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The uniqueness of the author of the book of Revelation: John

As hard as it to imagine, there was a time when "Jesus" wasn't synonymous with God and when Christianity wasn't an global institution of grace and truth. 2000 years ago, a line was drawn in history when Jesus entered this world and changed everything. While many generations since haven't worshipped Him as Savior and Lord, they've lived in a world that has been undeniably touched and impacted by Him. That truth alone ought to make everyone take a second look. Even believers should consider Jesus more seriously and sacredly than ever. In this series, we follow the eyewitness account of Jesus' original follower, John, as he details how Jesus began to change the world. In this opening message, we see Jesus encounter John and his friends for the first time and consider John's initial observations of who Jesus was. Together, with the witness of history, we marvel at how Jesus revealed God to a lost, desperate world and kickstarted a movement that has yet to slow down.

Backstory to Revelation   John has been exiled to the island of Patmos because of his ministry for Jesus for serving and preaching. He had been living in Ephesus and overseeing several of the churches of western Asia Minor. The Christians within these churches are struggling to be faithful to Jesus as suspicion and hostility towards them increases.  While on Patmos, John receives a series of visions which he is instructed to write down and deliver to the churches of Asia. That becomes the book of Revelation and the message of Revelation is intended to strengthen the faith and faithfulness of the churches.   BIBLE READING GUIDE - FREE EBOOK - Get the free eBook, Bible in Life, to help you learn how to read and apply the Bible well: https://www.listenerscommentary.com     GIVE -  The Listener's Commentary is a listener supported Bible teaching ministry made possible by the generosity of people like you. Thank you! Give here:  https://www.listenerscommentary.com/give     STUDY HUB - Want more than the audio? Join the study hub to access articles, maps, charts, pictures, and links to other resources to help you study the Bible for yourself. https://www.listenerscommentary.com/members-sign-up   MORE TEACHING - For more resources and Bible teaching from John visit https://www.johnwhittaker.net

You cannot study John and Jesus without pondering you and Jesus. Two parts to this moment… 1. John's Natural Reaction v.17a 2. Jesus' Supernatural Reassurance v.17b-20 Fear disappears in the presence of… His Eternity His Divinity His Humanity  His Victory  His Authority His Clarity His Mystery  

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December 22, 2024 The Word Became Flesh: The Logos and Revelation John 1:9-13 Pastor Jim Rutherford

“Who is worthy ….?”  This is a key question for us in our readings in the book of Revelation today.  In reading this final book in God's word, our minds can get ‘bogged down' in debating the meaning of individual details, but it is spiritually invaluable to gain the overall spirit – and wonder – of this final message/vision which our Saviour – has given to us. We have come to think of the visions in Revelation from ch. 4 onwards as rather like walking around a round house and often viewing largely the same scene from different perspectives.   A “mighty angel” poses the question, “Who is worthy?” [ch. 5 v.2]  The first answer is in the last verse of chapter 4. “”Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”    There are “24 elders” who “fell down before the Lamb … And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.” [5 v.9,10] Our minds, or rather our hearts, cannot truly absorb the reality of this.  But we must try, remembering what we read last Week in Zephaniah, “Seek the LORD, all you humble … who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.” [2 v.3] Back in Revelation John tells us he hears “the voice of many angels … saying … “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing!” [v.12]  These are seven things the Lord is worthy to receive. We are also in awed meditation of the situation and experience of those “who (are worthy) to share(s) in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.” [20 v.6] They (us  !?)will surely experience in some measure – worthiness –  the same as “the lamb” is “worthy” to receive. Finally, we meditate on what is recorded at the end of this inspiring final book of the Bible.  John says, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away” [21 v.1] when “The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.” [v.7]  Let us live today – and all the days of our mortality yet to come – fully conscious in our hearts (not just our minds) that “the one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life.” [Rev 3 v.5] and such will be counted as “worthy” to reign with “the Lamb.”

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At the end of Revelation John is given a powerful picture of the church. He describes the church as "the bride of the Lamb" and symbolically describes it as a giant, golden, bedazzled, cubic city that descends from the highest heavens. A city with twelve gates that are always open to the north, south, east, and west calling for all the inhabitants of the world to find their place in new covenant glory and everlasting life. Fittingly, it is the most 'shiny' and 'glorious' vision in the Bible as God brings His magnificent story to an end. Let us give thanks for the new creation bride He has made us to be in Christ! We truly are far more blessed than we can imagine!

At the end of Revelation John is given a magnificent vision of the Bride of the Lamb! Her name is New Jerusalem. And she comes down from heaven to replace the old Jerusalem that was smoldering in ashes. This City is not made of bricks and mortar. Rather, it is made of men and women! It is made of those who have put their faith in Christ and become “living stones” of God's House! (1 Peter 2:5) Those who have come to the Heavenly Jerusalem have partaken of “living waters” and entered into “new creation” (John 7:38; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This City is not simply our eternal destination, but also a powerful picture of who we are in Christ today! Join us we worship the Lord together!

In chapter 16 of Revelation John sees a vision of the fulness of judgment coming upon old covenant Israel. Seven golden bowls are brought out of the heavenly sanctuary and “poured out” on different zones of old creation. These are the bowls filled to the brim with the shed blood of the martyrs, and in them the wrath of God is complete (15:1). The plagues of each bowl mirror the plagues of Egypt as Jerusalem itself had become spiritually Egypt (11:8). On top of this, the seven bowls correspond to the seven days of creation, and what is happening is a de-creation moment. God is removing the old world order and making the new world order more evident for the world to see! The final covenantal transition takes place and the new creation realities in Christ begin to shine bright! We are now living in that new creation light!

In chapter 16 of Revelation John sees a vision of the fulness of judgment coming upon old covenant Israel. Seven golden bowls are brought out of the heavenly sanctuary and “poured out” on different zones of old creation. These are the bowls filled to the brim with the shed blood of the martyrs, and in them the wrath of God is complete (15:1). The plagues of each bowl mirror the plagues of Egypt as Jerusalem itself had become spiritually Egypt (11:8). On top of this, the seven bowls correspond to the seven days of creation, and what is happening is a de-creation moment. God is removing the old world order and making the new world order more evident for the world to see! The final covenantal transition takes place and the new creation realities in Christ begin to shine bright! We are now living in that new creation light!

The Bible lays out terrifying prophecies regarding the end times before Jesus returns. But whatever the chaos of those days, God is still in control, sovereign over the events of history. This is the confidence and comfort of Christ's followers. In this section of Revelation John is brought up into the throne room of God where he hears the heavenly host praise God as Creator, and Christ as Redeemer.

The Bible lays out terrifying prophecies regarding the end times before Jesus returns. But whatever the chaos of those days, God is still in control, sovereign over the events of history. This is the confidence and comfort of Christ's followers. In this section of Revelation John is brought up into the throne room of God where he hears the heavenly host praise God as Creator, and Christ as Redeemer.

