I have sought to lay a foundation for our study of the book of Revelation which we will continue in depth in 2025. However, it is customary to use the Words for the Week at the end of the year to recap the past year and look into the coming year. As has been the case of every year since 2014, I...

In the book of Revelation, there is a prophetic outline of God’s plan to restore the world to the paradise it was originally created to be. We also see God taking leadership over the earth and mankind being restored to a special place of fellowship with Him. So, as we seek understanding of the...

We have been talking about the Lord restoring mankind and the earth. In Revelation, mankind falls to its deepest depravity before the Lord comes to rule and restore. He said it would be like “the days of Noah,” which saw the worst corruption and evil the world would experience until the end of this...

God created man in His image so that man can have a special relationship with Him. Man is His greatest interest on the earth, but the earth itself is a great interest of His, too. We are even told in Revelation 11:18 that He will “destroy those who destroy the earth.” The first commandment to the...

Jesus did not come just to redeem man, but the whole world. He may love mankind more than other parts of His creation, but He loves all He created and will restore the earth to the paradise it was originally created to be, as the biblical prophecies declare. He may give most of His attention to man...

Continuing with our theme of “training for reigning” by seeking to understand the book of Revelation, we can see that the entire church—and the world—will go through great troubles before His coming kingdom. These tribulations are for the purpose of helping the church, and then the world, enter the...

As we have covered, the first sentence of Revelation is the compass that we must follow to stay on course to understand its vision. It is, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants” (see Revelation 1:1). This is a revelation of Jesus Christ to His bondservants...

It can be the greatest excitement to see how perfectly biblical prophecies have been fulfilled. Seeing this is not only encouraging, but it can give us a clearer picture of what is happening today—and what is about to happen. Such knowledge of the future will soon be the most valuable knowledge we...

Last week, we touched on the differences between living in fear and living by faith. This week, I want to pause our discussion of Revelation to talk about to keep fear from overtaking our faith as we get closer to the end of the age. Below is an excerpt from my book Overcoming Fear . *** In these...

Some consider it dangerous to seek revelation from angels, since cults and sects have started that way. That is true, so we need to acknowledge and learn how this has happened to avoid the same mistakes. It is dangerous to receive revelations from angels, but probably not as dangerous as not...