With the blowing of the seventh trumpet we come to the end…again. Once again we stress that you cannot read Revelation in a time line fashion. It is more of a tapestry that you will see various pictures and scenes drawn out in an elaborate arrangement that you have to take in both individually and […]
Throughout history God has always had a spokesman to sound out His message. He had the Old Testament prophets, John the Baptist ending the OT prophet era and heralding in Jesus Himself the greatest spokesman of all. Then came the apostles and Paul. Then down through the ages evangelists, pastors, preachers, teachers and laymen have […]
I recently went to Moore, OK with a small team from my workplace to spend a day helping with the disaster relief from the tornado that swept through it on May 20th. Several of us who were assigned field work, spent the entire day working in a large field right on the edge of the […]
It’s interesting that in the beginning of chapter 9 with the blowing of the seven trumpets by the seven angels with the seventh seal opening that we saw a parallel between the blowing of the seven trumpets by seven priests after they walked around the great walls of the city of Jericho seven times on […]
Vs 1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. The fifth angel sounds his trumpet only when given the command from God. He is of a special group of angels […]
“I have decided to follow Jesus; I have decided to follow Jesus; I have decided to follow Jesus; No turning back, no turning back. Tho’ none go with me, I still will follow, Tho’ none go with me I still will follow, Tho’ none go with me, I still will follow; No turning back, no […]
Not only can the book of Revelation be seen as a giant tapestry of pictures and symbols that all interlink with one another as we have previously discussed, but another great way to view this book is as a magnificent opus, symphony or musical composition. A musical composition has many similar patterns that are repeated, […]
In answer to the question that comes at the end of chapter 6, the sixth seal, “who is able to stand?” we have hope in chapter 7. Nahum 1:6 says “Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger?” and that is true for everyone who does not receive the […]
Last week we saw the first four seals being broken open by the Lamb which released the four horsemen that symbolized four forces riding out into the four corners of the earth. These four forces were represented by different colored horses and their riders brought four different judgments upon the earth. The first horse was […]
Revelation 6:1-8 (read also Daniel 9 and Matthew 24) 7 seals 7th seal contains the 7 trumpets 7 trumpets 7th trumpet contains the 7 bowls 7 bowls Warren Wiersbe says “It seems strange to us that worship and judgment should go together, but this because we do not fully understand either the holiness of God […]