Send us a textIt's time to meditate on how amazing Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega and Lamb of God really is. And when you do, it should cause you to jump up and tell everyone what CeCe Winans sings about in her song, "That's My King."We're headed back to Revelation in this episode, looking to see what we can learn from the worship responses to our King of kings.In this episode, I discuss the following:Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture – this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include: RepetitionSlow downWrite out Scripture by handMeditate on ScriptureWrite down your observationsRead in various translationsEpisode GuideOther episodes where songs lead us to Revelation - Episode 369, Episode 390, Episode 443, Episode 498Reading Revelation and looking for worship responses to write out by handHow writing things out by hand gives the mind more footholds for accessing a given concept or ideaObserving the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY of the worship responses recorded in RevelationUsing the Scripture and our inspiration song to give us words to use in adoring GodHow reading in a different translation caused me to read Revelation 5:12 in a new wayThe Lamb of God as a common title used for Jesus in Revelation - John 1:29, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 17:14Hearing the convicting voice of the Holy Spirit reminding me that JESUS ALONE is worthy of power, wealth, wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing and that it's HIS SHED BLOOD that gives me access to ask for the sameAdditional ResourcesLyrics - New Release Today LinkExalting Jesus in Revelation Commentary - Amazon Paid LinkMy favorite Bible Study Software - Logos Bible Software Affiliate LinkThis Week's ChallengeRead the book of Revelation for yourself. As you read it, when you come to a worship response, write out the worship response by hand. Consider reading in a translation other than what you're most familiar with. Make observations of who, what, where, when, and why the worship responses are inspired. Meditate on God's Word and CLICK HERE to learn more about joining the release team for my debut novel, A Seat at the Table

Revelation - John's Prologue

Christ obeys the father and dies on the cross to fulfill his father's mission. Without being raised, his perfect obedience would be pointless. Christ's prayer in John 17 is confirmed because he has finished his work from the father. His resurrection testifies that he has completed the work His Father gave Him to do. His resurrection validates the Gospel.

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Revelation John 16

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So Help Me God // Spirit of Revelation // John 16

(Sermon) Revelation: John's Vision of Christ, Rev. Henry Kelly, Bible Education Institute Revelation1:1-20 Prologue: Revelation chapter 1, verses 1-3 Greetings abd Doxology: Revelation chapter 1, verses 4-8 John's Vision of Christ: Revelation chapter 1, verses 9-20 (Resources) YouTube: Apologia Studios & Church w/ Pastor Jeff Durbin apologiastudios.com; Voddie Baucham ; Dr. R C. Sproul: Ligonier Ministries; Ray Comfort-Living Waters livingwaters.com; Ken Ham-Answers In Genesis answersingenesis.org; Wall Builders w/ David Barton wallbuliders.com; Dr. Walter Martin waltermartin.org; Bible Education Institute is on Video Plarforms: YouTube & Rumble; Podcast Platforms: Stitcher, Apple, Spotify, Amazon , Audible, Amazon Music, Facebook, Overcast,, Chrome, gPodder, Firefox, Safari,, iTunes, Alexia, Podbean, Internet Explorer & Podcast Addict & others, Website: bible-education-Institute.webnode.com Email: bibleeducationinstitute@gmail.com Wanted: The Brave, Joshua 1:9, Kirk Cameron https://youtu.be/fBTv07MjwAA Watch "Christians Will Win Down Here | Jeff Durbin" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/IZ6EqLug0Sc?feature=share (Sermon) How to Save a Nation, Rev. Henry Kelly, Bible Education Institute https://youtu.be/bEyNvfRGQyc

Recording Date: 2023-4-16 Speaker: JB Bond, Th.M (Senior Pastor)

What is at first most surprising as we read the book of Exodus, is the detail Moses is given of the way to construct the tabernacle. We note that, starting with Ch. 20 v.1 “God spoke all these words” to Moses. Today in Ch. 26 we have God's detailed instructions; he said to Moses, “moreover you shall make the Tabernacle with …” [v.1] and there follows detailed instructions of the texture, length and colour of the 10 curtains that are to enclose its' contents. There are also 50 loops and clasps to secure the curtains, and the “50 clasps are of gold” [v.6]. In addition Moses is to make “curtains of goats hair” [v.7] for a top covering, 30 of these are needed, they are to be longer, 30 cubits (about 45 ft. each, nearly 14 metres). Next are details of the sizes of the acacia wood frames (v.15-29) and the need for bronze bases (v.37). The verse that particularly stood out was v.30, “you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.” Why all this meticulous attention to detail? It led us to ponder the words in the first chapter of the final book of the Bible, written when the Tabernacle and then the Temple were things of the past! The Apostle John says he “turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden Lampstands, and in the midst of the Lampstands one like the son of man …” [v.12,13] John is told “the seven Lampstands are the seven churches.” [v.20]. The 7 churches, the assemblies of believers, are named and described in chapters 2 and 3. We see them as being representative of all the different types of assemblies of “saints” that have existed throughout the earth since that time. Each is told “I know thy works” because the Son of man was in the midst of them. We recall Paul's words to the Ephesian believers telling them they were “members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.” [2 v.19-21] Just as God oversaw the construction of a physical tabernacle in the wilderness, we see there is now a spiritual temple! Do we sense the wonder of this? Do we sense its' growth – last year – this year!? Just as in Revelation John saw Jesus in the midst of the assemblies of believers – and he knew their works, so also Paul concludes his revelation of the true, but physically unseen state of things by writing, “In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” [v.22] Are we conscious of “being built” – and of the builder? Are we co-operating with him? Moses is our example. Tragically the majority of the people with Moses in the wilderness lost their vision of the spiritual reality behind the physical. Is not the same tragedy happening in today's wilderness? As we read God's word each day – is it coming ‘alive in our minds'? Do we believe “God spoke all these words” and caused them to be recorded – for us? Do our thoughts and actions show we believe this? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christadelphians-talk/message

In the bible Yeshua never mentioned a rapture before, the Tribulation. In the Book of Revelation John's prophecy or vision from Yeshua/Jesus explains the true details. Open your hearts, eyes and ears to the truth.

As we come to the End of the book of Revelation John describes visions of the final destination of history. As we saw last week, the reality of resurrection hope can really change our perspective on our current challenges. This week we get more details of the vision of the new Jerusalem, that is designed to encourage Christians to persevere with the promise that we will take part in the glory to come. Revelation 21:9-22:5 (ESV) The New Jerusalem 9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.[a] Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits[b] by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement. 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. The River of Life 22 Then the angel[c] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life[d] with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

The Pueblo Incense House of Prayer's "Intimacy/Urgency" study. Each week we bring you deep, passionate, and inspiring Bible content related to: 1) growing in intimacy with God through understanding the Song of Solomon 2) Understanding the urgency of the hour in which we live by developing a Biblical approach to the end times. You can download the notes to this teaching by visiting our website and then going to the "resources" tab. 

