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Revelation 1:1

The first verse of Revelation (translated 'apokalupsis' from the Greek, and often called the Apocalypse) makes a very important statement that is too often misconstrued, misapplied, and even mistranslated... often giving it a meaning that is opposite to the truth, resulting in all sorts of confusion. Revelation is not an Apocrypha as many teach (something that is hidden) but an Apocalypse; a revealing, an unveiling, a disclosing, a making known.

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Revelation 1:3

A unique and glorious blessing is given to the person who reads, hears, and puts into practice the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which is found in the last book of the Bible. Revelation is the unveiling of the Lord Jesus - the revealing of Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, which the Father gave to Him so that He, in turn, could tell His servants the amazing things which must shortly and speedily come to pass at the consummation of all things. And Jesus sent it read more...

Revelation 1:4

It was the apostle John to whom the Lord Jesus gave an amazing unsealed prophecy from God, which was to unveil the glorified Christ in heaven and draw back the final secret curtain on God's future sovereign plans and purposes for the world.

But as if to reassure His children concerning the cataclysmic events of the future, which the aged apostle was yet to record, we hear the reassuring message: "Grace to you and read more...

Revelation 1:5

All that we were, all we are, and all that we hope to be, is encapsulated in the unique Person of Jesus Christ. All that God has done, all that He is doing, and all He will continue to do in us and for us, is rooted and grounded in Christ - humanity's great Champion. He alone can testify, "Behold, I was dead, but now I am alive forevermore." He alone is worthy to bear the titles of 'The faithful Witness', 'The Firstborn from the dead' and 'The read more...

Revelation 1:6

This final book of the Bible is an unveiling of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and through its pages, the Holy Spirit gives us a peep behind the scenes of the glorified Christ in heaven and how He will complete God's plans and purposes for mankind.

Revelation is an open book for all who will read and take to heart the things that it contains. For those that walk in spirit and truth, it reveals God's hidden purpose for read more...

Revelation 1:7

Although Israel rejected their Messiah at His First Coming, they will by no means miss His second: "He is coming with the clouds and every eye will see Him." This includes those from the twelve tribes of Israel who pierced Him and cried out: "We will not have this Man to rule over us... let His blood be upon us and on our children." But Christ's pleading prayer from the Cross will be answered on that day: read more...

Revelation 1:8

The final book in Holy Scripture is the full and final revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to the risen, ascended Lord Jesus Who in turn gave it to the aging apostle John through an angelic messenger, to show His bond-servants things which must soon take place. And as soon as John had completed his greetings to his readers, we read: "'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty.'"

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Revelation 1:12

The book of Revelation describes, in detail, the events of the future time of Great Tribulation which is coming upon the whole earth, following the Rapture of the Church but preceding Christ Second Coming, when He returns with power and great glory to set up His eternal kingdom. This is the start of His 1000-year reign on earth before fashioning a new heaven and new earth, for His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and His truth endures forever and ever.

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Revelation 1:13

It was John, the beloved disciple, who loved his Lord with a deep passion and who had walked with Jesus from the start of His three-year ministry, that was given this unique glimpse of the risen, ascended, glorified Son of Man. It was John who opened our understanding to things which must shortly come to pass. John penned the "Revelation of Jesus Christ", which God gave Him, to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place, and Jesus sent and read more...

Revelation 1:14

The most glorious yet awe-inspiring description of Jesus Christ is given in this first chapter of the Revelation to John, for our learning. The apostle had lived alongside the Son of Man during His sojourn on earth, and bore witness that Jesus was the incarnate Word of God. But in the twilight years of his life, while banished on the Isle of Patmos, this old man received visions of glory and judgement.

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Revelation 1:15

The most astonishing description of the Lord Jesus Christ is given in this first chapter of Revelation. Having appeared as the suffering Servant Who was sent by the Father to expiate sin, once and for all, through the sacrificial offering of Himself on the Cross, He is revealed in the book of Revelation as the risen, ascended, glorified Son of the most High God.

He is the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning read more...

