Tag: Today in the Word

John’s final vision in this book is one of Eden restored...All the ills that plagued us in the old world are healed. All that once divided heaven and earth has been removed.

[R]eality is far better than we can know. We can trust that God is preparing a place for us that will meet our every need and allow us to fellowship with Him.

The reference to Babylon is probably symbolic rather than geographic. Babylon had long opposed God’s people.

The Bible makes no apologies for God’s wrath. It is the just and holy response to those who oppose His outpouring of grace and mercy and choose instead to follow the lies of Satan.

THE LAMB'S VICTORY May 22nd, 2018 | Revelation 14:1-20 Before software, newspapers set their type manually, reserving the largest type for momentous events such as the outbreak of war....

God is neither surprised nor put off by our struggle to wait. He welcomes our hurting hearts and offers comfort while we wait on Him.

CREATION GROANS May 16th, 2018 | Revelation 8:1-13 The Renaissance painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci once observed, “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.” Silence can be emphatic. A...

Today’s chapter provides the answer: only those marked by God as His. This section is a pause or interlude that focuses on two important groups.

God’s wrath is the focus of the sixth seal. As the Lamb breaks the seal, a series of cataclysmic events unfold. A great earthquake rumbles.

This is the first of several scenes of heavenly worship. The images may seem strange, for they are intended to describe a heavenly reality in earthly terms.