Revelation 10 Bible study looking at the transition between the sixth and seventh trumpet judgments. This chapter is a little bit surprising in that there are hints God is going to do something amazing, but John is told not to write about it. It is the only time in Revelation John is specifically told not to write what he witnessed.Why this teaser then? Why doesn't God reveal this part of His plan to us? Should we speculate on areas that God did not reveal to us?These are some of the questions we look at in this intriguing passage in Revelation 10.Bible study of Revelation 10 with companion discussion questions for small group study - https://studyandobey.com/inductive-bible-study/revelation/revelation-10/Revelation Bible Study guide E-book - https://studyandobey.com/product/revelation-ebook-pdf/800+ practical and free Bible studies -https://studyandobey.com25+ Bible study guide e-books for individual or group study - https://studyandobey.com/shop/Support the show

In this message, Pastor John Lindell shares insight with us on the value of revelation. Our prayer is that this message would encourage you and help you to hear more of God's voice!

In this message, Pastor John Lindell shares insight with us on the value of revelation. Our prayer is that this message would encourage you and help you to hear more of God's voice!

Fr. Charles Allen preaches about the Lamb of God in the Book of Revelation: John's Revelation is all about a Lamb, not a lion. If you'll allow a little alliteration, the key to what God is up to is not a conquering carnivore but a vulnerable vegetarian!

Pastor Terry Bailey is the Senior Minister of Indian Run Christian Church in East Canton Ohio. You can reach Pastor Terry at the Church at (330) 488-2938.  Check out our website too at… www.ChristForEastCanton.com. In this episode Pastor Terry preaches a Message he has entitled "Revelation" and preaches from John 1:18 and 14:8-9. We encourage you to share this message with friends and family.

Sermon: "Revelation: John, Alive from the Isle of Patmos" by Larry Bachman

In this message, Pastor John Lindell helps us discover how we can cultivate a spirit of wisdom and revelation. We believe that this sermon will build your understanding of how God speaks and reveals specific knowledge to us as we walk through life!

He Reigns Bible reading This calls for a mind with wisdom.– Revelation 17:9a (NIVUK) Devotional Have you ever seen a photomosaic? It's a really cool concept. When you look up close you see thousands of tiny individual pictures. But from a distance, those tiny pictures make up a larger picture of something totally different. If you were to see a photomosaic only close up, you could understand each tiny photograph but you would miss the big picture. If you only stood back from the photomosaic you would understand the big picture, but you wouldn't understand the complexity of how the artist created the image. It's important to look at a photomosaic both up close and from far away, only then will you understand what the artist wants you to see. The book of Revelation is often like a photomosaic and in the next 2 chapters of Revelation John is going to have a close-up look at reality so that he will understand the big picture of what God has been developing, creating and breaking down throughout history. This isn't an easy task for John and the angel warns him in chapter 17:9 that he will need a mind of wisdom. We also need a mind of wisdom to look at our times and to understand each part of what we are seeing, hearing and experiencing. We need to study, stay alert and pay attention to understand the small details of the world we live in. But we cannot only look at the small bits and pieces, we also need to learn to stand back and try and take in the bigger picture of what God is doing. We need wisdom to understand how the small parts have helped create the big picture before us. As John now sees the little parts and players of the world's power structures start to crumble a new picture will start to emerge, one that was there all the time, but it was hidden behind the darkness. Pay attention; look closer, and then stand back. Allow your mind and heart to take in the small pieces but do not be overwhelmed by them. Wait for the new picture to emerge because as you stand back, you will find that it is quite beautiful. – Connie Main Duarte This devotional is part of a series that helps us navigate the texts of the book of Revelation with fresh eyes. A new devotional every Saturday. These devotionals are available in Portuguese and in English.

Before he continues to receive the Revelation John eats a little scroll that is bitter in his stomach. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Before he continues to receive the Revelation John eats a little scroll that is bitter in his stomach. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Before he continues to receive the Revelation John eats a little scroll that is bitter in his stomach. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

In the book of Revelation John described the voice of God sounding like a loud trumpet. Learn to discern the Voice of God. This week Tony Silveira brings you different teachings on how to listen to God. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myeveningdevotional.substack.com

Its back with an EDIT to appease the CENSORS! Take a trip in the time machine kids! This is a HOT EPISODE of Signal as Dave and Rich ROVE DEEP! There’s almost no topic left UNSAID in this mega epic as Dave calls for the Church to be liquidated, Richard tries to bring some calm to proceedings, we have a Marvel Controversy, Heroes are being Reborn AGAIN, Dave updates us all on his Empire of Blood and Death, Marilyn Manson is under fire and Dave is ready for the BURNING, there’s a HUGE Thor Revelation, and there’s a lot of talk about Sandman! All this and MORE! Weekly Comics King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #1 Conan the Barbarian #17 and #18 TRADE OF THE WEEK Spectre Vol 1 by Jm Dematties and Ryan Sook Follow us on Twitter: @signalofdoom Legion Outpost: @legionoutpost Follow Dave on Twitter: @redlantern2051 Please support the show on Patreon! Every dollar helps!https://www.patreon.com/SignalofDoom

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2009-08-16 The Holy Spirit leads us into Revelation (John Roebert) by CHOOSE LIFE Church

The book of Revelation—John’s letter to the churches of Asia Minor—is full of prophecy, poetry, and promise. Despite the mystery that surrounds it, this final book in the canon of Scripture is an incredibly hope-filled picture of a coming battle that has already been won.

This is a HOT EPISODE of Signal as Dave and Rich ROVE DEEP! There's almost no topic left UNSAID in this mega epic as Dave calls for the Church to be liquidated, Richard tries to bring some calm to proceedings, we have a Marvel Controversy, Heroes are being Reborn AGAIN, Dave updates us all on his Empire of Blood and Death, Marilyn Manson is under fire and Dave is ready for the BURNING, there's a HUGE Thor Revelation, and there's a lot of talk about Sandman! All this and MORE! Weekly Comics King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #1 Conan the Barbarian #17 and #18 TRADE OF THE WEEK Spectre Vol 1 by Jm Dematties and Ryan Sook

