Revelation 14:8-13; After seeing the 144,000 in heaven with “the lamb” and hearing a “new song” being sung by the victorious witnesses, John then sees the first of three angels. His message was the “eternal gospel”, focusing upon the theme of repentance and proper worship of Yahweh-God. The second angel then announces tha fall of […]
Revelation 14:1-7: With all the darkness on earth during the “great tribulation“, the reader of Revelation should be duly unsettled. However, John receives a series of timely visions to provide comfort and encouragement. First he sees the Lamb standing on Mount Zion and with Him are the 144,000 who have been sealed by the angel […]
Revelation 13:11-17; The third member of the trinity of evil is introduced as “a second beast coming out of the earth”. Unlike the beast from the sea, this satanic individual uses persuasion and deception to cause the remaining earth dwellers to worship the antichrist. He will be empowered to do great signs and compel the […]
Revelation 13:1-10; The focus of chapter 12 was the rebellion of Lucifer/Satan/Dragon and expulsion from heaven. His primary goals is to attack and destroy “the woman” whom we identified as the nation of Israel. To accomplish these dsstructive plans, he empowers a “beast” from the sea who shares the devils power, authority and throne. A […]
Revelation 12:13-17; When the dragon realized he and his group of fallen angels had been hurled from heaven to earth, his anger was immedately directed at “the woman”. We understand this to be a reference to Israel, whom God raised up through Abraham and cared for throughout the scope of the Bible. The “woman” then […]
Revelation 12:7-12; Following the introduction of the woman, dragon and child, John is given a vision of a time of turmoil in heaven. The rebellion of the dragon, who swept a third of the stars from the sky, is detailed as the initiation of a war in heaven. The archangel Michael and holy angels fought […]
Revelation 12:1-6; As John was looking at the heavenly temple and Ark of the covenant, a “great sign” appeared of a pregnant woman about to give birth. Her special appearance points to Genesis 37 and the dream of Joseph to help identify the woman as the nation of Israel. Next appears another “sign”, not a […]
After a 40 year career in missions to PNG, Marlene is enjoying a well deserved break in retirement. It has been a joy and honor to support Marlene for so many years and to hear her final missions report and overview.
Revelation 11:15-19; Following the second woe, the seventh angel sounded his trumpet to usher in the next series of end times events. There were loud voices in heaven, announcing, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Messiah”. Another heavenly worship session then takes place as the twenty four […]
Revelation 11:7-14; When the two wintesses of God finish their 42 month ministry, the “beast that comes from the Abyss” will attack and defeated them. Since their prophesy included manifestaions of power such as plagues and turning water to blood, the earth-dwellers who have suffered through that span of time will be greatly relieved. They […]