THE BOOK OF REVELATION
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Daily Readings: Revelation 21-22 and Psalm 63 The final chapters of the Revelation are filled with the promise of the new creation. When Jesus returns as King and Lord of all, the entire universe is re-created, never to be corrupted by sin again. In this glorious new creation, God dwells with His people in a
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Daily Readings: Revelation 19:5 – 20:15 and Psalm 62 As the final chapters of John’s vision unfold, the heavens resound with praise: ‘Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. The heavenly anticipation of
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Revelation 17:1 – 19:4 and Psalm 61 At the end of Revelation 16, John’s three-part vision of the Age of the End and the images of the seven seals, trumpets and bowls comes to an end. In the rest of the Revelation he sees a series of three visions that show the final coming of
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Daily Readings: Revelation 15-16 and Psalm 60 In chapters 15-16, John sees a different depiction of God’s will for the progression of the Age of the End, this time symbolised in the seven bowls of God’s wrath. Wrath means God’s settled anger against sin (i.e. rebellion against His love and His will), and I marvel that
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Daily Readings: Revelation 12-14 and Psalm 59 John says that he saw a “great sign”, and that sign appears to continue throughout Revelation 12-14. Taking our devotional, birds’ eye view of that sign is actually a great way to get to the heart of the meaning for us today. Looking too closely and trying to
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Daily Readings: Revelation 10-11 and Psalm 58 If we step back to take a birds-eye, life-application view of the deep symbolism of Revelation 10-11, I feel a devotional message for the believer might just become apparent. This revelation about the Age of the End seems directed at the People of God specifically. After all, we
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Daily Readings: Revelation 8-9 and Psalm 57 In Revelation 5:8, before John saw the Lamb unsealing the scroll containing the God’s will for the progression of the Age of the End, the prayers of God’s people were presented to God as golden bowls of incense. Here in Revelation 8:3, another angel offers incense with the
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Daily Readings: Revelation 6-7 and Psalm 56 In Revelation 6-7, John witnesses the Lamb of God unsealing the scroll containing the will of God for the progression of the End of the Age (perhaps better thought of as the Age of the End); that is, the whole period between Jesus’ ascension to the throne and
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Daily Readings: Psalm 55 and Revelation 4-5 In Revelation 4-5 the Holy Spirit opens John’s spiritual eyes to a vision of the heavenly throne room. While here “below”, God’s people (in the seven churches and beyond) continue to pursue His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven, there “above”, God rules and reigns over
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Daily Readings: Revelation 2-3 and Psalm 54 In Revelation 2-3, the glorious, risen and ascended Lord Jesus communicates His words of encouragement, correction, rebuke and exhortation to the seven churches under John’s apostolic leadership. His words were for them, but they are also for us today. Scanning the seven communiques in chapters 2-3, we find
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