Sermon for the Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist 1 St. John 1:1-4 by William Klock Sermon for the Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist 1 St. John 1:1-4 When I was growing up I often heard the story of how my grandfather discovered the truth about Christmas.  He grew up in one of those houses where the Christmas decorations didn’t go up and the presents weren’t put out until after he’d gone to bed on Christmas Eve.  He would awake to the surprise on Christmas morning and everyone would tell him that Santa Claus had come while he was sleeping.  They wanted Christmases to be memorable and fun for him.  His father, my great-grandfather, died in an accident when my grandfather was only two years old.  After that he and my great-grandmother went to live with relatives.  I expect that at Christmas the older family members enjoyed having a little boy around again—someone who got excited about the season of Christmas.  I suspect they probably over-did things at least a little for his sake. It didn’t last, however.  A few days before one Christmas my grandfather was playing in the yard and notice a trail of pine needles leading to the basement.  Down the steps he went and there he discovered “Christmas”, prepared and packed away, ready to be sprung on him Christmas morning, obviously not by Santa, but by his aunt and uncle and mother.  He was crushed.  Not only was the magic gone, but he realised that people he loved and trusted had been lying to him. There were Christians in the middle of the First Century who were feeling similarly disenchanted.  People who had walked with Jesus, who had heard him teach, who had seen him perform miracles, who had seen him crucified and then seen him again, raised from the dead, told others who hadn’t seen and eventually they were telling the next generation that hadn’t even been alive when the events of the Gospels took place.  And it was in those years and decades that followed that persecution began to take place.  The Jews refused to accept this new way of following Israel’s God.  If the Christians were lucky they were simply cut off from the synagogues.  If they were unlucky, they were stoned like St. Stephen or dragged before the authorities by men like Saul of Tarsus.  Some years later persecution by the Romans began, and while it wasn’t widespread, it was horrible.  Men and women were crucified, they were thrown to the lions in the arena—Nero even covered them in pitch, nailed them to stakes, and set them on fire to light his garden parties.  It was hard enough for some who had seen Jesus to persevere.  Many of those who hadn’t seen him questioned.  Were the apostles for real?  Was their story real?  And if it was, where was this new age that Jesus was said to have ushered in?  Why were things getting worse instead of better for them.  And they doubted.  As I said when we began our study of Luke’s Gospel, I think it’s a strong possibility that the “Theophilus” to whom Luke addressed both his Gospel and the book of Acts, was just one of these second generation converts in whom doubts were beginning to arise.  Luke wasn’t an eye-witness either—at least not to Jesus.  He gathered first-hand accounts and recorded the story for the sake of those who would come after.  In fact, all four Gospels were written as the eye-witnesses themselves were aging and realising that word of mouth wasn’t enough.  The testimony of the eye-witnesses had to be written down. St. John was part of that effort.  John, along with his brother, James, and with Peter were part of Jesus’ inner circle.  They knew him better than anyone.  Tradition says that John also wrote the three epistles we have near the end of the New Testament and that during his exile on the island of Patmos, he wrote the book of Revelation.  In all three cases—in his Gospel, in his epistles, and in Revelation—John writes to Christians who are being beaten down by the present age.  He reminds them of Jesus, of his ministry and of his sacrifice and of his promises, and he urges them to persevere—to persevere in faith, in love, and in hope.  In Revelation he repeatedly calls the churches to “conquer”—to stand firm in Jesus and to overcome, interestingly enough, not by responding to hate with hate or violence with violence, but to stand firm in their suffering and in their persecution.  As Jesus triumphed over sin and death with the shedding of his blood, so the Church will triumph and will conquer through rejection, through suffering, through persecution, and even through martyrdom.  It seems counterintuitive.  Many wanted to give up and throw in the towel.  But John reminds them—and he reminds us—that this is how God’s kingdom works.  It’s how Jesus overcame and it is how the Church will overcome too. And so John begins his epistle—an epistle exhorting fellow Christians to stand firm in Christ-like love—by going back to his being an eye-witness of what that love looked like when he saw Jesus displaying it.  Again, this is 1 John and our lesson begins at the first verse: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.  And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. (1 John 1:1-4) John begins his epistle by taking us back to Jesus—to his life, to his ministry, to his teaching and preaching, to his death and resurrection.  This is what started it all—or, better since Jesus came into the middle of a story that had been unfolding for a long time, this is what changed everything.  This is what John’s epistle is about.  And yet the message of radical love in the epistle is a challenge.  It’s especially a challenge for those who weren’t there when Jesus was walking on earth and who now have questions or doubts.  Love is sacrificial.  That’s a very difficult kind of love to live—especially when it comes to your enemies.  As John talks about in Revelation, sacrificial love means persecution and martyrdom.  And people thought: “How do I know it’s worth it?”  So John goes back to Jesus.  John was an eyewitness.  Not just that, he was one of Jesus’ closest and best friends.  He’s saying, “Trust me.  The story is true.  I and so many others heard him, we saw him—especially the empty tomb!—and we touched the risen Lord.  Thomas put his fingers into the holes in his hands.  We ate fish with him on the beach.  Jesus is life itself and this is what we eyewitnesses testify.  Testify—put us on the witnesses stand and we’ll swear to it. And he describes what he and the eyewitnesses proclaim: eternal life.  Our English translations don’t capture very well what John is getting at here.  The Greek word, aionios, means “eternal” but it’s also the word for “age”.  We get our word “aeon” from it.  “Eternal life” tends to come across as otherworldly in English.  We start thinking about a strictly spiritual existence, about heaven somewhere “up there”, and many people think about the pop-culture idea of angels floating around on clouds and playing harps.  But John, like Jesus and Paul, when he talks about “eternal life” isn’t talking about the life Jesus brings in otherworldly or non-corporeal terms.  That’s how it often comes across, because none of our English words captures the full sense of the Greek word they use.  Again, the Greek word is freighted with meaning.  It’s not just that this life is “eternal”, but that it’s the life of “the age to come”.  Jews looked at history as divided into two ages—two aeons.  There was the present age, which is full of pain and suffering, injustice and unrighteousness, and then there was the age to come.  God would send his Messiah, he would rescue his people, not by taking them out of the world, but by coming in judgement to deal with all the suffering and injustice.  God would rescue his people and his creation and set everything to rights and reign as King eternally.  It’s this Jewish understanding of history that we need to keep in mind any time we see the New Testament writers telling us about “eternal life”.  It’s the life of the “age to come”—it’s life in God’s presence, it’s life in Creation set to rights, it’s life in which God has wiped away every tear from our eyes. This is what the Jews expected.  And it came in Jesus.  But as see throughout the Gospels, Jesus didn’t bring it about the way people were expecting.  This is what got him into trouble with so many people and with the Jewish authorities.  But what John’s saying here is that in Jesus it happened—maybe not the way we expected—but it most certainly did happen!  Somehow, through Jesus’ becoming one of his people, through Jesus dying, and through Jesus rising from death, that future age to come is breaking into the present age.  It’s not the clean break that people expected, but it is happening.  The present evil age is passing away.  Jesus dealt it a death blow.  Its days are numbered.  And the age to come is breaking in.  It will come in all its fullness just as everyone longed for it to come—just as so many of us still long for it come.  But the world isn’t ready yet.  God has a plan.  There’s a reason he’s working this way. It might help to understand this if we go back my grandfather’s childhood basement where his family was preparing for Christmas.  Over weeks or months, presents were carefully wrapped and stashed away in the basement.  Boxes full of decorations were already there.  A day or two before Christmas the tree was brought home and hidden away.  Think of your own homes: presents for the kids stashed on the high shelf in the closet where they’ll never find them, decorations carefully stored away in the garage or the crawlspace, a turkey thawing in the refrigerator.  Everything is being prepared, but it’s not out yet.  We’re waiting for the big day.  