The French Revolution came upon the scene in full force by 1789, accompanied by a tidal wave of sexual immorality and a loud public denouncement of God. Bibles were banned, and the people were ordered to round up Bibles to be burned in the streets of Paris.
Read MoreGod’s remnant, those who stood faithfully upon His word, were forced into hiding during these long years, but that did not keep them from worshiping Him in spirit and truth, preaching the gospel, and sharing hand-copied pages of Scripture whenever they sensed an openness. Dependence upon God’s Spirit was paramount…
Read MoreThese two witnesses represent the word of God. There are two of them, because one carries God’s people up to Christ’s first coming, and the other carries them to His second coming. in light of His finished work on the cross. Two different perspectives, one looking forward and the other looking back. One magnificent salvation story.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to measure the altar? What does the altar symbolize? The sacrifice of Christ! This is His side of the story. This love is too great for us to fully take in, yet we are being called to measure it.
Read MoreThe divine process of dealing with the sin problem is certainly about forgiveness, but it is so much more! Only He can do the work of remaking our characters. This lifelong process never takes away our choice. It is up to each of us to choose to follow the Lamb wherever He goes.
Read MorePaul’s life is a magnificent example of overcoming the culture in which he had been brought up. He knew the Scriptures better than almost anyone, but after he received light from heaven, those very Scriptures settled perfectly upon Christ, and they became his own joy… and his own rejoicing.
Read MoreThey understood the history, amazed at the accuracies in every detail regarding the rise and fall of the successive kingdoms under the omnipotent, omniscient providence of God. They spent a lot of time examining the longest time prophecy, the 2300-day prophecy of Daniel 8:14. It specified the cleansing of the sanctuary at a certain time…
Read MoreNo doubt the enthusiasm with which the message was delivered sent a bolt of energy and contagious enthusiasm straight to John’s heart. Oh, how ready he was to write these words!
Read MoreOur Redeemer sees down through the corridors of time, giving Daniel a “sealed letter” that was “opened” at the designated time.
Read MoreThe sixth trumpet is a vivid reminder of the propensity for spiritual blindness of fallen human nature. Each of us is meant to hear the message from God and therefore tune our spiritual hearing to His counsel alone.
Read MoreThe allowance by Almighty God of tribulations into the lives of His wayward people prompts the true believer to turn toward Him and ask, “Lord, what do You desire for me to learn from this?” Christians should know from the life of Jesus of His plan to lovingly restore all things (Acts 3:21) before His return.
Read MoreWith the fall of Constantinople came the final catastrophe of the Greek leg of the Holy Roman Empire. The Islamic conquerors had trampled her false religion into the dust.
Read MoreThe starting point for the second woe was the finishing point for the first woe. The 150 years of the first woe ended on 27 July 1449. During the first woe, remember that the Islamic hordes were restricted to the work of torment. But the second woe enlarges their commission…
Read MoreSpiritual Babylon is to be utterly destroyed, due to her stubborn refusal to repent of the false doctrines that she continues to force onto generation after generation, lifetime after lifetime!
Read MoreThe Christian church’s departure from Biblical truths plunged the world into the Dark Ages. The smoke of their image worship obscured Christ’s mediation as High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary and the work of His Holy Spirit in the hearts of the people.
Read MoreNever forget that God’s love manifests in unexpected ways. Not only can we learn from our own transgressions—overstepping boundaries—but we can learn from the hard lessons of others…. Exercise your choices wisely!
Read MoreThose who had no trust in God were rendered unable to enjoy even a moment’s peace. By contrast, Jesus taught His followers that the peace He gives is not as the world gives.
Read MoreIt is more than just a sidenote that the lands encompassed and overrun by ancient Babylon are today the lands overrun by Islam.
Read MoreGod’s judgements along the way are calls to repentance. However, a lack of response to any judgement is an invitation to a more severe one. Too often, His efforts to gain our attention with gentleness are ignored.
Read MoreAs the papacy systematically moved away from the true teachings of Christ, Satan gained total control over the apostate church. The person of Christ was obscured, and His true followers were oppressed and silenced by the church as troublemakers.
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