The Marriage Supper of the Lamb 5 From the throne a voice said, “If you worship and fear our God, give praise to him, no matter who you are.” 6 Then I heard what seemed to be a large crowd that sounded like a roaring flood and loud thunder all mixed together. They were saying...
but the blessings for overcoming the beast were also very great. We see this contrast in Revelation 14 and 15, where one group received the full strength of God’s wrath and fiery torment, while the other group had the privilege of standing on the sea of glass and singing the song of M...
” This happened in the experiences of both Moses and Elijah. Fire came down from heaven on the Egyptians as they pursued God’s children and it consumed the sons of Aaron. It also consumed the soldiers when they challenged Elijah. In addition, “These have the power to shut up heaven ...
It is interesting how the blood of the prophets, the saints, and all that were slain on the earth, is attributed to this city. We note by comparison of Isaiah 23:1-18 and Revelation 18:11-18 the point is to the issues of amassing great wealth. This great wealth led to a great ma...
“God wrote the Bible.” The Holy Spirit movedprophetslikeMosesand apostles likePaulto write about God’s relationship with the world (1 Ti 3:16;2 Pe 1:20–21). “About 40 people wrote the Bible.” Theindividual bookswere written by many authors over many years in many places to many...
But I say to you: love your enemies, pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. The more we imitate Christ by loving our enemies, the more we truly know Christ and participate in his divine life. We not only believe in ...
disciple of Jesus to shed blood. He was also known as James the Greater. Santiago was born into a family of fishermen. He was the brother to John the Evangelist. The two brothers were also nicknamed as the Boanerges, which means the sons of thunder. The name resulted from the men’s ...
76. “By the power of the Spirit our eyes were opened and our understandings were enlightened, so as to see and understand the things of God— even those things which were from the beginning before the world was, which were ordained of the Father, through his Only Begotten Son, who was...