In the context of Revelation 19:9-21, John writes of the marriage supper of the Lamb, the great supper of God (v. 9 and v. 17). Is this one and same supper, two different aspects of the same supper, or two distinct suppers that were back to back in time? The parable of the marriage feast…
The Son of Man comes to take His bride (cf. Rev. 19:11-16). This Groom is not the Prince Charming coming to sponsor a ball for the entertainment of the Jewish people. He comes as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah to take vengeance and retribution of the prophets and persecuted Christians. Every knee bowed…
First, Old Harlot is burned. Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots was to be utterly burned with fire (Rev. 1:1-3, 17:5; 16; 18:2, 8). Her fall would come swiftly for her plagues would come in one day and desolation in one hour because the Lord God who judged her strong (Rev. 18:1-20). Jerusalem was…
Since both the husband and wife died in the space of 40 years, that marriage was undeniably terminated. Yet, for the 40 year period before Jerusalem’s death, the first and second covenants co-existed. The first was made old and “near to vanishing away” (Heb. 8:7-13). The blood of the Lamb was the purchase price for…
Among the events that John saw that must shortly come to pass(Rev. 1:1) was the fall of the Great City where our Lord was crucified (11:8, 13). The city was a spiritual Sodom. Because she had greater opportunities, she was worse than Sodom (Gen. 18:16-19:29, Jude 7; 2 Pt. 2:6-10; Luke 17:28-32). When Jesus came…
In Malachi 2:11-16, Jehovah once loved and was married to Jerusalem (old Jerusalem, Ezek. 16:1-8). If he hates divorce and treachery in marriage, what compelled him to destroy the city he once loved? Answer: Her covenant breach, not His. When Jerusalem finally exhausted his longsuffering, His wrath was poured out, devouring everything it touched (Isa….
According to Jesus, the gathering of the elect took place immediately after the destruction of Jerusalem (Matthew 24:29-34)It was at that time the first resurrection took place (Rev. 20:4-6) In coming into his kingdom, Jesus Christ cleansed his threshing floor and all of the dead going all the way back to Abel, wee judged and…
The dead unrighteous souls, like the righteous, were disembodied spirits after their death. They were never promised resurrection to life, nor a glorified body. They were consigned to a state of misery and separation from the face of God. While there is evidence that they will be resurrected, with what body is not so clear. …
An example of this resurrection is found in Revelation 11. It’s always difficult to express “the evidence of things unseen” which is the bedrock of our faith. This is why Jesus always used parables to express the invisible realities of our existence. However, John is given a revelation of two witnesses (Revelation 11), who were…
Once Jesus died, it placed him in a position to bind the strong man (Satan) and take the spoils, including the keys of death and hades. While he need not have the keys to call forth the dead from their graves, the statement sets the stage for the resurrection of the dead. Death and the…