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The Labour Pains of Matthew 24
The Labour Pains of Matthew 24. Please either listen to the five minute audio above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Some theologians argue that the ‘labour pains’ mentioned in Matthew 24:8 describe events that have happened world-wide throughout the Church age. Matthew 24:6-9 ‘Nation will rise against nation and…
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R4: The Throne Room part three
The Throne-Room part three This post is the third in a series on Revelation chapter four. To begin at the beginning, to the first post, then please click here. Please either listen to the three minute audio clip above or read the notes or both at the same time! Revelation 4:3 ‘And the one who…
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R4: The Throne Room part two
The Throne Room part two This post is the second in a series on Revelation chapter four. To go to the beginning, to the first post then please click here. Please either listen to the three minute audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Revelation 4:2 ‘and there…
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R4: The Throne Room part one
The Throne-Room Please either listen to the four minute audio above or read the notes below or both at the same time! This post is the first in a series exploring Revelation chapter four. Revelation 4:1 ‘After this I looked and there before me was a door standing open in heaven’. Having been through the…
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A Down-To-Earth Heaven part seven
Day 7 This is where we belong. This is the last of a series of seven mini-articles focusing on the idea that heaven will not be an abstract disembodied place above the stars but rather a glorious down-to-earth kingdom, here on a restored planet earth, with Christ Jesus ruling and reigning from his throne in…
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A Down-to-Earth Heaven part six
Day 6 A Real Metaphor? This is the sixth in a series of seven mini-articles focusing on the idea that heaven will not be an abstract disembodied place above the stars but rather a glorious down-to-earth Kingdom, here on a restored planet earth, with Christ Jesus ruling and reigning from his throne in Jerusalem. To…
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A Down-To-Earth Heaven part five
Part 5 The Golden Dwelling Place This is the fifth in a series of seven mini-articles focusing on the idea that heaven will not be an abstract disembodied place above the stars but rather a glorious down-to-earth Kingdom, here on a restored planet earth, with Christ Jesus ruling and reigning from his throne in Jerusalem.…
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A Down-To-Earth Heaven part four
Day 4 The Father Provides This is the fourth in a series of seven mini-articles focusing on the idea that heaven will be not an abstract disembodied place above the stars but rather a glorious down-to-earth Kingdom, here on a restored planet earth, with Christ Jesus ruling and reigning from his throne in Jerusalem. To…
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A Down-To- Earth Heaven part three
Part 3 The Fishermen This is the third in a series of seven mini-articles focusing on the idea that heaven will not be an abstract disembodied place above the stars but rather a glorious down-to-earth Kingdom, here on a restored planet earth, with Christ Jesus ruling and reigning from his throne in Jerusalem. To go…
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A Down-To-Earth Heaven part two
Part Two – The Fruit Tree This is the second in a series of seven mini-articles focusing on the idea that heaven will not be an abstract disembodied place above the stars but rather a glorious down-to-earth Kingdom, here on a restored planet earth, with Christ Jesus ruling and reigning from his throne in Jerusalem.…
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A Down-To-Earth Heaven – part one
Heaven on Earth Please either listen to the four minute audio above or read the notes below or both at the same time! This is the first in a series of seven mini-articles focusing on the idea that heaven will not be an abstract disembodied place above the stars but rather a glorious down-to-earth Kingdom,…
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A tumbling of inspiration…
Those who faithfully serve the Lord will know times of wild inspiration and then times of drought and despair. We gradually learn to know the seasons and surrender ourselves to the source of our creation. The barren times will pass, for the Lord is faithful to refill the casks of the cellars of our craft.…
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The Golden Storm Approaching part 7
Day 7 The Preparation This is the last day of this seven day series! To go back to the beginning, to day one, please click here. Please either listen to the four minute audio above or read the notes or both at the same time! We have explored in this essay that there will be…
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The Golden Storm Approaching part 6
Day 6 The Harvest This is day six of a seven day series. To go back to the beginning, to day one, please click here. Yesterday we looked at how God will draw very close to those who are ministering on this earth. The result will be an immense end-time harvest. Please either listen to…
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The Golden Storm Approaching part 5
Day 5 The Closeness of God This is day five of a seven day series. To go back to the beginning, to day one, then please click here. Please either listen to the three minute audio above or read my notes below or both at the same time. Yesterday we explored the martyrdom that many…
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The Golden Storm Approaching part 4
Day 4 The End-Time Persecution This is day four of a seven day series. To go back to the beginning, at day one then please click here. Yesterday we described the responsibility of the Church to enter into intense praise and intercession, that we might be a light shining brightly in the coming darkness. Please…
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The Golden Storm Approaching part 3
Day 3 The Good News! This is day three of a seven day series. To go back to the beginning, at day one, then please click here. Please either listen to the three minute audio or read the notes below, or both at the same time! Yesterday we explored the rise of the dark and…
