Scientists have found that our minds get programmed over time by repetition. But mere repetition doesn’t mean something is true. How many things do we believe because we’ve heard them often? These can become strongholds that get embedded in our minds and resist the truth.

       Such hardened concepts in our minds that distort how we see the world, and God, were also called “veils” in Scripture. A veil obscures people’s vision of us, but it also obscures our vision of other people. That’s why we’re told in 2 Corinthians 3:18, “But we all,...

       It is not enough to know the truth if we do not live it. It is also not enough to live part of the truth, though that may help us some. After an angel broke the apostles out of Herod’s prison, he told them to go and speak to the people “the whole message of this life” (see Acts 5:18-21). That’s what we need to hear and seek to obey.

       Jesus is that message. It’s all about Jesus. The book of Revelation, which we’re told in the first sentence is the revelation of Jesus...

       In Revelation, the Great Harlot is also called Mystery Babylon. In Scripture, names are given to people, or entities, to identify their nature. We’ve covered why this system is called the Great Harlot, and this week we will cover in a little more depth why it is called Mystery Babylon, as the message in Revelation about these seems to be beginning to unfold.

       An identifying feature of this tragic folly is men trying to get to heaven on their own. In Revelation, Mystery Babylon is a metaphor for the church that men tried...

       God’s love, truth, and justice are more powerful than any evil. Perhaps the most astonishing consequence of earth’s story is that, even after mankind rebelled and the earth fell into deep depravity under man’s dominion, God Himself determined that He is going to dwell on the earth among men! That reveals God’s absolute commitment to our redemption and restoration.

       This will make the earth, which has experienced the full maturity of evil and debauchery, His capital city of the entire creation! That is the depth and power of His redemption, reconciliation, and devotion to...

       Remember, the most important key to understanding the book of Revelation is understanding the first verse: “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place” (see Revelation 1:1).

       There is much in the book of Revelation about the evil that would arise in this age and the sequence of events that would transpire from the time John received this vision to the second coming of the Lord. But let us never forget that this is a revelation of Jesus Christ—not the...