Revelation 1:16

Many consider that Revelation is a difficult book and one to be avoided, but the Word of God is living and powerful, and Scripture is its own faultless interpreter. It is God's final word to us about the Person and Work of Christ Jesus, His beloved Son Who completed His work on earth and today is seated on the right hand of the Father. God the Father gave the content of Revelation to Jesus, Who relayed it to John through His angel. It was given for our read more...

Revelation 1:17

Scripture tells us all that we need to know of God's wonderful plans and marvellous purposes for our salvation and eternal security, which is only found in Christ. And the book of Revelation gives a précis of Who God is, what He has done, what He is doing, and what He will do in time to come.

It was the beloved John, that fiery son of thunder who, in his twilight years, was selected to be the final mouthpiece in God's amazing read more...

Revelation 1:18

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ was the event that declared Him to be 'The Son of God'. He was the living One Who died, but rose again from the dead. Jesus was the preeminent One. He was the First to rise from the grave, the First-Fruit of them that slept.

Though fully God, Jesus was fully Man, but He was the sinless Man upon Whom death had no hold. He sacrificed His life willingly to pay the price for the sin of the world and read more...

Revelation 2:7

On at least 3 occasions in the gospels, we hear the Lord Jesus giving a warning on the importance of hearing His message, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." However, in a couple of chapters in Revelation we have this same warning given to the Church, seven times, with additional instruction, "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

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Revelation 2:10

Smyrna is one of the 7 Churches mentioned in Revelation. This small body of spirit-filled believers faced serious poverty, and yet they were commended by the Lord Jesus because they were spiritually rich. They were also severely persecuted by Rome and slandered by the Jews for the sake of Christ.

Unlike other churches, they were not admonished or rebuked by the Lord Jesus, but they did receive some special words of read more...

Revelation 2:11

Bitter suffering and significant poverty had to be endured by the persecuted believers in the church at Smyrna, but unlike His letters to the other six churches in the book of Revelation, Christ gave no rebuke to this little Christian community.

Smyrna means 'myrrh', which refers to the sweet-smelling perfume used to embalm the dead... and like their suffering Saviour, these believers in Smyrna were going through some of the worst read more...

Revelation 2:25

From the very beginning of the Christian Church, false teachers have abounded and deceitful doctrines of demons have tortured and twisted the good news of the gospel, blinding the eyes of the unsaved and causing many believers to be led astray.

The serious problem of twisting God's Word and causing many to stray from the truth and adopt another gospel, can clearly be seen in the challenging letters Christ delivers to the seven read more...

Revelation 2:26

There were things that were good in the church at Thyatira and there were men who were faithful to the Lord... but there was much that was unbiblical and many of their members entered into immorality and idolatry - having a form of godliness and yet denying the Lord Who bought them.

When a body of believers or denomination chooses to compromise the truth of the glorious gospel of grace, we identify a church that corrupts its read more...

Revelation 2:29

The Lord Jesus wrote seven letters to the seven churches in the book of Revelation, one of which was addressed to the church at Thyatira. He gave the people there an important message and a solemn warning. They were to listen carefully to the content of this epistle and they were all charged, "He who has an ear... let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

The instruction to hear what the Spirit says to the read more...

Revelation 3:2

There is urgency in these words from the apostle John as he continues the revelation of Jesus Christ, to the church at Sardis: "Be alert," he exhorts his readers: "Be watchful!" is Christ's command to these believers, "Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which are about to die," was the Lord's challenge to the Christians at Sardis, "for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God."

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Revelation 3:4

The sad truth about the Church in Sardis, was that despite its lively appearance, busy activity, and great reputation, it was spiritually dead, and Jesus was very verbal in His undisguised condemnation of the majority. However, this verse addressed a little remnant of faithful believers, commending them for their good deeds and godly life: "But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are read more...

Revelation 3:5

It is the Church in Sardis to whom the Lord is writing in this passage. The people in this fellowship gave the appearance of being alive, vibrant, and effective to those in the world, and yet the Lord Jesus denounced them as dead, and complained that He had not found their deeds to be complete, in the sight of God, for they had defiled their garments, and walked in an unworthy manner.

They were obviously regenerate individuals, read more...

