Plumbing the Depths of Revelation 6
Revelation 2:12-17: Christ Jesus continued His dictation to John with a third message to the churches in Asia, this time in the city of Pergamum. Jesus immediately notes…
Plumbing the Depths of Revelation 5
Revelation 2:8-11
Under the direction of Jesus Christ, the Apostle John continued to record messages to the Seven Churches in Asia. Similar to Ephesus, Smyrna was a costal port town…
Plumbing the Depths of Revelation 4
Revelation 2:1-7
Following the profound introduction to the book, John immediately employs his commission byJesus Christ to "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now what will take place…
Plumbing the Depths of Revelation 3
Revelation 19-20; John receives his first startling vision on the Lord's Day on Patmos. He is jolted by a voice "like a trumpet" and turns around to see…
Plumbing the Depths of Revelation 2
Revelation 1:1-8
John self-identifies as the author of these "words of prophesy" that were given by God through Jesus Christ. Those who engage the complex visions and messages will be…
Plumbing the Depths of Revelation 1
Revelation 1:1
John introduces the final book in the New Testament canon by first explaining it was given as a "revelation" or apokalyto from the Greek root. To some theological…
Assessing the State of our World 7
Matthew 24:36-44
Our wrap-up of the prophetic words of Jesus to the disciples in the Olivet Discourse. Christ reveals that "no one knows" the day or hour of His return…
Assessing the State of our World 6
Matthew 24:26-35
Jesus continues the Olivet Discourse with additonal warnings about false messiahs coming in his name. Then He relates the parousia or second coming will be a global event,…
Assessing the State of our World 5
Matthew 24:15-25
In the next section of the Olivet Discourse, Jesus warns His discples about another coming violation of the holy place in the temple called the "abomination which causes…
Assessing the State of our World 4
Matthew 24:9-14
In the second section of the Olivent Discourse, Jesus reveals that committed disciples would face persecution and even death for identifying as Christians. The Lord uses the unsettling…