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Chapter 1 - An overview of Revelation 1-3 , but also the entire book of Revelation. We are looking to break down Rev 1:1-8 today. Rev 1:1 - It’s the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John and to us through John. ++Written in the mid 90’s AD. ++The is the 1st word, but it should be a “A” showing that the…

Beginnings There are lots of beginnings in life, but before these beginnings there was “the” beginning. Beginnings bring about a journey, the journey brings about a conclusion (an end), this morning that is what we are looking at. (beginning of life picture here) - expand (beginning of your journey picture)…

Revelation 1:1-20 Revelation 1:1–8 (NASB95) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,…

Parents are powerful. They shape our view of the world, ourselves, and also our view of God. Adults shape children’s life. Yet, we cannot, must not, nor forget how just a single adult pouring into a kid’s life can change the trajectory. God is the beginning and the End. We read about this in Scripture…

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads…

Read the Blueprints When considering constructing a building or house, the best successes come when plans are followed. An entire team of people who understand the plans are able to gather together and read from those plans what the end vision will entail. However, there are times when people attempt…

When I first began preaching through Revelation a few weeks ago, I shared that the word “Revelation”, not revelations, was like pulling back the curtain to show what was behind. Think about a movie premier or a play. You would have several Key figures involved. The same thing is true as the Revelation…

This Week’s Theme: Forever With the LORD This Week’s Word is Heaven: God’s habitation where he is worshipped and served by angels. Solely on account of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, believers will inherit a place in heaven and there forever enjoy perfect fellowship with God in his worship…

I want to begin this morning by asking you a question. I want to get a mic and have a few of you give me your feed back. Raise you hand. What Is Love in Action? Why do we say “I love you?” “I love you” is an empty phrase without a demonstration of commitment and a willingness to sacrifice with some type…

Jesus’ outline of Revelation: What was seen: Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is: the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3 . What will be: Jesus’ judgement in the seven seals, trumpets and bowls. Revelation 4-22 . Who is Jesus? Does he deserve to be heard and obeyed in worship? 4 John to the seven…

12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter…

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads…

The Almighty One Opening Prayer 19 and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, Introduction There are many voices in the world, all of them proclaiming they have the answers for success in the world they have the answers…

Second Temple Literature Now, again, we could go off and talk about the worldwide, encompassing nature of the temple. And there was this inordinately literalistic-defying description of a temple 1,500 miles high and all this kind of stuff. This is known elsewhere in Second Temple Jewish literature, where…

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads…

Jesus is fully human and fully God.  We get the fully human part (‘cuz we’re human too), but what about the fully God part, and how do those two natures work together?

Read Jonah 3 . Jonah gets a second chance Nineveh an imposing city collection of 3 cities- Nineveh, Khorsabad, Nimrud located near modern day mound called Navi Yunus Life in Nineveh: cruel, domineering, conquering, pagan, sexual gods/goddesses impaled and disfigured conquered people. Long reign of terror…

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold,…

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,…

Seeing is believing. Or at least that is what we like to say. Or another phrase, “I’ll believe it when I see it!” Is this really true? Reality is that if we think we already have things figured out, or unwilling to actually “see” things differently, what happens doesn’t matter. This evening I submit…

God WAS on the throne . First Rain - The Great Flood. Cleanse the world of sin. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 13 Then God said to Noah,…

Where are you looking? This is an important question. Where are you looking for love, hope, truth, grace, relationships, authority, perspective? We go where we look. We will become like that which we look at. For some we look in the past. This is the “good old days”. This is appropriate and we at times…

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold,…

Revelation 1:4-8 Jesus is the theme of the book - He is the Person of Revelation. We saw last week that there is a blessing to all who read it. A blessing is promised to those who Read Hear, and Keep the Words written here. There is no wonder the devil wants to cause so much confusion when it comes to…