Revelation 3:11

The church at Philadelphia in this verse is generally referred to as 'the faithful church' and is one of the two churches in Revelation that do not receive a word of rebuke from the Lord.

Although the church at Philadelphia was small in number, they faithfully held fast to the truth of God's Word and patiently endured the difficulties and trials they faced, in a world at enmity with God. They did receive a warning: read more...

Revelation 3:12

In sending His seven letters to the churches early in the book of Revelation, the Lord Jesus gives great insight into the spiritual temperature of the Christian Church... as the day for His return to earth draws ever nearer. We know that we are closer to that day than when we first believed, and are exhorted to be holy, for the Lord our God is holy. Indeed, we are encouraged to watch for Christ's any day return for His Church, for we do not know the day nor the read more...

Revelation 3:15

The letter to the 'Church of the Laodiceans', is perhaps the most solemn and thought-provoking of all of Christ's post-Resurrection communications to Church-age believers. This letter is the last of seven letters to different churches in Asia Minor.

Jesus is the omniscient God Who knows the very thoughts of our inner heart - and He did not give one word of commendation and praise to these Laodicean believers. The condemnation that read more...

Revelation 3:19

Christ's advice to the church at Laodicea was that their whole value system needed to be changed - their values, their attitudes, and their focus. They needed to look away from the things they highly esteemed in this world and set their hearts on the spiritual. They needed to cherish that which is of eternal worth, and pursuing the treasures of heaven rather than the trinkets of earth. They needed to fix the eyes of their heart upon Jesus, their Saviour and read more...

Revelation 3:20

Many use this verse as an evangelism verse for the unsaved, but in reality, like all the seven letters in the book of Revelation, this is a warning to the Church of Christ (saved believers who are part of His Body and Bride). This verse is written to the one that has already been justified, made righteous through believing on that the Lord Jesus Christ Who died on the Cross as their own sin substitute, for His death paid the price for all sin.

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Revelation 3:21

The last of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation, is the church of the Laodiceans who were neither hot nor cold, but were identified as sickeningly lukewarm. The Lord would have preferred one extreme or the other... but disinterest, self-sufficiency, and ignorant complacency, best categorises this apathetic, apostate congregation.

Indeed, we find Christ, the head of the Church, standing outside the door and knocking - read more...

Revelation 3:22

Not only were Christ's seven letters to the churches in Revelation written to a specific congregation of believers, but each letter has remained relevant for generations of Christians and remains equally relevant today. Indeed, a blessing has been promised to all who read and take to heart the things that are written in these seven epistles... and we would do well to carefully read, mark, learn, inwardly digest, apply, and take to heart, all that read more...

Revelation 4:1

Once John was charged to write the book of Revelation, when he met with the resurrected, glorified Lord Jesus in chapter 1. Then, having received Christ's 7 letters to the 7 churches in chapters 2-3, he is given a vision of the throne room of God and commanded to, "Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."

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Revelation 4:8

How blessed was the apostle John, who was the chosen witness to write of the Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave to Him to show His servant what was soon to happen. And how blessed are we to receive it, for this is the eternal God and great Creator of the universe, Who has deigned to tell us ahead of time, details of His glorious plan for us and perfect purposes for the world in which we live.

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Revelation 5:1

In chapters 4 and 5 of Revelation, John is summoned into the throne-room of the Creator God through a door standing open in heaven. He recognised the trumpet-like voice that spoke to him earlier, and a dazzling sight met his eyes. As he became accustomed to the glory that surrounded him, John saw a great throne. Seated on the throne, was One Who was so magnificent that His appearance could only be compared with precious sardius and jasper stones encircled by a read more...

Revelation 5:4

After the seven letters to the Churches, John is summoned up into the throne-room of heaven with the words: "Meta tauta (Come Up Hither)." He is greeted with multitudes of angelic beings glorifying God, and 24 stately elders who are seated on thrones and wearing golden crowns on their heads. As the apostle looks around this majestic, awe-inspiring company, he sees the God of heaven, sitting on a magnificent throne, holding a scroll which is read more...

