Revelation is a very intimidating book for a lot of people. Some preachers have misused this book as a weapon against their political rivals or to manipulate people through fear.…
Do you know what our ultimate destiny looks like? Many people think that our ultimate destination is heaven, an ethereal place somewhere up there. But, Revelation unveils the reality that…
There has been a lot of debate about end times, especially about Revelation 20. This is probably the most debated passage in Revelation. How do we understand this 1,000 years (millennial)?…
This is the story of the great wedding feast of the lamb. Do you like weddings? Do you like beautiful awesome weddings? Come and hear the story of the most beautiful wedding…
In Revelation 18, John of Patmos, inspired by the Holy Spirit, prophetically condemns the exploitative economic practices of Rome (symbolized by “Babylon”—the imperial domination system). John and the Spirit call first-century…
Chapter 14 unveils a vision of how the Lamb and his angels, and therefore, the church, respond to the beasts of coercive political empires and deceptive civil religion. Digging into this passage…
This is an important sermon during this election season. In chapter 12, we saw that the Dragon (called Satan) is waging war against the church. In chapter 13, we see that the…
Revelation 12 gives us a reimagined perspective of the nativity and reveals the story we didn't see. This passage teaches us to look again at the act of God becoming…
Chapter 11 is full of difficult imageries, but the embedded message in the passage is something really powerful. It tells us what the church is called to DO before the…
Chapter 10 is an interlude between the terror of judgment and the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven. The mighty angel tells John to eat the scroll. This means to…
The seven trumpets of Revelation 8.1—9.21, 11.15—19 are precipitated by the cries of the souls under the altar: men and women martyred for their faith in Christ. The "Day of…
In this chapter, the Lamb opens the seven seals of the scroll, God’s plan to bring the Kingdom of Heaven down to earth. The events accompanying the opening of the…
This chapter is arguably the most important chapter in the entire book of Revelation. There was and is so much persecution, idolatry, violence, and injustice going on in the world.…
Most of us go through life unaware that we are being moved by a vision of 'the Good Life,' because that vision is formed in our imaginations by the subtle…
Today, we are studying the message of Jesus to the churches in Philadelphia and Laodicea. Philadelphia: To a church locked out of communion from both Jews and Gentiles, Jesus said…
Today, we are studying the message of Jesus to the church in Sardis. There was no word of commendation for this church. Jesus gave the harshest word to this church:…
Revelation was written to show us that reality is more than what we see with our eyes. That’s the thesis of the book: things are not as they seem. This…
In the letters to the churches of Smyrna and Pergamum, the Risen Christ in the Spirit are unveiling (revealing) reality to the early disciples—both the sources of their opposition and what…
This sermon gives some of the keys to understanding Revelation. In addition, it digs into the message to the church in Ephesus. This was a church that was "energetic in…
The church was going through a very difficult time; they were persecuted and felt like God was not answering their prayers. In the midst of this, how does Jesus respond?…