, extreme weather, etc.) destroying the great cities of the earth. We’re drawn to these in part because we

The Rapture?: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 14:14-20)

I believe in a rapture that occurs before the 70th week of Daniel, before the last seven years of earth history before Jesus returns to establish his kingdom on earth. Does the book of Revelation describe

Blessed Are the Dead: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 14:6-13)

You’ve heard it many times. “It was a blessing that she went on, she was suffering so much.” Though death is our great enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26), as Christians we know that what comes

666: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 13:11-18)

666 is the sum of the first 36 natural numbers ( i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + … + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666), and thus it is a triangular number. The number 36 = 15 + 21; 15, 21, and 36 are also triangular numbers;

Endurance and Faith: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 13:1-10)

A young Christian couple in northeast India was beaten the first of April, 2019, by an Adivasi couple. The Adivasis are the indigenous people of India, many of whom are Hindus with a streak of animism.

Satan’s Wrath: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 12:13-17)

Considered a spy for the British, even though he was an American, missionary Adoniram Judson spent 20 months during 1824-27 in a rat-infested prison, fed poorly, sometimes suspended by his feet, his head

No More Access: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 12:7-12)

Have you ever heard someone say that God cannot abide the presence of evil? That is patently false, as we can see from the book of Job, in which God talks to Satan in heaven about Job, and, as we shall

Our Great Enemy: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 12:1-6)

Who has been the enemy of mankind from the very beginning? Who has been the unseen antagonist behind every attempt to destroy God’s people? Who has sought to co-opt God’s kingdom and make it

At Last: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 11:15-19)

Christians of every generation have wondered if the kingdom of God was not about to come in their day. It feels normal and healthy for that to be our expectation. It means we haven’t forgotten. We

Whoa, Woe: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 11:1-14)

We are still looking at the seven trumpets that announce and send judgment on earth from God. Six of the seven have already sounded, the last three also being described as “woes” and the second

God’s Mystery Revealed: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 10)

The last seven years of the Daniel 9 prophecy are begun with a covenant that the “prince who is to come” (Dan. 9:26, the man of lawlessness in 2 Thessalonians 2:3) makes with Israel, a covenant

Hardness of Heart: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 9:13-21)

We are in that portion of the book of Revelation (the “things to come” portion, see Rev. 1:19) describing the judgment God sends on the earth. It is all taking place within a three and a half

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