As we wrap up this Series on Revelation these final verses highlight how Jesus-followers ought to respond in light of Jesus’s return. We all have a reaction to one degree or another when someone we are looking forward to finally arrives at our house. But what if that someone was the One, and He wasn’t just coming to our house from out of town but to all the world from heaven. What would we do?
This week as we get close to the end of the Book of Revelation we will focus on the “New Garden” (aka “Eden 2.0”), what we are meant to feel and do as we will be forever with the Father, face to face!
These verses, in a way, encourage the exact opposite of what characterizes those individuals from chapter 13 who follow the unholy trinity. In chapter 14 we see 144,000 who followed the Lamb rather than the Dragon. Their example in the opening verses and the exhortations that follow in the later verses, help us see the shape real faithfulness takes in the face of the fake trinity’s onslaughts using the acrostic (R.E.A.L).
When we were last in Revelation 12 a few weeks ago, I mentioned that the content of this chapter reads like an epic drama. And it is. But that doesn’t mean its fiction. In fact, its metaphor meant to relay truth about a real “dragon” that tries to devour a real baby boy but fails! In the wake of that failure, the dragon goes to war against those allied to the child. It is these allies (us) that this sermon will address. What is our role really in this epic drama. We probably think we know, and we probably are right to a point. But this chapter brings to light some details we may not have considered regarding our role in God’s great drama.
In Part 1 of this 2-part sermon will explore some of the “background” on the identity of main characters in this story (the Dragon, the Child, and the Woman) and how this story unfolds as well as how it even incorporates us!
In these closing verses of Revelation 11 we encounter what really seems to be a heavenly hymn. If such a thing strikes us as out of sorts in the midst of God’s wrath being poured out, then that may very well be the point. Should our focus be on the wrath or on Him? I believe it should be on Him, and it seems John agrees.
In this Sermon we will take a deep dive into the identity of the famous “two witnesses” of Revelation 11 and expound on who and/or what these two witnesses represent.
This week we explore some questions related to the identity and purpose of the “little book”. What is this little book exactly, why did God feed it to him, and how is this even relevant for us today? John must “eat Revelation” in order to really digest what is contained within it. Then and only then can he take it and share it with others. The same holds true for us today. We must devour this book, all of it!
We see in this text that God’s wrath is sure and severe, but sometimes we often miss some details about His judgments that this Sermon will reveal today.
In this Sermon we will look at some new insight regarding how we are to conceive of and think about heaven. So much of the heavenly happenings thus far in the book of Revelation includes resounding praise and worship, but here we are introduced to some new elements and will focus on how we might learn from them.