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No Place to Hide: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (43)

We have seen judgment in the book of Revelation meted out as written in the seven-sealed scroll through the trumpets and the bowls. It resulted in the physical deaths of many. But there is a life after

He Shall Reign Forever: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 19:6-21)

George Frideric Handel crafted a masterpiece, his Messiah, in 1742, based on a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Coverdale Psalter, the version of the

No Raving God: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 19:1-5)

Religious people who preach the judgment of God are often depicted as the prophets on the street who, with a maniacal sneer, raise their fists and their voices and crazily rant against the perceived evils

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

Just Are You: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 16:1-16)

There was, in recent days, a challenge people were giving to one another to film themselves pouring iced water over themselves for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise funds for finding a cure for Lou

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 15)

Every branch of our armed forces has its own song. The lyrics usually are focused on the mayhem our forces are going to create and their unstoppable energy, with some acknowledging the reason we’re

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

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

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

Arise, O Sleeper: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 9:1-12)

His sons had told me how hard he was toward Christianity. Their attempts to get him to even hear their testimonies of finding Christ seemed to be met with anger and solid resistance. But now he was dying

The Merciful Judging God: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 8:6-13)

Many people find the final judgment of God hard to square with His love and mercy. I suspect, if they thought about it, they would find the absence of such judgment hard to square with his love and mercy,

Stunned Silence: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 8:1-5)

I remember watching in horror in 2001 as video captured two airliners crashing into the twin towers in New York and as they burned and ultimately crashed down upon themselves. To this day I don’t

Rest a Little Longer: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 6)

Few modern martyrs have changed the world by their deaths more than Jim Elliot, the missionary to Ecuador who was killed by the Auca or Huaorani natives in 1956. He had written in his Bible journal, “He

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