Revelation 5:6

The amazing things John witnessed during his heavenly vision, fill us with wonder and awe. He saw multitudes of angelic beings worshipping at the throne of God. There were 24 stately elders casting their crowns before the Lord, crying out, "O Lord and God, You are worthy to receive glory, and honour, and power, because You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created."

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Revelation 5:7

John is given a glimpse of the heavenly throne-room of the great God of the universe, Who held the seven-sealed scroll in His right hand. John instinctively knew that unless this scroll was opened, and the seven seals broken, God could neither complete His plans and purposes for mankind nor absolve Himself from Satan's accusations - and so the distraught apostle wept bitterly, for there was no man that was worthy to read more...

Revelation 5:9

What an astonishing sight met the apostle's eyes after his supernatural rapture into heaven... as he saw a scroll, sealed with seven seals, being held in the hand of the Ancient of Days. He sat upon His heavenly throne in power and great glory - encompassed about by a magnificent emerald rainbow and a sea of glass before His feet.

John understood that this sealed document was the one and only way for mankind to be redeemed. But read more...

Revelation 5:9

Christ's seven letters to the churches, contain valuable information for all who are born from above. They give godly guidance on how to walk in holiness of heart and humble obedience before the Lord. They inform us of those things that displease the Lord but they also detail the things that honour Him - and we are exhorted to listen attentively to all that the Spirit tells us through His Word.

But following Christ's epistles to read more...

Revelation 5:12

The seven-fold glories in this verse are sung in resplendent praise and worship to the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the precious Lamb of God. It is in praise of Him that this wonderful chorus of rejoicing and worship will resound throughout the universe, when the enemy of our soul has been routed, and the gracious plans and wise purposes of God, (in establishing Christ in His rightful position on the throne of the universe) will be finally accomplished.

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Revelation 6:1

When John was caught up into the throne-room of heaven, He saw a document sealed with 7 seals, in the hand of the Ancient of Days. It could only be opened by the Lamb on the throne. Only the slain Lamb of God was worthy to break the seals and open the scroll. He alone is worthy to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

The content of any sealed scroll is un-alterable... but read more...

Revelation 6:2

The wages of sin is death, and the only way for man to be saved is EITHER - to live a perfect, sinless life, OR - to accept God's offer of salvation, for the forgiveness of sin, through Jesus Christ. The first way is impossible for sinful man, leaving only one way to be declared righteous by God and gain salvation - by grace through faith in Jesus.

There are NONE that are good! There are NONE that live a perfect, sinless life! read more...

Revelation 6:4

Because of unbelief, Israel failed to enter their promised rest and receive their inheritance, when they first crossed the Jordan and entered the Promised Land. They failed, once again, when they did not recognise the 'Day of their Visitation', and crucified the Lord of glory. And for 2000 years - during the dispensation of grace - Israel has been set aside as God's witness on earth. However, the main purpose of the Tribulation read more...

Revelation 6:5

The Lamb on the throne was the only One Who was worthy to open the seven-sealed scroll and set in motion the full force of God's judgement and wrath, on a world, that not only rejected the Father, and the Holy Spirit, convicted the world of sin, righteousness, and judgement, but they also rejected the Lord Jesus Christ - the second Member of the Godhead, Who came to earth as a Man, to pay the ultimate price for the sin of the world. They even rejected the One Who read more...

Revelation 6:6

The seven seals of Revelation 6 begin to lay-out the chronological progression of the Great Tribulation. The first four judgments depict four horsemen, who gallop onto the world scene bringing devastation and distress to a world that has rejected God's offer of salvation, through faith in Christ's sacrificial death on Calvary and His glorious resurrection from the dead.

For 6000 years God has given man the opportunity to turn to read more...

Revelation 6:8

The world is only too familiar with the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Books have been written, poems have been penned, and pictures have been painted in an attempt to portray the carnage that is to befall the world during the great and terrible Day of the Lord. Songs have been sung, orchestras have fiddled, films have been produced, and preachers have proclaimed the happenings of the Great Tribulation when the wrath of God will be poured out on a God-hating, read more...