And yet I think of when I was a kid.  We couldn’t wait.  In our house the tree went up early and the presents slowly appeared one by one under tree.  For a week or two we shook them and tried to peek through the seams in the paper, trying to figure out what was inside.  We didn’t sit down to start opening things until after Christmas dinner.  It was a long wait, so we kids were allowed to open one present on Christmas Eve—something to tide us over.  That one present was a foretaste of what was to come on the afternoon of Christmas Day. That’s something of what has happened in the ministry of Jesus.  The kingdom of heaven—all the wonderful things of the age to come—are being prepared and carefully made ready in heaven in anticipation of the great day when all will be revealed.  But Jesus came like a present opened on Christmas Eve.  He gave the world a foretaste of the age to come as he preached good news to the poor, release to the captives, sight to the blind, as he brought healing and forgiveness and reconciliation—and most importantly, as he poured out the Holy Spirit on his people, uniting us to himself, transforming our hearts and minds, and giving as much of the life of the age to come to us as our broken and unresurrected selves can handle right now. One day the present age will fully pass away and the age to come will be here in its fullness.  One day all things will finally be made new and Jesus will return, bring the life of the age to come with him—and everything that goes with it—restoring Creation, finally conquering evil once and for all time, and setting everything to rights.  We often miss all of this.  We think the Good News is escape from the evils of the world.  But that’s not the Good News.  That’s not the way of seeing history that the Old Testament had established.  Back to my grandfather’s basement.  His family didn’t go down to the basement to enjoy Christmas any more than you just celebrated your Christmas by squeezing everyone into your refrigerator to enjoy your Christmas turkey.  No.  Everything we’ve been prepared is brought out and our homes are transformed with all the good things that have been hidden away.  Just so with the age to come.  The Good News is, at its most basic, that Jesus is Lord.  Not just Lord of heaven, but Lord of all—Lord of this earth, Lord of Creation—and that he will deal with pain and suffering and injustice and unrighteousness and sin and death not by whisking us away, but by coming and defeating evil and its minions once and for all.  The vision St. John gives us in Revelation is of the dragon—the serpent, the Satan—being allowed to do his worst.  After his beast—Rome—is finally cast down, the Satan whips the nations into a frenzy, encouraging every last vestige of evil to rise up against the Lamb.  And with every evil exposed, Jesus conquers it all—and then the dragon, the Satan, is cast into the fire.  It’s as if Jesus uses the Satan to sweep the dust from every dark corner and from under every piece of furniture into plain view, in one pile for Jesus to deal with—and then, having swept up every last vestige of evil, Jesus throws the broom itself into the fire.  There is no more evil in his restored Creation, which means heaven can come down.  And John gives us that image of the New Jerusalem descending to earth—God’s realm and our realm, now joined back together as God originally intended.  And it can finally happen because the sin that split them apart has been dealt with. That’s the life of the age to come.  As John says in verse 2, this is the life that was “with the Father”.  In verse 3 he describes this life as “fellowship” and specifically as fellowship with the Father.  This is what we’ve been missing ever since humanity’s first sin in the garden.  The holy and unholy can never be together.  Adam and Eve were cast out of the garden, out of God’s presence.  They were cut off from the tree of life and began to die—because they had sinned, because they had become unholy. This is what was so remarkable about Jesus.  He is one of us, but he has fellowship with the Father.  They are in communion with each other—it was never broken.  And people could see this wherever he went.  He had power over sin and death, he had power over the minions of the devil, he had power to forgive sins—because he was full of the life that sinners lack, that we reject in our sinfulness.  And yet the whole point of Jesus ministry was to bring this life to the rest of us.  He lived, he died, and he rose to life to break our bondage to sin, to wash us clean from the stain of our sins, so that we can share his fellowship with the Father—so that we can have the life of the age to come. And John says, this is what he and his friends had heard and it’s what they have proclaimed.  This is the Good News.  And it’s Good News—not just good advice.  As I said a couple of weeks ago, we too often proclaim the Good News as if it’s something our friends might like to try for themselves—like something from the smorgasbord.  Take it or leave it.  If you like it, great!  If not, oh well.  But, Brothers and Sisters, that’s not what the New Testament means by Good News.  The Greek word is euangelion.  It’s the word from which we get “evangel” and “evangelical”.  In the Old Testament the word is used to describe the good news of victory brought by messengers from the battlefield.  Think of Isaiah 52:7 and those familiar words, “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news.”  That’s the word there.  It’s the image of a messenger running as fast as he can to tell the people in the city the good news that their forces have been victorious.  That’s one half of what it means to proclaim Good News.  A victory has been won by Jesus against sin and death.  Now, think about that.  Is that the sort of “news” you present as a “take it or leave it” sort of thing?  Not really. But the other aspect of Good News and one we see especially in Paul’s epistles, comes from the way the word was used in the Roman world.  When a new Caesar ascended to the throne—often by having defeated his rivals—imperial heralds were sent throughout the empire to declare the Good News: Caesar is Lord or Augustus is Lord or Vespasian is Lord.  He has put his enemies under his feet and taken his throne to rule.  It was a call for loyalty.  If there was anyone still fighting for the losing side off in the fringes of the empire, now was the time to lay down their arms and swear allegiance to the victor. This is the other side of the Good News we proclaim.  Jesus is Lord.  He has conquered his rivals.  He has crushed the serpent’s head.  Yes, Caesar pretends at being Lord, but his days are numbered and so are the days of his empire.  He’s part of the present evil age that is passing away.  So to proclaim the Good News is to announce that Jesus has been victorious and it’s to call the world to allegiance to Jesus.  Again, this isn’t a take it or leave it option.  Imagine Caesar’s heralds running through the empire to announce that Caesar had defeated his enemies and now ruled Rome—but you can take it or leave it.  We often talk about “sharing” the Good News.  This is a pretty recent phenomenon that started in the mid-Twentieth Century.  But consider how silly it is to think that Caesar’s heralds went through the empire to “share” the Good News that Caesar was emperor.  No.  This was news they announced and proclaimed.  Judgement would come on any who rejected it.  And consider how this is even more the case with Jesus.  Horrible judgement came on Jerusalem for its rejection of Jesus and his lordship and that judgement was a small foretaste of the judgement John points to in Revelation that will come on the last great day when Jesus deals once and for all with all those who insist on continuing their rebellion. So, Brothers and Sisters, proclaim the good news of Jesus’ lordship with power and with confidence knowing what it means.  Live in the story and live in the life of the age to come and live in it with joy.  That’s why, John says in verse 4, he has written this: so that instead of living in doubt or fear when we face persecution for our witness and proclamation of the love of God in Jesus, for our witness and proclamation of his kingdom, we may live in joy, knowing that Jesus is Lord and that in the Holy Spirit he has given us a taste of the life and of the kingdom that is coming.  It’s like the gift we give to our children to open on Christmas Eve, a gift that gives them a taste of the wonderful things still waiting for them on Christmas morning.  A gift that says, “Christmas is here,” even if we have to wait for the rest of it.  But, Brothers and Sisters, remember that Jesus came not for the sake of a few, but for the sake of the whole world—to offer forgiveness to all humanity and to call all humanity back into fellowship with his Father.  What Jesus has done for us is not meant to be merely a foretaste of the kingdom to encourage us as we face the ongoing evil of the present age.  We ourselves—our transformed lives, the love we live, the hope we have, the Good News we proclaim—is meant to be a foretaste of the kingdom for the people around us.  Through the lives of his people—through our lives—Jesus lifts the veil and gives the world a glimpse of the age to come.  Think on and ponder our usual words of dismissal when we meet together: “Go out in peace to love and serve the Lord.” Let us pray: Shed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light, that we, being illumined by the teaching of your apostle and evangelist, Saint John, may so walk in the light of your truth, that at length we may attain to the fullness of eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

