History is a witness that if a truth gets institutionalized, it will become politicized and corrupted. This includes scientific truth or any other truth. Once it gets institutionalized, it can be subjected to the worst of fallen human nature. Those who stand for the purity of the truth and against...

“Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood. So then, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come” (Hebrews 13:12-14). Jesus lived and...

I suspect that some have now dropped their Word for the Week subscriptions because they became impatient waiting for me to get into more of the books of Daniel and Revelation. Patience is necessary, because as the Lord told John in the beginning of Revelation, this was given to His bondservants...

Everything the devil does to thwart the work of God, or that men do to supplant His work, ultimately advances the work of God. God’s work on His city and dwelling place among men has continued to benefit through the worst of times. The work is tested by these attacks, but it grows stronger through...

Some of the symbols or metaphors in Revelation are different ways to illuminate the same things. For example, the false church is called “The Great Harlot” and “Mystery Babylon” because each of these titles reflect a basic aspect of its nature. The false church is called “the Great Harlot” because...

As we continue to study the two churches portrayed in Revelation—the church God is building and the one man is building—we want to be careful not to become reactionary. We instead want to seek a vision for what God is doing so that our hearts are in it, to give ourselves to become part of His work...

“Mystery Babylon” in the book of Revelation is an illuminating title for the false church—man’s church that man tried to build—and it became an antithesis and persecutor of God’s church. This title reveals the roots and nature of this false church, which are in man. Mankind has not ceased to try to...

The apostle Paul wrote this to the Corinthians—and to us—in 2 Corinthians 11:2-3: “For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led...

In Matthew 24:4-5, Jesus warns about the troubles to come upon the world at the end of the age: “See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many people.” After the warning not to be misled, He addresses what is likely to be...