Revelation 6:17

Universal destruction is brought about by the opening of the sixth seal as a great earthquake erupts in the world. Old and New Testament prophets describe the terrible events that are ushered in, when this seal judgement begins. The bright shining of the sun will be turned dark, the moon will become blood-red, the sky will roll up like a scroll, and every mountain and island will be displaced from its location: "For the great day of their wrath has read more...

Revelation 7:4

The first five chapters of Revelation set the scene for the Great Tribulation (the time of Jacob's Trouble as it is often referred to in the Old Testament). This is a time when God will punish both unbelieving Israel for rebelling against Him and rejecting His Son, and the Christ-rejecting sinful nations of the world. However, God is a merciful God and this will also be a time when a multitude without number, both Jew and Gentile, will turn to Christ for read more...

Revelation 7:9

Throughout the Church dispensation, God is reconciling the world to Himself, through the Church. However, during the Tribulation Period, He will once again reach a lost world, through the nation of Israel.

Once the Church has been raptured, God will continue His plan of salvation through His people, Israel. Instead of the Church proclaiming the gospel of the grace of God to a lost world, 144 thousand Jewish evangelists will start to proclaim the gospel read more...

Revelation 7:17

The 70th week of Daniel heralds the prophesised Great Tribulation, which is sometimes called the 'Time of Jacob's Trouble'. It occurs after the Christian Church has been removed from the world, at the Rapture. The 70th week is the first seven years of, "the great and terrible Day of the Lord," which reaches forward into the Millennial Kingdom of Christ.

Daniel's 70th week is triggered in heaven when the Lamb on read more...

Revelation 8:4

Throughout the Scriptures, the people of God are called to pray, and their prayers are often pictured as a sweet-smelling incense, ascending to the Lord. And in this verse, we reach a dramatic point in the unfolding book of Revelation, where a mighty angel came and stood at the holy altar of God holding a golden censer in his hand. Much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the read more...

Revelation 8:6

God's plan of redemption is laid out meticulously from the creation of the world to the endless ages to come, and the book of Revelation outlines the timing of the events that will take place during the seven-year Tribulation. 

The 7-year Tribulation period is the beginning of the 'Day of the Lord'. It will start when Jesus, the Lamb on the throne, will break the first seal on the seven-sealed scroll in heaven and, one by one, a read more...

Revelation 10:4

There is a blessing in the book of Revelation for all those who read it, listen to it being read aloud, and take to heart all that is written therein. This prophetic book paints an incredibly detailed word-picture of what will one day take place during the time of the seven-year Tribulation period which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, and includes the terrible time of Jacob's Trouble.

But although a panoramic view of God's read more...

Revelation 11:3

The person and work of Christ is the central focus of all prophecy, and the book of Revelation is the full and final unveiling of Jesus Christ, and is the climax of God's purpose and plan for His creation. Following the Rapture of the Church, this book reveals the future, which begins with a series of judgements that punish the godless nations for their rejection of His only begotten Son and His redemptive plan.

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Revelation 11:15

The 7 trumpet judgements begin once the 7th seal is broken, following a period of silence in heaven which lasts for about half an hour. Both the seal judgements and the first six trumpets will be sounded during the first three and a half years of the Tribulation, and for those 1260 days, God's two witnesses will proclaim the truth of the gospel. They are given power to shut up the sky so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying, and read more...

Revelation 12:9

Satan is the enemy of man's soul who prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. He is that hissing serpent of old who was responsible for the fall of man and often appears as an angel of light - but he is the evil author of deceit and deception, the father of lies, and a murderer from the beginning.

By twisting the truth of God's Word, he blinds the eyes of men and women to the truth of the glorious gospel of read more...

Revelation 12:11

Satan is the great accuser of the saints of God who has pursued the people of God down through the centuries with an intense hatred, and the coming Tribulation is a time when the devil's vicious attacks will increase in intensity against both Jews and Christians.

Although Church-age believers are not appointed to face the wrath of the Lamb during the coming time of terrible Tribulation, the enemy of our soul attempts to accuse the read more...