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The Golden Storm Approaching part 2
Day 2 The Rise of the Beast This is day two of a seven day series. To begin at Day One then please click here. Please either listen to the three minute audio or read the notes below or both at the same time! Yesterday we looked at the perfect storm that is coming on…
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The Golden Storm Approaching Part 1
Day 1 The Coming Storm This is day 1 of a seven day series. A perfect storm is coming, when the greatest revival the world has ever witnessed will converge with the worst time of tribulation the world has ever known. Please either listen to the two minute audio above or read my notes below…
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The Return of Christ Jesus
Please either listen to the 2 minute audio or read the notes or both. Thanks! Just about every Christian is in agreement that Christ Jesus will return at some point in the future. Jesus’ first advent was as a humble servant and many turned away and ignored him. John 1:10 ‘He was in the world…
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Revelation 6
Please either read the notes below or listen to the audio above or both at the same time! Revelation 6:1 ‘I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’ I looked and there before me was…
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God’s love For Israel conclusion
Thank you to all who have supported me over the past few days in exploring God’s love for Israel, especially to those in lands far away. I scribbled down the notes for this study, the day before the latest conflict broke out in Israel. Since then, a steady barrage of criticism against Israel has been…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 14
Day 14 Good morning and welcome to the last of this short series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at God bringing exiled Israel back to Jerusalem. Today we explore how the Jewish people and the Christians will join to become the beloved of Christ Jesus. Please may I ask you to…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 12
Day 12 Good morning and welcome to day twelve of this fourteen day series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at how God gathers Israel to His side. Today we will focus on how God will free Israel from their chains. Please may I ask you to read these beautiful verses slowly:…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 11
Day 11 Good morning and welcome to day eleven of this fourteen day series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at Israel receiving Christ Jesus as their Messiah. When Christ Jesus returns he will gather His beloved Israel. Please may I ask you to slowly read these beautiful verses. Isaiah 27:13 ‘And…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 10
Day 10 Good morning and welcome to day ten of this fourteen day series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at the repentance of Israel. After the traumas of the tribulations, and when God sends a spirit of grace and supplication upon Israel, then the Jews will receive Christ Jesus as their…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 9
Day 9 Good morning and welcome to day nine of this short series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at the spiritual brokenness of Israel during their tribulations. The most beautiful truth is that God will pour out a spirit of repentance upon Israel. Please my I ask you to slowly meditate…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 8
Day 8 Good morning and welcome to day eight of this short series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at the protection that God provides to Israel through the tribulation. However, during the tribulation, the confidence, arrogance and self-belief of Israel will be broken by their circumstances. Please may I ask…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 7
Day 7 Good morning and welcome to day seven of this short series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at the end-time tribulations that Israel will face. God has an eternal purpose to achieve through these tribulations but nevertheless He will protect a remnant of His people through these days of distress..…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 6
Day 6 Good morning and welcome to day six of this short series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at the forgiveness of God towards Israel. Scripture is very clear that just before Christ Jesus returns in power and glory, there will be a period of intense tribulations. These end-time tribulations will…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 5
Day 5 Good morning and welcome to day five of this short series focussing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we explored the faithfulness of God towards Israel. There is no doubt that Israel has much to be forgiven for! But God will have compassion on His people and forgive them their sins and transgressions.…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 4
Day 4 Good morning and welcome to day four of this short series focusing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked at how rebellious Israel can be as a people. God is always faithful though to his covenant. He fully intends that His beloved Israel will walk with Him through all eternity. May I…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 3
This is day 3 of a fourteen part series. Day 3 Good morning and welcome to day three of this short series focussing on God’s love for Israel. Yesterday we looked briefly at God’s love and compassion for the Jewish people. It is fair to say that the Jewish people have not always walked faithfully…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 2
Day 2 God has always expressed his unfailing love and compassion for the Jews. Jeremiah 31:3 ‘The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have drawn you with loving kindness, I will build you up again.” Isaiah 54:7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you,…
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God’s Love For Israel – Day 1
Day 1 The end-time redemptive salvation of the Jewish people is a major feature of the return of Christ Jesus. I have chosen a few verses from scripture that I believe express this coming redemptive salvation. One of the greatest transformations within my spiritual life, in the past few years, has come from aligning myself…
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Awesome Thunder!
