December 12, 2025
“I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” (Revelation 3:8 ESV) The apostle John recorded Christ’s message to the church in Philadelphia,
December 10, 2025
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches…” (Revelation 2:7 ESV). John wrote to the seven churches under the authority of the Spirit of Christ. In all seven letters, he included this repeated call, echoing Jesus’ own words in the Gospels: “He that has ears to hear, let
December 31, 2024
“For I the Lord do not change” (Malachi 3:6 ESV). “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end” (Revelation 22:13 ESV). “Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!” (Psalm 150:2 ESV). “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a
December 28, 2024
“For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10 ESV). When John the Revelator heard the worship of heaven and the angel proclaim the blessing of being invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb, he fell down to worship the angel. But the angel rebuked him saying, “You must not do
December 25, 2024
Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake” (Revelation 16:15 ESV). Advent means “coming.” On this Christmas day we celebrate and remember Christ’s coming. Yet, this Christmas season also reminds us that He is coming again. Therefore, let us keep our eyes open. For Jesus has promised to return
December 22, 2024
“And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain” (Revelation 13:8 ESV). John’s prophecy tells of a figure that will recover from a “mortal wound” (Rev. 13:3), that will unite the
December 21, 2024
“And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it” (Revelation 12:4 ESV). In John’s revelation, the Lord pulled back the curtain between heaven and earth, allowing him to see things from a heavenly perspective. In Revelation 12, John saw the
December 19, 2024
‘So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”’ (Revelation 10:9 ESV). In John’s vision, he was given a scroll to “eat,” just as
December 18, 2024
“The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols…” (Revelation 9:20 ESV). In John’s Revelation, six of the seven trumpets have been blown, yet humanity still refused to repent. If God’s singular purpose during the coming Great
December 15, 2024
“And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer” (Revelation 6:2 ESV). John saw Christ the Lamb open the first of seven seals. The first four seals revealed the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The