Revelation 13:8

The gospel of grace is so simple that a little child can understand that God sent His dearly beloved Son, to die in our place - to be the propitiation for our sin, and to take upon Himself the punishment that we alone deserve. Yet the gospel of grace is so unfathomable that it staggers the minds of men and angels - that God should send His only begotten Son to die for the sin of a world, at enmity with Himself - so that all who believe in His finished work at read more...

Revelation 17:14

Jesus told us that in this world we will suffer tribulation at the hand of our enemies and through the wiles of satanic forces in high places. They will seek to destroy and discourage us, but we are saved by grace through faith in Christ and are not appointed to wrath.

As Church-age believers, we will not have the wrath of God poured out on us during that fast-approaching time of Jacob's Trouble: that seven-year Tribulation period read more...

Revelation 19:8

The Church, which is Christ's Body, is the Bride. Christ, Who is the Lamb of God, is our holy, heavenly Bridegroom. Indeed, the excitement and happiness that surrounds an earthly wedding is a dim shadow of the wonderful joy and glorious thrill that will take place at the marriage of the Lamb.

We are told that, "it was given to the Bride to clothe herself in fine, clean, bright linen," and then we discover that read more...

Revelation 19:11

The Second Coming of Christ was foretold in the Old and New Testaments. It is that future occasion when Christ intervenes at the end of that terrible time of Jacob's trouble when He will return in power and great glory to set up His long awaited kingdom on earth, and bring in a time of peace and prosperity for all.

His disciples longed to know what would be the sign of His coming, the end of the age, and the start of His kingdom read more...

Revelation 19:13

The return of Christ to set up His Millennial Kingdom, the destruction of the wicked, the rejoicing in heaven that accompanies His second advent as Supreme Ruler of the universe, and the marriage supper of the Lamb, are the topics of focus in Revelation chapter 19. 

Not only is this the climatic chapter of the entire book, but it reaches the glorious consummation of God's redemptive plan, when He establishes His King on Zion's read more...

Revelation 19:16

A day is coming when Christ will judge the world in righteousness and all His judgements are faithful and true, for He is the express image of the invisible God Who has united justice with peace; and His everlasting name is the 'Word of God'.

He is the express image of the invisible God and the full radiance of God's glory. He is the exact representation of His eternal being Who sustains all things by the might of His powerful read more...

Revelation 20:1

There are many diverse interpretations of this passage by those who reject the 1000-year long reign of Christ on earth, but for those who interpret the Bible literally, historically, and grammatically, there is no conflict. Chapter 19 tells of the events surrounding the Second Coming of Christ at the end of the 7-year Tribulation period, while chapter 20 gives a panoramic overview of the glorious Millennial reign of Christ on earth; from the binding of Satan at the read more...

Revelation 20:4

The most amazing revelation of Jesus Christ was given to the apostle John, when he was banished to the inhospitable Isle of Patmos.

The final chapter in God's plan of redemption is played out in graphic detail, until the Lord Jesus, the supreme Ruler of heaven and earth, bursts through the clouds accompanied by the armies of heaven, with "King of kings and Lord of lords," written on His robe and on His thigh.

Once the evil Beast and read more...

Revelation 20:6

The resurrection of the body is a blessed biblical truth that is often overlooked or misunderstood. Man is a tripartite being, made up of spirit, soul, and body. We are born dead in trespasses and sins but our human spirit is resurrected - or made alive at the point of our salvation. After salvation, throughout our entire Christian life, our soul is being made new through a process of practical sanctification... as day by day our read more...

Revelation 20:11

From beginning to end, the Bible gives clear, systematic teaching that man is a sinner and under the eternal wrath of God. But God in His grace formulated a perfect plan of redemption for all mankind by sending His only begotten Son to become a Man, so that His perfect life and sacrificial death would satisfy God's righteous anger against all sin, including my sin and including yours.

Only those who believe on His death, burial, read more...

Revelation 21:1

The Bible is God's wonderful plan of man's redemption from start to finish. From the beginning in Genesis to the book of Revelation, we discover the plans and purposes of God (which were made in eternity past) unfolding before our eyes and we start to recognise the tender-mercies of our Saviour and the loving-kindness of our great Creator.

The heavens and earth, which was created, fashioned, formed and filled by God, was cursed read more...

