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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
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...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,
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...Don’t Forget Israel: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 7:1-8)
When we think of the book of Revelation we probably think about the judgments (chs. 6-18), the coming of Christ (ch. 19), and the new heaven and earth (chs. 21,22). We may not think that much about Israel.
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...Worthy: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 5:6-14)
Worthy. Look that up on the internet and one of the first sites you see is a site that wants to help you sell your high end ring. They say, “The authenticity of items is of…importance to us. Every
Continue reading...The Need for Judgment: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 5:1-5)
Have you seen any paintings of the Last Judgment? I’m looking at a site where you can buy wall paintings for…your home? Most of the artists’ representations show naked people in distress (is
Continue reading...A Taste of Heaven: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 4:1-11)
Did Walt Disney think of Disney World and Disney Land as little tastes of heaven? Pastor Greg Laurie thinks so. As Laurie notes, the Bible tells us that God has put eternity in our hearts (Ecclesiastes
Continue reading...The Wealthy Church: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 3:14-22)
Many years ago I felt, with others in my congregation, that our church was acting in our own power and mistakenly feeling rich and healthy. But we could see the rot from inside. We began praying that Jesus
Continue reading...The True Megachurch: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 3:7-13)
This is the era of the megachurch, the large congregation. The largest megachurch in the world is Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea with about 480,000 members as of 2015. And there are many
Continue reading...Proof of Life: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 3:1-6)
I have a friend who took a job as pastor at a small country church. He was excited to be serving the Lord in this way until he realized that this congregation really didn’t want what he taught to
Continue reading...Relationship and Rectitude: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 2:18-29)
Would you be happy with your child if he didn’t love you or want relationship with you as long as he did the right things? If he did want relationship with you but tolerated all sorts of misbehavior,
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