Revelation 4:5 ‘From the throne came flashes of lightening, rumblings and peals of thunder’. This Old Testament style of description adds to the drama of the moment and speaks of the awesome power and glory of the presence of God. Exodus 19:16 records: ‘On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning,…
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Prepared
Revelation 1:1 ‘which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place’. God has brought revelation that we might know the times and the seasons we are living in. Many believe that they will prepare themselves when the time comes but the implication here is that there will be no time to…
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The Slain Lamb
Revelation 5:6 ‘Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the centre of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders’. Leon Morris catches it elegantly when he writes: ‘When earth-bound men want symbols of power they conjure up mighty beasts and birds of prey. Russia…
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The Sea of Glass
Revelation 4:6 ‘Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal’. Opinions are divided as to the meaning of this verse. Legend has it that when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon she thought that a pavement of clear glass that he had set before his throne was…
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Jerusalem
Please pray for that city, the holy city, the bitter and bloodied city, where our faith began and where our faith will gather us to, the city of covenant promise, the city of particular scandal, the city that the world will come to hate, the beloved city of our Lord, please weep and pray for…
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Who is worthy?
Revelation 5:2 ‘And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice: Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll. But no-one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.’ Matthew Henry, the 18th Century expositor wrote sublimely on this subject.…
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Walking with God…
Revelation 3:4 ‘They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy’. The white clothes speak of the righteousness of Christ Jesus. What a delightful verse. To walk in fellowship and friendship with Christ, dressed in his righteousness and to be his faithful servant. What more could one ask for? This verse takes…
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Wait in eager anticipation…
Revelation 4:2 ‘At once I was in the Spirit’ Revelation chapter 4 verse two describes John being taken up in the Spirit into the heavenly realms. The point is worth making that, although we may be earth-bound citizens, that nevertheless we may be prophetically taken up into the heavens and catch just a glimpse of…
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The deep beauty
Revelation 6:9 ‘When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar, the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of god and the testimony they had maintained.’ There is a deep beauty in the midst of the darkness. Martyrdom is no stranger to the churches of the Middle East…
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Messiah fake news
Over the past few days there have been viral reports on social media that a Jewish rabbi has been proclaimed as the Messiah. An excellent rebuttal of these claims has been made by John Enarson on the Joel Richardson channel. His urgent message is that the Christian Church should not be promoting or spreading these…
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Prayers of the saints…
Revelation 5:8 ‘And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense which are the prayers of the saints’. Worship and prayer go together so well…a match made in heaven. Each one of…
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Do not fear…
Revelation 1:17 describes John meeting the risen Christ in all his resurrected glory. Revelation 1:17a ‘Do not be afraid’. John, no doubt, held the usual fears and worries that we all do but here, in this moment of perfect communion with the living Christ, all fears would fall away, to be replaced with the balm…
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The Faithful Witness
Revelation 1:5 ‘Jesus, who is the faithful witness.’ Jesus preached the gospel without compromise, even though he knew that the authorities were planning his death. He allowed his bloodied limbs to be stretched, aligned and nailed to the cross. Elevated above the world, his torn heart wept with the immensity of his love for mankind.…
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Come, Lord Jesus..
Revelation 22:20 ‘He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon”. Amen , Come Lord Jesus.‘ The penultimate verse in Revelation, indeed, in scripture, describes the unity of the cry of the heart, between the bride-groom and his bride, between Christ Jesus and God’s chosen people. Every generation has lived with this…
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Revelation 6 by Brave Church
Brave Church have a very good video on Revelation chapter six which is well worth watching. It lasts just under an hour. Jeff Scahwarzentraub speaks very clearly and in an enjoyable manner. I like his humble yet honest style. He covers the whole chapter well and he speaks from a Pre-Wrath point of view that…
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