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- Press the PLAY button to listen to the catechesis of the day and share if you like - + A reading from the Book of Revelation + John said: An angel showed me the river of life-giving water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the street, On either side of the river grew the tree of life that produces fruit twelve times a year, once each month; the leaves of the trees serve as medicine for the nations. Nothing accursed will be found anymore. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will look upon his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. Night will be no more, nor will they need light from lamp or sun, for the Lord God shall give them light, and they shall reign forever and ever. And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true, and the Lord, the God of prophetic spirits, sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.” “Behold, I am coming soon.” Blessed is the one who keeps the prophetic message of this book. Amen.

- Press the PLAY button to listen to the catechesis of the day and share if you like -+ A reading from the Book of Revelation +John said:An angel showed me the river of life-giving water,   sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God   and of the Lamb down the middle of the street,On either side of the river grew the tree of life   that produces fruit twelve times a year, once each month;   the leaves of the trees serve as medicine for the nations.Nothing accursed will be found anymore.The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it,   and his servants will worship him.They will look upon his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.Night will be no more, nor will they need light from lamp or sun,   for the Lord God shall give them light,   and they shall reign forever and ever.And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true,   and the Lord, the God of prophetic spirits,   sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.”“Behold, I am coming soon.”Blessed is the one who keeps the prophetic message of this book.Amen.

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John saw heavenly visions on the Isle of Patmos, but physically, he never left Patmos while receiving the revelation of Christ. He received the visual revelation spiritually and wrote the things he saw in a book for us to read and know.

A new MP3 sermon from Covenant Primitive Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Revelation-John on Patmos - 01 Subtitle: Exposition of Revelation Speaker: Elder Jimmy Barber Broadcaster: Covenant Primitive Baptist Church Event: Sunday Afternoon Date: 7/5/2020 Bible: Revelation 1:9, Acts 14:22 Length: 52 min.

John was on the Isle of Patmos because he was faithful to the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. He was a companion to the other brothers in the congregations of Asia. As one in tribulation, he wrote to others to encourage them in their trials and afflictions. Like John, all of the people of God endure trials and afflictions as they live in the kingdom of God.

The Book of Revelation1. History of the book: · Date: 90’s AD· Place: Island of Patmos small barren, rocky island in the A-ge-in sea about 60 miles from Ephesus. The Romans used it to exile prisoners there to do hard labor. 2. Author: is John the apostle of Jesus· Some scholars believe it is some other John due to the writing is a different style then John’s other writings.· I’m not surprised it is different: John is not the same man he was 50 years ago, 50 years ago he was more of a fleshly man and he thought like a fleshly man. He has been walking in the spirit for 50 years and his relationship to Jesus is not the same. The Jesus that John will confront on the island of Patmos will not be the same Jesus he laid his head on his chest at the last supper. The Jesus that John will see in haven as a lamb slain before the thrown of God, will not be the same Jesus that he walked with on the shores of Galilee. John’s relationship with Jesus has grown, John sees him differently, and is more spiritly intimate with Jesus. Q- Have we grown in our relationship with Jesus? 3. John’s character: · John saw farther into eternity past than anyone else:· John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.· John saw farther into eternity future than anyone else:Q-Why is John the one to see these things?Revelation 1: 9,10 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. Ver 10: I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpetQ- What does it mean he was in the spirit?“I came to a state of ecstasy capable of receiving revelation.”“God chooses the least likely time in John’s life to unveil his plans for the earth, the church and the second coming of Christ.”God is above in convincing us“We as Christians possess somethings that came apart of the packet of salvation, they are called Graces. But those graces that we have are of the greatest value to us when we are going through the deepest trials and test.”“John had to set aside, he had to make a conscious decision, that no matter what was happening to him in the flesh, so his attitude and character would be one that made it possible to receive this revelation.Q-How would we have handle the injustice, pain, the uncertainty, the feelings of abandonment? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Keepingitbiblical?fan_landing=true)

John Tillery spoke on January 19, 2020 telling us that in the book of Revelation John is describing things that are impossible to describe in the words of this world. (Revelation 1:9-20)

In today’s episode, Father Josh answers questions about the call and the challenge to pursue a chaste life. He answers a question from a mother who suspects her son is gay, a young woman who wants to enter the religious life but lost her virginity in college, and a listener looking for recommended chastity speakers. *Snippet from the Show *There’s no person in this world that can ever satiate the infinite ache that exists in your heart—only the infinite God can quench that thirst. *My Son Might Be Gay *Father Josh, We love our son unconditionally. The struggle is not our love for our son but the struggle he will have. We suspect that he is gay. He has not told us, but we don’t want to confront him, but do not want him to feel he has to hide. We raised him Catholic and know he has an incredible love of people and is so kind. My fear is the teaching of the church will push him away from it. He deserves to be loved and have a family. Besides loving him how can we help him and walk with him? He is a good beautiful man. Thank you *Are there any Catholic African American speakers who speak about Chastity? *I want my grandchildren to see people who look like them speak about the call to chastity. Do you have any recommendations? *Which John Wrote the Book of Revelation? *Dear Father Josh, Which John wrote the Book of Revelation? John the Baptist, John the apostle? My brother and I were discussing and weren't sure if the Catholic Church specifically states which John wrote it. Thank you for all you do to spread the Good News!! Your choice to do so is a blessing! Thank you, Anonymous. ** Can I be a religious sister if I lost my virginity? ** Fr. Josh!!! First things first I wish I could've run into you at SLS because I wanted to personally thank you for all of the things that you do for your podcast and all the things it’s done for me. It is crazy how God uses you, like literally whenever I get a question in my head about our faith, usually the next episode is the answer, or the person is going through the same thing as me, like the scrupulosity episode. You’re so cool dawg!! Anyway, my question involves religious life. Personally I feel that God has sent me an invitation to be a sister since I was 6, but I have never really accepted the call until now at 22. However in college I made bad decisions involving the use of drugs and alcohol, but my biggest regret of all was a relationship where I gave away my virginity. Although for the past 2.5 years I restored my faith in Jesus Christ and completely changed my life—surrendering it to him, I still find myself in the heap of regret, and somehow it will prevent me from entering into religious life. I feel like giving away my virginity prevents Christ from entering into divine intimacy with me fully. I feel as if my chances of being a sister are almost gone, if that makes sense? I am still discerning married life as well, but this invitation draws me more than ever before. I just have so much fear that my mistakes messed up everything. Anyway, GO TIGERS AND YOU ARE SUCH AN AMAZING LIGHT!! Keep singing!! -Hannah

Jesus said that everybody in the Old Testament prophesied up until the time of John the Baptist. In the Book of Revelation John is talking about the days of the seventh angel who carried out his instructions – this took place around the crucifixion of Jesus. With the completion of his sound the mystery of God was complete. In other words, the work of Jesus on the cross was finished. When that happened something changed, and that is why it is written that time shall be no more and why Jesus told the disciples that it is not for them to know the time of the second coming. Throughout the Old Testament everything happened at a specific times, for example the prophetic feasts and sacrifices. However, God is not on a specific timetable any more. In the light of this, we are enabled through what Jesus did on the cross, to access at any time any blessing of God - it is no longer something that is necessarily time-specific - in other words, God does not only work in the time span from January to December of a specific year, but He does so all the time to see His purpose fulfilled in us. By walking in the Spirit we can have whatever we need in 2020. God’s purpose and focus is the Church, the Body of Christ and the five-fold ministry has been given as gifts to the Church to see that we all come to the full measure of the full stature of Christ and that this conformation to Christ comes to completion. God is at work with the Body of Christ, raising us up more and more in authority unto completion – the place where even death is subject to us. What we have to do in this year is to fervently and passionately pursue God with the purpose of gaining this completeness in Christ.

