Revelation 7:9-17; Immediately following the sealing of the 144,000 from the tribes of Israel, John sees another heavenly vision of a countless number of saints. They are wearing white robes and holding palm branches, which were a sign of victory in the Roman worldview. There is another praise-worship experience before the throne of God, then […]

Revelation 7:1-8; Chapter 6 closes with the unraveling of the cosmos and the frightened earth-dwllers crying out “For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” John then saw four angels holding back the winds of destruction, as a fifth angel appears with the seal of God to […]

Revelation 6:9-17; As the Lamb opened the first four seals of the scroll, the four horsemen were summonsed by the four living creatures to bring judgement and death upon the earth. When the 5th seal was broken, instead of another form of punishment for sin, John saw souls in heaven under the altar of the […]

Revelation 6:1-8; with the recent heavenly ‘interlude’ of chapters 4-5 completed, the Lamb begins to break the seven seals of the scroll taken from the Father’s hand. As each of the first four seals are broken, one of the four living creatures issues a command of, “Come!” First a white horse and rider appear, followed […]

Revelation 5: The Lion and the Lamb

Revelation 4:1-11; As John completes the dicated letters from the Glorified Christ Jesus to the seven churches in Asia, he looks upward to see an open door into heaven. The Lord calls him to the throne room of Yahweh-God, where he will see “what must take place after this“. Before any more visions are revealed, […]

Revelation 3:14-22; Unlike the churches in Smyrna and Philadelphia that were commended by Christ, the final church of the seven in Laodicea was found to have nothing praiseworthy. Instead, the Lord noted they were “lukewarm –neither hot nor cold” and warned “I am about to spit you out of my mouth“. Although they viewed their […]

Revelation 3:7-13; Christ’s message to the church in Philadelphia was similar to the church in Smyrna as there was no glaring area of sin or spiritual compromise. Jesus commends Philadelphia for keeping His word and remaining faithful to His name, despite the reality they had “little strength”. Once again, a hostile Jewish presense was called […]

Revelation 3:1-6; Christ’s fifthe message to the churches in Asia was addressed to Sardis. Unlike the four previous churches, Jesus had no commendation for Sardis and instead noted, “you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead”. The focus of this letter was corrective in nature, as they were told to “Wake up….Remember…Hold […]

Revelation 2:18-29; Christ’s fourth message to the churches in Asia. as dictated through the Apostle John, is to the church in Thyatira. Jesus first commends them for growing in love, faithfulness, service and perseverance, but then immediately addressed a profound internal issue. They had allowed a self-proclaimed false prophetess called “Jeszebel” to seduce them into […]