Chapter SummaryRevelation 9 tells us that under the fifth trumpet judgment John sees a star fall from heaven to earth. This ''star'' is Satan, and he is given the key to the bottomless pit. Using this key, Satan unleashes a plague of supernatural demons resembling locusts. They torment un...
What does Revelation 17:9 mean? The angel explained that the beast's seven heads are seven mountains. Many expositors attribute the seven mountains to the seven hills of Rome. Originally, Rome included seven hills on the Tiber River. These hills were named Palatine, Aventine, Caelian, ...
‘religion', you mean does it have priests and churches and a band of followers who are prepared to kill non-believers, then the answer is no. if, on the other hand, you refer to the original, literal meaning of the word, namely to ‘bind again', to reunite the mistaken person that...
and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,which isnew Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: andI will write upon himmy new name.(Revelation 3:12.) ...
What does it mean to belong to yourself, Aquarius rising? To be at home in yourself? This season invites you to tend to the roots that allow you to be you. To travel all the way within and down. What patterns lie there? What narratives, perspectives, memories, and experiences live with...
IBM Credit, the financial arm of IBM Corporation, revolutionized its application processing bystreamlining the procedurethat once took up to two weeks into a mere 90-minute task. The revelation that applications were merely idling on desks for most of the processing time prompted a radical reenginee...
Revelation 16 How Do You “See” Things? What’s Your Filter? Zechariah 1-3: What Kind of Lens? God’s people had spent 70 years in captivity in Babylon (1.12). The first group of exiles, including Zechariah, had returned to Jerusalem. ...
Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Nauvoo, Illinois, recorded July 12, 1843, relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant, as also plurality of wives.4 For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant and if ...
“Senor Miguel, you make this into a loving home for your beautiful lady or you will lose her forever. I will come back to see you every day, you mean hombre, so do as I tell you. Simple does not have to be uncomfortable”. ...
Similarly, there are those in 1 Corinthians 11 whom Paul says have died because they took the Lord’s Supper in an unworthy manner. Blatant sin against God is a serious offense. It does not mean that we lose our salvation, but we might lose our physical life. To preserve our life, rep...