Tag Archives: Revelation

1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.” God is a merciful God. He does not want to give people what they deserve. His justice is always tempered by His mercy. This is especially true whenContinue reading “16Dec2008 Rev 16:1”

16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. This harvest is very different from the one highlighted in the following verses. This harvest does not appear to be a harvest of judgment. The following harvest of grapes concludes with the grapes being crushedContinue reading “15Dec2008 Rev 14:16”

1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. Satan is not the only one who uses an identification system. God also marks those who are His own. God will write His nameContinue reading “14Dec2008 Rev 14:1”

16 He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This verseContinue reading “13Dec2008 Rev 13:16-17”

15 He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. Part of the sequence of events that will close out this chapter of history contains some terrible persecution of believers. One of theContinue reading “12Dec2008 Rev 13:15”

9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. One of the features of the literary style of apocalyptic literature that can confuse readers is the use of imagery. In previous chapters aContinue reading “11Dec2008 Rev 12:9”

19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm. God’s dwelling place in heaven is so holy, so magnificent, that when it is opened for John to look into,Continue reading “10Dec2008 Rev 11:19”

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.” There will be a point in time when what is reality in heaven will beContinue reading “9Dec2008 Rev 11:15”

6 These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. For those who are familiar with the OldContinue reading “8Dec2008 Rev 11:6”

7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets. There is coming a day when all the prophecies of the whole Bible will be fulfilled. Right now, however, there are some promises andContinue reading “7Dec2008 Rev 10:7”