“WORTHY IS THE LAMB” Dec. 23rd “Who is worthy ….?” This is a key question for us in our readings in the book of Revelation today. In reading this final book in God’s word, our minds can get ‘bogged down’ in debating the meaning of individual details, but it is spiritually invaluable to gain the overall spirit – and wonder – of this final message/vision which our Saviour – has given to us. We have come to think of the visions in Revelation from ch. 4 onwards as rather like walking around a round house and often viewing largely the same scene from different perspectives. A "mighty angel" poses the question, “Who is worthy?” [ch. 5 v.2] The first answer is in the last verse of chapter 4. “"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." There are "24 elders" who "fell down before the Lamb ... And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth." [5 v.9,10] Our minds, or rather our hearts, cannot truly absorb the reality of this. But we must try, remembering what we read last Wednesday in Zephaniah, "Seek the LORD, all you humble ... who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD." [2 v.3] Back in Revelation John tells us he hears "the voice of many angels ... saying ... "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing!" [v.12] These are seven things the Lord is worthy to receive. We are also in awed meditation of the situation and experience of those "who (are worthy) to share(s) in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years." [20 v.6] They (us !?)will surely experience in some measure - worthiness - the same as "the lamb" is "worthy" to receive. Finally, we meditate on what is recorded at the end of this inspiring final book of the Bible. John says, "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away" [21 v.1] when "The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son." [v.7] Let us live today – and all the days of our mortality yet to come - fully conscious in our hearts (not just our minds) that "the one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life." [Rev 3 v.5] and such will be counted as "worthy" to reign with "the Lamb."

Downtown Birmingham church with a living, daring confidence in the grace of God through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Clothed with a Garment down to His Feet IV “I turned to see the voice and I saw.”  In the Book of Revelation John turned to see the voice and he saw ONE in the seven golden candlesticks.  Our hearts must come to turn and to see One.   We have been looking at the Son of Man that is in the seven golden candlesticks in relationship to the Priest and priesthood.  In the Apostle Peter’s epistles, he declares we are a holy priesthood.  This is all predicated on the High Priest and His work.  Our holiness is subject to Christ and not ourselves.  The Ministry we have is through His Ministry.  We do not have anything without Him. In II Corinthians 3 the Apostle Paul contrasts two Ministry’s, the ministry of death, and the ministry of the Spirit.  The ministry of death has a glory that fades.  God showed this through the face of Moses.  The children of Israel could not look upon the brightness of Moses’ face.  It had to be veiled, but even while it was veiled it was fading away.  This was speaking of the Covenant they were under.  It was temporary, and was put in place until the one that excels came into place. The ministry of the Spirit EXCEEDS that glory.  The glory here does not fade away and is not veiled from our hearts.  When our hearts turn to the Lord the veil is removed and we behold the Glory of the Lord and are changed.  How we are changed is through BEHOLDING HIM!  We are not changed through self-effort or even self-help programs.  Through the Spirit we come to the SEEING of Christ Jesus our Lord.  Here we come to be made righteous.  He is righteous and is made our righteousness. He then becomes the ministry we are of.  We minister Him to His body.  We do not declare ourselves, but we declare Jesus Christ and Him crucified.  Here we are crucified to the world and the world is crucified to us.  We do not find our life in the world or even in the Old Covenant.  We come out to Jesus who is outside the gate of that Covenant.  I love the scripture in Hebrews 13 that speaks of Jesus being outside of the gate.  Jesus is sacrificed outside the gate signifying that we must leave the Old Covenant of the law, its sacrifice and priesthood, and all that it was within it, and come out to Jesus.  When we come to Him we come to a far greater Priesthood, a far greater offering.  This one can make the comers perfect!  Perfection came through Jesus Christ!  This is what we minister.  Glory to God!  

