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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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Open the doors!
Revelation 22:10 ‘Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book because the time is near.“ Most commentators refer to Daniel 12:9. Daniel 12:9 ‘He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.” Many believe that now…
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Isaiah 24
Samuel Whitefield has put forward another excellent video teaching course, this time on Isaiah 24. Samuel speaks of the great darkness that is coming on the earth, as described by Isaiah in chapter 24. Isaiah 24:4 ‘The earth dries up and withers…’ But then Samuel speaks of the wave of intense rejoicing that will occur:…
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The Turbulent Flight!
I once caught a commercial flight from Athens to Tel Aviv and we went through a severe thunderstorm. The plane was going up and down like a yo-yo and so was my stomach! The passengers, including myself, were all very frightened. Some were getting up to go the toilet, some were opening the overhead lockers…
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The Single Pearl
Revelation 21:21 ‘The twelve gates were made of twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The pearl represents virginal purity and Jesus is the gate: John 10:9 ‘I am the gate, whoever enters through me will be saved.’ The single pearl denotes that Jesus is the only way, the only gate through which…
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Understandings of Revelation
There is a maze of different understandings of Revelation which makes to it all rather complicated and off-putting to begin with. Mike Winger is a very good biblical scholar who teaches with honesty and integrity. Here he presents a teaching on the various forms of understanding available. The video is thorough and unbiased and it…
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Worship Him!
Revelation 14:7 ‘Worship Him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.‘ The springs of water speak of the eternal grace of God. We are called to humble ourselves before the Creator of the Universe. We may be arrogant enough to believe that we control the movements of the earth…
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The Victory of the Lamb
This an excerpt from my commentary on chapter 14 which will be posted very soon. Revelation 14:1 ‘Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.’ The beginning of chapter thirteen was ominous with…
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The Jesus We Don’t Truly Know
The challenging title above is taken from the latest 40 minute teaching tutorial that comes weekly from the FAI Studio, found here , on the subject of the Book of Revelation. It can also be viewed on YouTube by clicking here. It is Dalton Thomas teaching this week . They are still on the first…
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Processing Tough Times
In these crazy and tumultuous times it was refreshing to read an article by Steven J Hogan of the Hope Bible Church Tampa. Click here to get there. His short article is full of good sensible wisdom and advice to see us through the day. Well recommended!
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Martyrdom
Revelation 13:9 ‘He who has an ear let him hear. If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, with the sword he will be killed.’ Revelation 13 brings its fair share of darkness but the light of Revelation 14 is not too far away…
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The End-time Beast Empire
Revelation 13:2 ‘The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion.‘ In my last post I showed how this verse takes us to Daniel 7:4-7 where the beast-empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece are described. Daniel then describes the fourth beast,…
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The Beast
Revelation 13:1 ‘And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns, seven heads with ten crowns on his horns and on each head a blasphemous name. The beast comes up out of the ‘sea‘ represents the anti-Christ emerging in the midst of societal chaos and anarchistic disorder. This is the…
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The Woman of Revelation 12
There is a video to be found by clicking here of a friendly debate between Scott Howell, Douglas Hamp and Dr. Alan Kurschner on the identity of the woman of Revelation 12. Is she Israel, Mary or the Church? The debate was friendly and informative and I learnt a lot from it. Rather than me…
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The very best friend…
Revelation 1:17 When I saw him, i fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid”. One of the most poignant moments in Revelation is when John is overwhelmed by the sheer presence of the radiant Christ and falls to his knees. His…
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FAI Revelation studies
Frontier Alliance Studio, well-known for their excellent film and music production have started their study of the Book of Revelation. Joel Richardson and Dalton Thomas will take it in turn to present a study on a more-or-less weekly basis on their FAI app and on YouTube. I have just listened to the fifth study in…
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Samuel Whitefield
One great resource to understanding end-time theology is the teaching of Samuel Whitefield. He has written several books such as ‘Son of Man, the gospel of Daniel 7’ and ‘It Must Be Finished – making sense of the return of Jesus’ and ‘Mercy Before Judgement – an invitation to intercession.’ His new website includes online…
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Psalm 23
Hi, a short two-and-a-half minute video featuring Psalm 23 to ease away the Christmas tensions. All music composed, performed and recorded by myself. Photograph from my garden. Click the arrow below…may it be a blessing…
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