Revelation 14: 6-13….Please sit up and LISTEN!

6 Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7 And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship himContinue reading “Revelation 14: 6-13….Please sit up and LISTEN!”

Revelation 14: 1-5….Apocalyptic writing needs contextual understanding!

1 Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was likeContinue reading “Revelation 14: 1-5….Apocalyptic writing needs contextual understanding!”

Revelation 13: 11-18….The wolf in disguise?

Introduction: Does God expect us to un-fathom what this is all about? The are 2 more beasts and some perfect 7’s to come after this; seven angels, seven plagues, seven bowls of God’s wrath! Maybe we won’t understand it perfectly but I am convinced that we will be blessed if we look honestly and prayerfullyContinue reading “Revelation 13: 11-18….The wolf in disguise?”

Revelation 13: 1-10….Is this a Fairy Tale?

Introduction: My honest answer to the question in the title is ‘no’! 1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet wereContinue reading “Revelation 13: 1-10….Is this a Fairy Tale?”

Rev 12: 7-12….Is this a war that involves us?

Introduction: If you read yesterday’s devotional I copied the whole of chapter 12 of the book of Revelation but only commented on the portion printed in red. Today, I’m concentrating on the portion in brown which yesterday I said was about ‘War in heaven between Good and Evil forces. Victory won for those on theContinue reading “Rev 12: 7-12….Is this a war that involves us?”

Revelation 12: 1-6….Do the colours mark thought divisions?

Introduction: I have quoted the whole of chapter 12 but printed it in three colours because I believe that we have three different, although related, thoughts highlighted! a) Thoughts about a pregnant woman, her adversary and what happened at the time of the male child’s birth. b) War in heaven between Good and Evil forces.Continue reading “Revelation 12: 1-6….Do the colours mark thought divisions?”

Revelation 11: 15-19….Back in Heaven again.

15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their facesContinue reading “Revelation 11: 15-19….Back in Heaven again.”

Rev 10: 8-11: 3…Is this book a straight line story?

11 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. AndContinue reading “Rev 10: 8-11: 3…Is this book a straight line story?”

Revelation 10: 1-11….Don’t dare say it!

1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. 2 He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, andContinue reading “Revelation 10: 1-11….Don’t dare say it!”

Rev 9: 13-21….A verbal ‘video’ of events to come!

Introduction: With my way of doing things – doing roughly a week of each an OT book, Psalms, and a NT book – when I come back to one of them it is possible to have forgotten the context of where I start rewriting! I think of chapters 4 to the end of this bookContinue reading “Rev 9: 13-21….A verbal ‘video’ of events to come!”