The Coming World Devastation

Revelation 8:5-13 Is there anything as pleasant as a warm spring day by the gentle waters of some cool spring? Life-giving water is so precious and so pleasant that the Lord uses it to illustrate Himself – the fountain of living waters.[i] With Psalm 23, we love to...

Awed Silence in Heaven

Revelation 8:1-6 “And when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour” (Revelation 8:1). The loud and heavenly praise of God in Revelation 7 is followed by silence as those in heaven fall into quiet awe. What...

Servants around the Throne of God

Revelation 7:9-17 In the Word of God, glorious revelations often appear near episodes that are gross and repulsive. Sometimes the vision of God reveals what is vile – as it did for the humbled prophet in Isaiah 6:1-8. When Isaiah saw the vision of God’s holiness, he...

The Seal of the Living God

Revelation 7:1-12 Revelation chapter 7 is notable in several ways. It speaks of angels holding back violent winds and sealing the saints. It includes an inspiring vista of rejoicing people from every nation, tribe and language. This chapter demonstrates that when...

The Meek and Mighty Lamb, part 2

Revelation 7:17; 12:10-11, 14:9-10 The story is told of a young lawyer with a new law degree from a big city school who went to the American frontier. Now in those days on the frontier, civilized government and knowledge of the law were new developments. So it is said...

Alive Forevermore

Revelation 1:18 “And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:  I am He that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell...