SCRIPTURE: Revelation 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made…
getting back what we give?
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.” [Revelation 18:20] Babylon is a symbolic name for an oppressive, invading government – Europeans would call Nazi Germany a Babylon, the Israelites saw the Rome as a…
protected and purified from the world
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.” [Revelation 17:14] In this vision, John sees the ruling power of his day (Rome) as a prostitute, living off…
repent or refuse?
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him. [Revelation 16:9] This vision is shaped after God’s judgment against Egypt and Pharoah, with the many signs and plagues, and the people refusing to repent….
the last days
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image…
side by side, yet separate
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God…
say NO to the beast!
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. It was given power to wage war against God’s holy…
pursued but protected
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would…
super-power witnesses
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. [Revelation 11:6] In the time that the judgments…
sweet and sour
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Revelation 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’” I took the little scroll…