Tag: Jerusalem
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Laodicea 2

In the mountainous regions of modern-day Turkey, the water source can arrive at two quite different temperatures. In some parts, the water can be heated by thermal springs and can be a luxuriously warm temperature. In other parts, the water can be cool spring mountain water. Both are delightful in their own way.
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Laodicea 1

As with all the letters, Jesus begins with a description of himself. Jesus is the faithful and true witness who did not turn back and who did not deny his heavenly Father and the gospel that he was entrusted with. He resolutely walked to Gethsemane and suffered the cross for all mankind.
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Sunday Review 12
Welcoem to this Sunday Review. Thank you, as ever, for all your support and interest. The week just gone by, I focused on Revelation 2&3 and this week I will finish off with Jesus’ letters to Laodicea. My hope and prayer is firstly that my writings will encourage those in other nations to hold firm…
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Philadelphia 6
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my sixth post on the church of Philadelphia. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Please either listen to the audio clip…
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Philadelphia 5
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my fifth post on the church of Philadelphia. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Please either listen to the audio clip…
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Philadelphia 4
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my fourth post on the church of Philadelphia. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Revelation 3:12 ‘Him who overcomes I will…
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Saturday Thought
Core Statement Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! I woke up this morning, writing in my mind a core message for this website and this is the message that I wrote: We are fast approaching the greatest Christian revival the world has…
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Sunday Review 11
Hi and welcome to this Sunday review. A big thank you to all who support this website, it means a lot to me. If you know of anyone who would be blessed by reading my daily posts then do please let them know. My ambition is to be able to reach persecuted nations in the…
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Philadelphia 2
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my second post on the church of Philadelphia. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Please either listen to the audio clip…
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Philadelphia 1
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my first post on the church of Philadelphia.. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Please either listen to the audio clip…
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Sardis 4
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my third post on the church of Sardis. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Please either listen to the audio clip…
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Sardis 3
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my third post on the church of Sardis. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Please either listen to the audio clip…
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Sardis 2
This is a series of posts on the letters of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. This is my second post on the church of Sardis. To see all my previous posts on these two chapters, please look down at the end for a full list. Please either listen to the audio clip…
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Sardis 1
This is part of my study into Revelation 2&3. ~This is my first post on Sardis. Please either listen to the audio track above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Revelation 3:1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write:” The church in Sardis, one of the seven churches…
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Thyatira 5
Hi, we are studying Jesus’ letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3 and this is my fifth post on the church of Thyatira. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Revelation 2:6 ‘To him who overcomes and does my will to the…
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Sunday Review 10
Hi, and welcome to this Sunday Review. This past week I have been writing on Revelation 2 and will continue to do so this week coming. I have also worked out how to use Blurb software and I hope to produce my short e-books very soon! Back in the day, when I was a young…
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Thyatira 3
Hi, this is a study into Jesus’ letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2&3. We are studying the church of Thyatira at the moment. Please either listen to the audio above or read the notes below or both at the same time1 Revelation 2:24 ‘Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira,…
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Thyatira 2
This is a series of posts on Revelation 2&3 and we are studying Jesus’ letter to the church in Thyatira. Please either listen to the audio above or read the notes below or both at the same time. Revelation 2:20 ‘Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a…
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Pergamum part d
Sorry, my posts are slightly out of order! This is the seventh post in a short series on Revelation 2&3 which are the letters of Jesus to the seven churches. We continue with the church of Pergamum. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same…
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R2 Thyatira
Hi, we are studying Revelation 2&3, the letters of Jesus to the seven churches and we have arrived at the church in Thyatira. To go to the beginning, to the first of my posts on the church in Ephesus then please see down at the bottom for my previous posts.. Please either listen to the…
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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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Sunday Review 9
Hi and welcome to my Sunday Review. Thank you, as ever, for all your support, I really do appreciate it! Last week I started writing about Revelation chapters two and three, focusing on a futurist interpretation. One of the great commentators of our day is Nelson Walters, who runs a YouTube channel, and he has…
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Pergamum part c
Hi, this is the sixth in a short series on Revelation 2&3. To see my previous posts, please at the end of this post. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Revelation 2:17 ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what…
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Revelation 2 Pergamum part b
Hi, this is the fifth post in a short series on Revelation chapter two and three. To get to the first post in the series, please click here. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! We carry on this morning with our study…
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Revelation 2 Pergamum
Hi, this is the fourth in a short series on Revelation two and three. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! The third church that Jesus writes to is the church in Pergamum which is to be found in the modern state of…
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Revelation 2 Smyrna part b
In Revelation chapter two, Jesus addresses the church in Ephesus. He now turns his attention to the church in Smyrna, the city of myrrh, the incense used for burial. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! I apologize in advance if this post…
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Revelation 2 Smyrna part a
In Revelation chapter two, Jesus addresses the church in Ephesus. He now turns his attention to the church in Smyrna, the city of myrrh, the incense used for burial. Please either listen to the audio above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Revelation 2:9 ‘I know your afflictions and your…
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Sunday Review 8
Hi, yesterday I finished my series of posts exploring Matthew 24, the Olivet Discourse, from the point of view that these precious verses form a lighthouse of warnings and encouragements for all generations but especially for the end-time generation. However, certain theological positions seek to dilute or even evade these sound warnings. If you missed…
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Revelation 2 Ephesus
This is the first post in a short series exploring Revelation chapter two and three. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Revelation 2:1 ‘To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: In Revelation 2, Jesus is speaking to the church in…
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Sunday Review 7
Hi and welcome to this Sunday Review. The week just gone, I carried on with my study on the identity of the rider on the white horse in Revelation 6:1. To get to the first post in this study please click here and to skip to the conclusion please click here. This week coming I…
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Highly Recommended!
