Luke 2:1-7, 19-20; The birth of Christ given in greater detail by Luke than the other three gospel authors. Joseph had to register in Bethlehem, his ancestral home due to an edict from Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. So he traveled the roughly 100 miles south with his new wife Mary, who was well along in […]
Luke 1:39-45; 57-66; Continuing in Luke’s gospel account of the birth narrative of John and Jesus, Mary traveled 80-100 miles south to visit pregnant relative Elizabeth. When she arrived, Luke records the unborn John reacting powerfully to the presence of Mary and the unborn Jesus Christ. Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit and proclaims […]
Luke 126-38; Six months after the Lord send the angel Gabriel to Zechariah with the prophesy of a coming son, Gabriel was again instructed to visit another person. Instead of an elderly priest serving in Jerusalem, his mission was to a young virgin in the little town of Nazareth in Galilee. Her name was Mary […]
Luke 1:16-25; Luke begins his gospel account with the startling visitation of the angel Gabriel to elderly priest Zechariah. It had been over 400 years since the Lord sent a messenger angel to disclose His plans for the coming of Messiah. Zechariah was told his elderly wife Elizabeth would conceive and bear a son to […]
Psalm 100: Our Thanksgiving season message focused upon David’s wonderful song of thanfulness and praise to the Lord. Key aspects to a proper heart of worship is having a right view of God as Creator and the keeper of His people. His love endures forever.
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 […]