Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The …
“Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete. And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having …
The Book of Revelation was addressed to seven specific churches about events that would shortly come to pass. That narrows the context, audience, and timeframe for us. So, when the Four Horsemen are unleashed: Power, War, Famine, & Death, where were they heading? Answer: Israel. Matthew 21:33-45 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who …
Vern Poythress commenting on Revelation 4:10-11: “The living creatures are answered by the twenty-four elders. as by a kind of antiphonal choir. The elders bow down, acknowledging the majesty and authority of God, then pledging their submission, obedience, and reverence. Their crowns, victory wreaths of honor, have meaning only as they are seen as derivative …
The following list is (mostly) from Vern Poythress’ The Returning King. We discussed how we could evaluate our own church through the eyes of our Lord in hope of being found faithful. Our session has also taken this on as an assignment to study chapters two and three of the Book of Revelation as a …
“To show things which must shortly come to pass.” Some endeavor to limit this expression to chapters two and three. But since the same expression occurs in the last chapter of the book it is evident that it must refer to the bulk of the message. “Shortly” can mean nothing else but close at hand …
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then …
“…the priority of the daily bread and butter of the self-pleasing life–that is what takes us into the world, the arena in which Christ’s Lordship is not recognised and where his writ does not run.” The Message of James – J.A. Moyter
“If we are to live for Him in the world, there is a constant issue of commitment, loyalty, to be faced: are we His or are we not? Are we His, not by virtue of a past decision allowed to grow stale, but in the daily pressure of the often small things by which our …
“He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around the globe.” From Knowing God by J.I. Packer
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