This video was made some three years ago but it remains as poignant and as relevant today as it did then. It features a member of the underground church in the Middle East who gives two dramatic accounts, first in Iran and then Kurdistan, of the miraculous appearance of ‘the man in white,’ clothed in…
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Turning Off The Fire-Alarm 6
This is the last post in a short series. To go the beginning, to the first post, please click here. Please either listen to the short audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Jesus warns us, in Matthew 24, that there will be an end-time period of tribulation.…
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Turning Off The Fire-Alarm 5
Head in the Sand Escapism This is the fifth post in a short series. To go to the beginning, from the first post, please click here. Please either listen to the short video clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! Jesus warns us, in Matthew 24, that there will…
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Turning Off The Fire-Alarm 4
Symbolism and Metaphor This is the fourth in a series of posts. To go to the first post in the series, please click here. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time. Jesus warns us, in Matthew 24, that there will be an end-time…
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Turning Off The Fire-Alarm 3
This is a seven part series on the subject of Matthew 24, the Olivet Discourse, that Jesus gave on the Mount of Olives, shortly before Gethsemane. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time! This is the third post in this series. To go…
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Turning Off The Fire-Alarm 2
This is a seven part series on the subject of Matthew 24, the Olivet Discourse, that Jesus gave on the Mount of Olives, shortly before Gethsemane. To begin at the first post in this series, please click here. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the…
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Turning Off The Fire-Alarm 1
This is a seven part series on the subject of Matthew 24, the Olivet Discourse, that Jesus gave on the Mount of Olives, shortly before Gethsemane. Please either read my notes below or listen to the audio clip above or both at the same time! Let me begin with a short story: ‘I heard of…
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Even To The Point Of Death
Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time. We were praying and fasting this week for Afghanistan and in our prayer meeting I saw, in my mind’s eye, that Jesus was standing before a blackboard with a piece of chalk. And Jesus was saying…
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Rider on the White Horse conclusion
We have been studying the rider on the white horse in Revelation 6 and trying to discern his true identity. Please either listen to the audio clip above or read the notes below or both at the same time. The Book of Revelation contains the description of two riders on white horses. Revelation 6:1 I…
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Sunday Review 6
Welcome to this Sunday Review. Last week I focused on the identity of the rider of the white horse in Revelation 6:1. The links are below. I have two more posts on this subject which I will put up this week and I will probably bring it all together in one long post too. Yesterday…
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Recommended!
The Feasts of the Lord, his appointed times and holy assemblies are faithfully recorded in scripture. Leviticus 23:4 ‘These are the Lord’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.’ We have just celebrated Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets, with its festive feasts and sounding of shofars, followed by…
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Rider on the White Horse 7
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 a white horse. Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out…
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Rider of the White Horse part 6
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 a white horse. Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out…
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Rider on the White Horse 5
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 a white horse. Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out…
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Rider on a White Horse 4
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 a white horse. Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out…
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Rider on a White Horse 3
This is the third in a seven part series on the identity of the rider on the white horse in Revelation 6. 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…
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Rider on the White Horse 2
Welcome to the second post of this seven post series exploring the identity of the rider of the white horse in Revelation 6:1. 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…
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Rider on the White Horse 1
Welcome to this seven part study into the identity of the rider of the white horse in Revelation 6. Please either listen to the three minute audio clip below or read the notes or both at the same time! Revelation 6:1 ‘I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I…
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Sunday Review 5
Hi and welcome to this Sunday Review. As I write this, encouraging words are coming out of Afghanistan of the fearless work of Christian evangelists risking their very lives and sharing the gospel. At the same time, the youth of Afghanistan are disillusioned and disgusted with the behaviour of the Taliban. This gives a wonderful…
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Nehemiah’s Gate conclusion
We have explored the names of Nehemiah’s 10 Gates, that were built to fortify Jerusalem after the Babylonians conquest. We have seen how they describe the gospel of Jesus. It is wonderful to see that the gospel is embroidered into the very fabric of scripture. Please either listen to the short audio text above or…