Revelation 21:4

Weeping, we are told by the Lord, shall endure for a night - and the welling tear-drops that have blurred our vision and the floods of tears that have dampened our pillows will one day be wiped away. God Himself will dry every tear, for He enters into every searing pain and each aching heart. Not one secret sigh that crosses the portals of our minds, nor one stabbing pain that cuts deep into our hurting hearts is missed by our gracious God of love - for He read more...

Revelation 21:6

From beginning to end, the Bible reveals God's plan of redemption. It stretches from before the creation of the world and the fall of Adam, to the revelation of Jesus Christ, the ushering in of the eternal kingdom of God, and far beyond into the eternal ages to come.

When Satan has been judged, the wicked have been punished, death has been destroyed, and all things have been placed under His feet, read more...

Revelation 21:7

The Cross of Christ overcame sin, death, Satan, and the world system which has been engaged in fierce warfare against all that is of God. This battle of the ages has been raging since man first sinned in the garden of Eden, a conflict which has blinded the minds of many to the truth of the glorious gospel of God.

Christ overcame the world, the flesh, the devil, and death itself at Calvary, on behalf of all who trust in His name read more...

Revelation 21:8

In his Gospel, John tells us that those who believe in Christ are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already: "Because they have not believed in the only begotten Son of God."

'The Second Death' which is mentioned in this verse, is reserved for EVERYONE who has not trusted in Christ for their read more...

Revelation 22:13

There are a plethora of false religions with atheistic doctrines and blasphemous accusations, that proclaim their antichrist agenda and introduce a myriad of counterfeit gods and false Christs in their attempts to defame the true and the living God. But there is only One Who is almighty to save; only ONE Who was, and Who is, and Who is to come, the Almighty. There is only One omniscient and omnipotent God Who identified Himself as: "I AM WHO I read more...

Revelation 22:16

The whole crux of God's plan of redemption, is that man sinned.. and the wages of sin is death, which speaks of man's spiritual separation from God, for all eternity. Death is the bitter fruit for all humanity, and there is no possible way for man to reach out and eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the paradise of God.

The only possible way for the Lord to forgive man's sin, is if a perfect, sinless man was prepared to give read more...

Revelation 22:17

The book of Revelation is divided into distinct sections. The first few chapters are addressed to the Church and explain where we are in history and what is God's expectation of those that are saved, by grace through faith in Christ. John is given the important task of revealing the Person of Christ - the Lamb of God Whose sacrificial offering of Himself on the Cross is brought to a climax in this book, as He is revealed in all His might, majesty, dominion, read more...

Revelation 22:18

The book of Revelation gives great hope and encouragement to the believer. It not only tells how the Lord Jesus will right all wrongs and deal with the distressing evils of this world, but it also tells of the glorious Millennial Kingdom of Christ, and provides a tiny glimpse into the eternal ages to come, when all that was lost at the fall will have finally been restored to the Father through Jesus Christ, the read more...

Revelation 22:19

The story of redemption in the Bible stretches from the creation of the world to the making of a new heaven and a new earth. From the fall of the first man, Adam, who rebelled against God and whose sin caused destruction to reign upon the earth (as the icy fingers of death began to be wrapped around the throat of every man), to the coming of the prophesied Messiah; the perfect Man Who came to save His people from their sin and graciously gives the water of life read more...

Revelation 22:20

"Surely I come quickly," are the final words of Christ recorded in Scripture. This staggering statement was made three times in the final section of Revelation. These words of Jesus flood our heart with encouragement and assurance that His return is imminent.

What joy fills our hearts as we consider this exciting promise from the Lord Jesus, in the final chapter of the Bible. His words are faithful and true, and His final read more...

Revelation 22:21

The last chapter of Revelation is also the final chapter of the Bible, where we are treated to a glimpse of the Holy City - the New Jerusalem where the shining River of Life, with its wonderful healing properties, streams forth from beneath the throne of God and of the Lamb. It was the apostle John who was given this brief look into heavenly places. He saw the Tree of Life, which speaks of restoration, with its leaves for the healing of the nations, bearing twelve read more...