Psalm 115:1 – Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. This is a response to God that rings in the heart of all who know and love the Lord (Psalm 29:1-2). All who know and love the Lord know that it is the hand of…
Continue ReadingRevelation 9:1-12 – The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the…
Continue ReadingRevelation 8:-9 – The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. “…something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea.” John does…
Continue ReadingRevelation 7-1-5 – After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in…
Continue ReadingRevelation 7-1-5 – After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in…
Continue ReadingRevelation 6:12-17 – 12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being…
Continue ReadingRevelation 6:7-8 – When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and…
Continue ReadingRevelation 5:6-7 – 6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand…
Continue ReadingRevelation 5:5 – Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals. Notice that it was one of the elders who comforted him. Previously it was angels whom he heard. Now one…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:3-6 – And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. “And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby.” What stones John is referring to is not clear. We can take jasper as just that, and the Jasper can be red,…
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