by Doug Webster

by Doug Webster

by Doug Webster

by Doug Webster

Intro…Welcome to the Cornerstone Baptist church podcast. My name is Justin Wheeler, I am the preaching pastor for Cornerstone and today we are in week 31 of our journey through the Heidelberg Catechism. Today, I will be talking to you about questions 83-85.Transition…This week, we are talking about the keys of the Kingdom. Last week, we read in the answer to question 82 that, “According to the instruction of Christ and His apostles, the Christian church is duty-bound to exclude such people, by the official use of the keys of the kingdom, until they reform their lives.” The question had to do with whether or not unbelievers and ungodly people could come to the Lord’s Table and the answer is no! The authority to withhold the Table from such people falls to the church and something to do with the administration of the Keys of the Kingdom.It all sounds very mysterious and important, but what does this mean? That is what we will be discussing today.Lord’s Day Focus...Question 83: What are the Keys of the Kingdom?Answer: The preaching of the Holy Gospel and Christian discipline toward repentance. Both preaching and discipline open the kingdom of heaven to believers and close it to unbelievers.First of all, where does this language of the Keys of the Kingdom come from? It comes directly from Jesus and it was first discussed with the disciples as a symbolic description of the authority that Jesus was giving to the church.Matt 16:16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”The imagery here is clear. Jesus is going to build His church upon the truth that Peter confessed (You are the Christ, the Son of the living God) and Jesus is going to give authority to that church to open the doors and to close the doors. The door to the Kingdom of Heaven swings in both directions, it opens and it closes.Now what does this have to do with Jesus’ mission? And why does He use this language?Many ancient peoples believed that heaven and hell were closed by gates to which certain deities and angelic beings had keys. In Greek mythology Pluto kept the key to Hades. Jewish writings near the time of Jesus give God the key to the abode of the dead. In the Book of Revelation John sees Christ holding the keys of Death and Hades (Rv 1:18; see 3:7).The words “bind” and “loose” were used by rabbis near the time of Christ to declare someone under a ban (“binding”) and relief of the ban (“loosing”). Sometimes this referred to expulsion or reinstatement at a synagogue. At other times binding and loosing indicated consignment to God’s judgment or acquittal from it. The “power of the keys” (or binding and loosing) of which Jesus speaks is a spiritual authority like that he gave the disciples in John 20:23: “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”[1]Now, the Catechism understands that these keys are symbolic of two functions: the preaching of the gospel and the administration of church discipline. But how does this work?Question 84: How does preaching the gospel open and close the Kingdom of Heaven?Answer: According to the command of Christ: The Kingdom of Heaven is opened by proclaiming and publicly declaring to all believers, each and every one, that, as often as they accept the gospel promise in true faith, God, because of what Christ has done, truly forgives all their sins.Not only is the preaching of the gospel one of the keys of the Kingdom, it is also one of the marks of a true church. Historically, the marks of a true church have been defined as: (1) the true preaching of God’s Word, (2) the right administration of the sacraments, and (3) the practice of church discipline.It is not a coincidence that we looked at the Sacraments over the past few weeks and that we have now begun to look at the preaching of the word and discipline. These things hold together as responsibilities given to the church. We have a responsibility to preach the Word of God faithfully and when we do so our preaching will not fail to be punctuated by the clear teaching of the gospel.Calvin stated that, “It is not to be doubted that church of God exists…wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard.” Luther made the distinction that the true preaching of the Word consisted of “the gospel being rightly taught” as by Grace Alone, through Faith Alone and in Christ Alone. He was distinguishing a Protestant understanding of the gospel from a Catholic understanding of the Gospel.When the gospel is preached faithfully, it is a summons for all to come to Jesus in repentance and faith. All who accept Christ in true faith will receive forgiveness for all their sins. The Kingdom of Heaven is open to them. But to all the reject the gospel, who refuse to believe and repent, the Kingdom is closed.The kingdom of heaven is closed, however, by proclaiming and publicly declaring to unbelievers and hypocrites that, as long as they do not repent, the anger of God and eternal condemnation rest on them. God’s judgment, both in this life and in the life to come, is based on this gospel testimony.Preachers, like myself, have been granted a certain authority and with that authority comes the responsibility to be bold and faithful. We must preach the gospel to all without discrimination or differentiation. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (Rom 10:13).” But we must also preach that apart from repentance and faith no man will be saved.Preaching the gospel is the first key and the second is church discipline.Question 85: How is the Kingdom of Heaven closed and opened by Christian discipline?Answer: According to the command of Christ: Those who, though called Christians, profess unchristian teachings or live unchristian lives, and after repeated and loving counsel refuse to abandon their errors and wickedness, and after being reported to the church, that is, to its officers, fail to respond also to their admonition – such persons the officers exclude from the Christian fellowship by withholding the sacraments from them, and God himself excludes them from the kingdom of Christ.As a church elder/pastor, there are few responsibilities that weigh more heavily on my soul than church discipline. It is a weighty responsibility and I am thankful that I do not bear its weight alone. God is good to instruct us to appoint multiple elders/pastors in every church (Titus 1:5) so that by a plurality of men these responsibilities can be undertaken.The Practice of Church Discipline does not refer exclusively to the excommunication of wayward believers, but when viewed as a whole it refers to the careful exercise of Biblical leadership within the church. Within the context of discipline, we understand that the Word of God is to be active among us: making us more like Christ, equipping us for the work of the saints, exhorting, correcting, rebuking and training us in righteous. Discipline is aimed to restore a sinning believer, to deter sin within the body and to protect the purity of the church.We think of church discipline in two ways: Formative and Corrective. Formative discipline takes place all the time because it involves the regular and faithful building up of the church. For us at Cornerstone, formative discipline happens in Sunday school, In Bible study and in worship. It takes place in Community groups and prayer meetings. It is the overall process of the church to disciple believers by helping them grow in Christian maturity.But corrective discipline is a specific type of teaching. It involves correction, admonishment and rebuke. This occurs when a brother or sister is either believing or living in contradiction to the clear teachings of Christ. Jesus outlines for us the way He would have us walk through this in Matthew 18:15-20. It involves a process of seeking to reconcile the person back to faithfulness and away from error. But in some cases that repentance and reconciliation never come.At those times, it is the responsibility of the church and her leaders to remove a person from fellowship with the body and to bar their way to the Lord’s Table. In this way the Kingdom is being closed to them. But that is not the end goal as the final line in answer 85 shows us.Such persons, when promising and demonstrating genuine reform, are received again as members of Christ and of His church.Genuine reform is the goal. Full restoration is what we pray for. We are called to close the doors to the kingdom in the hopes that repentance and faith will result and on that day we throw open the doors again.Next week we will continue our study of the ordinances and I hope that you will join me again next week as we look at Lord’s Day 32 and questions 86-87.Conclusion…If you want to learn more about Cornerstone Baptist church, you can find us online at Cornerstonewylie.org. You can follow us on Twitter or Instagram @cbcwylie. You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/cornerstonewylie. You can also subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or google play to stay up to date on all the new content.Thanks for listening.[1] Elwell, W. A., & Beitzel, B. J. (1988). Keys of the Kingdom. In Baker encyclopedia of the Bible (Vol. 2, p. 1262). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.

The Heart of Love, Summer Series 2018

In this final chapter of Revelation John writes a series of quick--statements that closes out the book. Ranging from a promise of eternal blessing to those--who hear to a final warning to those who reject its message, John closes with a final prayer--that his beloved Lord would come quickly.

Revelation - John Harding - 2017.11.26 by Frontline Church

The Ministry of the Deacons (1Timothy, Hebrews, Revelation, John, Acts, Proverbs, James) from Rethinking Church by Dr. Randy White. Released: 2017. Track 5. Genre: Speech. Additional Materials: ( Outline | Video | Website | YouTubeChannel | ZoHo ) The post The Ministry of the Deacons (1Timothy, Hebrews, Revelation, John, Acts, Proverbs, James) appeared first on RWM Podcasts.

BHL's Fit Club -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live hosts Shaka Smith and Fallon Mercedes bring you the weekly diet and fitness tips! This week we're talking about Rapper YG's vegan revelation, Dwayne Wade's discussion on body shaming, and more. Joining us tonight is special guest John Salley! All of this and more on BHL's Fit Club!

The Cost of Revelation: John 17 (Owen Batstone)

In the book of The Revelation John saw an open door into heaven. Jesus is the door and he wants you to be awakened to the realm where your spirit abides with him. This door is always open for you to come in. Be encouraged and step into his realm.

Using the reading from Revelation John explores All Saints and asks how do we glimpse the Kingdom come in the lives of the Saints, and how do they inspire us to look for the new heaven and new earth in the here and now. On the back of that, how did we see glimpses of the new heaven and new earth in our loved ones and how might we honour their memory in how we live our lives now?

Sermon Series from 2014 about the book of Revelation.

What's waiting for us beyond this life? In the final chapters of Revelation John writes to encourage the church one more time. If they will remain faithful and persevere then God has prepared something for them beyond their wildest imaginations...

In chapter one of the Book of Revelation John seems to be saying the visions in it are about to happen.  It is the revelation of what “must soon take place.”  Those who read it out loud and those who listen to it are blessed “because the time is near.” John is communicating with urgency […]

In the book of Revelation John saw Jesus in a whole different way. The future Jesus has new hair, new look and John isn't sure it's the Lord until he hears Jesus say, "It's Me John" and then John understands. Listen to this revelation of the future Jesus and enjoy His new look! Enjoy!