Introduction: I have seen some idols when in Asia. Most but not all have eyes and ears but these sculptured organs are useless! Just because idols cannot see there are many who think that Jehovah God is the same! They reason that they can do whatever they desire and their actions don’t have consequences! WhatContinue reading “Psalm 94: 1-11….Does God have ears and eyes?”
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Psalm 93: 1-6….A watery Psalm!
1 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty;the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. – Some can pack oodles of thoughts into one sentence! In this sentence a) God is the King – He reigns. b) Majesty oozes from His every pore, so that He has an aura ofContinue reading “Psalm 93: 1-6….A watery Psalm!”
Revelation 18: 17-24….Babylon destroyed twice in Prophecy!
17 For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.”And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,“What city was like the great city?”19 And they threw dust on their headsContinue reading “Revelation 18: 17-24….Babylon destroyed twice in Prophecy!”
Revelation 18: 9-20….Who are affected by what’s happening?
Introduction: The Hebrew verb Karah (כָּרַע) means to submit to authority by bowing down or bending the knee in deference. The Biblical prophets used the same concept to compare the submission involved in having sexual intercourse. Possibly this was because part of so much of idol worship included sexual acts. Thus the use of theContinue reading “Revelation 18: 9-20….Who are affected by what’s happening?”
Revelation 18: 1-8….Are Babylon and Babel connected?
Introduction: In the original language of the Iraq area ‘Babylon’ means the ‘Gate to God’. In Gen 11: 1-9 the story about ‘Babel’ is with the mix of languages the same word. The Genesis account of what was attempted at Babylon, the ‘Gate to God’ was to build a structure to reach into the heavensContinue reading “Revelation 18: 1-8….Are Babylon and Babel connected?”
Revelation 17: 8-18….Thousands of years encapsulated in 11 verses!
Introduction: This is a devotional. This passage deals with things dating historically from the time in which Daniel lived until now and into the the future for a time which only God the Father knows! I list here both the OT & NT books which tie together with this passage in case you want toContinue reading “Revelation 17: 8-18….Thousands of years encapsulated in 11 verses!”
Revelation 17: 1-7….A Parallel Passage!
Rebellion, Unequal weights, Faulty judgements, False witnessing, Buggery, Infanticide, Abortion, Euthanasia, Sexual deviations, Lust, Murder, Hate, Domestic Violence, Rape, Child Abuse, Misogyny, Pride, Androgyny, Racism, Idolatry, Theft, Fornication, Laziness, False Education, Bad Governance, Half Truths, Deceptions, Heresy, Apostacy, Dishonesty, Lies, Gluttony. Gossip, Orgies, Envy, Uncontrolled anger, Quarrelling, Failing to Discipline, Family Distortions
Revelation 16: 7-21….BOOM!
Introduction: Read this as the end of a dramatic movie, although it will be horribly real when the seventh bowl is emptied on our home – earth!!Rev 16: 17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”Continue reading “Revelation 16: 7-21….BOOM!”
Revelation 16: 8-16….Bowls of Judgement poured out by Angels 4,5&6.
Introduction: You will remember if you read daily that this final judgement of God announced at the beginning of ch 15 read, “Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.” Yesterday’s poured-out bowls brought greatContinue reading “Revelation 16: 8-16….Bowls of Judgement poured out by Angels 4,5&6.”
Revelation 16: 1-7….The beginning of the end!
Introduction: Chapter 15 of Revelation which we looked at a couple of weeks ago began ‘Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.’ I suspect that as we read on many will say something likeContinue reading “Revelation 16: 1-7….The beginning of the end!”