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14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. This verse is a good example of the need to understand the rules of interpretation of literature. People who areContinue reading “2Dec2008 Rev 7:14”

3 “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” Here in the book of Revelation we have been looking at a time in heaven when a scroll is being unrolled. There have been a series of wax sealsContinue reading “1Dec2008 Rev 7:3”

11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed. Our culture teaches that death is the worst thing that can happen, that if we don’tContinue reading “30Nov2008 Rev 6:11”

11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” What a statement of hope! No artificially inflated superstar status here. God is the genuine article. He doesn’t need a PR team, focus groups,Continue reading “29Nov2008 Rev 4:11”

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” One of the problems in understanding the truth of Scripture when it comes to holiness, is that we don’t have a good parallel concept in our contemporary vocabulary. Holy used to have a meaning that was derived from theContinue reading “28Nov2008 Rev 4:8”

21 To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. Sitting on someone’s throne just doesn’t have the same meaning for me as it does for those whose cultures have a supreme ruler like aContinue reading “27Nov2008 Rev 3:21”

15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. The Jesus-followers in the city of Laodicea fell into a spot spiritually that is easy forContinue reading “26Nov2008 Rev 3:15-16”

12 Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and IContinue reading “25Nov2008 Rev 3:12”

10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. God has the ability to protect us from trials, and sometimes He does. Sometimes the trials work aContinue reading “24Nov2008 Rev 3:10”

8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. The believers in the ancient city of Philadelphia learned an important lesson: even when your strength isContinue reading “23Nov2008 Rev 3:8”