Revelation 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,…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:2 – At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. “At once I was in the Spirit…” The KJV uses “immediately” rather than “at once.” Immediately may be something that catches the meaning a little more for us, though we certainly need not overly contest…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:1-5 – After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” “After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 55:10-11 – As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but…
Continue ReadingRevelation 3:14-22 – “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out…
Continue ReadingRevelation 3:14-22 – “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out…
Continue ReadingRevelation 3:14-22 – “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out…
Continue ReadingJohn 13:34 – A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 1 John 4:12 – 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. Some of…
Continue ReadingRevelation 3:14-22 – “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you…
Continue ReadingRevelation 3:14-22 – “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you…
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