Revelation 22:12-21; Jesus speaks directly to the reader by assuring, “Look, I am coming soon“. He reiterattes the words of the Father, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End“, asserting that He is co-eternal with Yahweh. Then Christ issues warnings to unbelievers and those who […]

Revelation 22:1-11; The angel who showed John the New Jerusalem took him to the source of the “water of life” that Yahweh-God mentiond in chapter 21. A river of water was flowing from “the throne of God and of the Lamb“.This river runs down the middle of the “great street” and nourishes the “tree of […]

Revelation 21:9=27; One of the seven angels who poured out the bowl judgements came to John and carried him away “in the Spirit” to the New Jerusalem. The immense size and fantastic beauty of the “Holy City” and dwelling place of God among the saints is almost indescribable. The twelve gates are made of giant […]

Revelation 21:1-8; Chaoters 19-20 wrap up the problem of sin, death and evil in the world with the casting of the beast, false prophet and Satan in the “lake of burning sulfur“. Then the great white throne judgement calls to account all those who rejected the gift of grace and faith through the atoning sacrifice […]

Revelation 20:7-15; The peaceful thousand year reign of Christ and the saints comes to an end as Satan is released from imprisonment in the Abyss. The evil one immediately employs deception, his most prolific weapon, to rally the unrepentant as a massive army marching against the city of Bod. At Armageddon, Christ destroyed the beast’s […]

Revelation 20:1-6; With the swift and decisive defeat of the beast, false prophet and their huge army at Armageddon, Jesus Christ, the “rider on the white horse” inaugurates his millennial reign on earth. Before that begins, and angel from heaven is sent with the key to the Abyss and a great chain with which to […]

I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 19 details John’s visions of the “rider on the white horse” with the “armies of heaven” following him to defeat the beast and his armies on earth. However, nothing is mentioned about the arrival of the church in heaven, other than the host of martyrs who are killed during the Tribulation […]

Revelation 19:11-21, Following the joyful celebration in heaven of the destructiong of Babylon and the “wedding supper of the Lamb“, the tone changes significantly. John sees a white horse whose rider is, “King of Kings and Lord of Lords“, who is clearly the Lord Jesus Christ. He is prepared to return to earth with the […]

Revelation 19:1-10; While the earth-dwellers mourn the destruction of Babylon, heaven is rejoicing over the end of the persecution of the saints of the Lord. John hears three worship sessions in heaven, praising the Lord for bringing just punishment upon the “great prostitutee” who has “corrupted the earth by her adulteries“. The twenty four elders […]

Revelation 18:9-24; At the destruction of Babylon by the beast and ten vasal kings, three groups of people were especially affected by the loss. The kings of the earth, the merchants and the mariners who most benefitted from their association with the “great prostitute” sand their lament with weeping and mourning. Yet they stood “far […]