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Come, Lord Jesus: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 22:14-21)

The book of Revelation is one of the most intriguing books in the New Testament. Who doesn’t want to know the future? Even before I became a Christian and was simply a church-goer, I was curious

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Come to the River: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 22:1-5)

Rivers! They are amazing sources of prosperity. They have food, and, of course, water. They offer a way of transportation. They can be harnessed to turn a turbine or a mill. The control of rivers is often

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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

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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

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Singing of the Kingdom: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 14:1-5)

“‘I will sing with the spirit, I will sing with the understanding also. (1 Cor 14:15). The components of any spiritual experience are heart and mind—the heart to will and the mind to grasp;

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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

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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

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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

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A Taste of Heaven: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 7:9-17)

How many sermons have you heard on heaven? I haven’t heard very many. I’ve read a tremendous book about heaven by Randy Alcorn, called, appropriately, Heaven. Revelation 7 gives us a little

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Judgment in the House of God: Daily thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:9–11)

Sometimes one of the reasons the world is put off by our talking about judgment from God is that we make ourselves out to be superior to them as those exempt from this judgment when in fact we participate

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A Brief Introduction: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:4-5a)

Revelation is just that, a revealing of what must soon take place. God is telling His people something He has been wanting to explain since the very beginning. We know since Genesis 3:15 that God has been

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Not By Might Shall One Prevail: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 2:1-11)

James A. Garfield was our 20th president and served only 6 and a half months because he was shot by an assassin four months into his presidency. But even more remarkable than this is how he became president.

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The Second Coming: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:24-27)

The great persecution of the Great Tribulation and the outpouring of judgment by God on those who do not believe, is leading to something, something wonderful.  Jesus is coming back!  Jesus, the king,

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Eternal Marriage and Resurrection: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:18-27)

Marriage vows often include the promise to remain faithful until death do us part.  Latter Day Saints, however, have a way to be married eternally (not because of eternal love but as a means to becoming

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Cleansing the Temple: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 11:15-19)

In Martin Luther’s day the church was selling indulgences, “get out of purgatory sooner” cards, and playing on people’s love for their relatives and desire to see them reach heaven

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