The Devil Is Defeated: Christ’s Victory Over Satan

Jesus pulls back the curtain of history for John to reveal the true origins of the Great Controversy. If we needed any further evidence of who started this war between Good and Evil, look no further than chapter 12.  It would not be useful to see chapter 12 chronologically, as John ranges back and forth […]

7 Churches of Revelation: Messages to God’s End-Time Church

Seven Churches 1-4 Revelation 2
What is the condition of God’s church in the Christian era?
Enclosing Revelation like two bookends, Rev. 1:3 and 22:18, 19, we find John declaring this book is a prophecy, including the narrative of the seven churches, seals and trumpets.  Concealed in the prophetic imagery of the seven churches, seals and trumpets […]

Satan and His Allies: The Final Battle Against God’s People

Rev. 12:17   And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12 describes Satan’s attacks against God’s faithful people, including persecution by pagan Rome and later papal Rome during the 1,260 days/years […]

Seven Last Plagues: God’s Final Judgments Before Christ’s Return

“‘Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested’” (Revelation 15:4, NKJV).
Can our God of the Bible be just and there be no consequences for sin?    Did mercy and truth meet at the […]

John on Patmos: The Gospel Message from Exile

“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1:3, NKJV).
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ON THE BIBLE AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION
2 Timothy 3:16-17      16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for […]

Second Coming Verses: Powerful Bible Passages About Christ’s Return

So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Matthew 24:44
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and […]