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THE PURPOSE OF HIS COMING
Our texts that we are looking at for The Lord’s Supper this morning remind us of the divine purpose of Christ coming into the world. First of all John tells us that Jesus “was manifested to take away our sins” ( 1 J...
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Wormwood
I am taking the liberty this morning to use a word from our study to present a much needed exhortation for our weekly devotional. The word that I am speaking about is “wormwood” (Revelation 8:11). Webster’s dictionary describes it th...
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He shall wipe away all Tears
My exhortation this morning is regarding a promise of God for all of His people who have shed tears on earth. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes (Revelation 7:17). Think about that, beloved. There is a time c...
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Salvation belongs to our God
It is so easy to get discouraged and lose perspective when the world around you is falling apart at the seams. But God’s Word gives to us as believers a hope that is real even in the midst of trials and tribulations (...
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reAL Freedom
We celebrate freedom as a nation today. Indeed, for over 200 years we have enjoyed a freedom that is envied by the majority of other nations. At the end of May we celebrated another national holiday, Memorial Day, to commemorate the ...
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SEALED AND SECURE
Today we are looking at the account of the sealing of the 144,000 male Jews from the 12 tribes of Israel. Who are these individuals who are sealed? Some say that they are the spiritual seed of Abraham, thus seeking to identify the...
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Who is able to Stand?
In light of the intense effects of the 6th seal judgment, our study this morning ends questioning who is able to stand the day of the Lamb’s wrath. Contextually, the flow of the book leads right into the sealing of 12,000 ...
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The Testimony of Jesus
With the opening of the fifth seal, we read about the intense persecution and martyrdom that the faithful in Christ Jesus will suffer. During this seven year time period, multitudes of people are going to come to the saving k...
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The Gospel in Numbers 21
As we observe The Lord’s Supper this morning, we will looking at an incident in the journeys of the nation of Israel that Jesus cited as a picture of His work of redemption on the cross of Calvary. God’s plan of redempt...
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Delivered from the wrath to come
One of the most comforting promises in Scripture is that the regenerated child of God, because of the merits of The Lord Jesus Christ, will never face the wrath of God. Paul told the new saints at Thessalonica that ...
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THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
One of the most sobering doctrines taught in Scripture is the doctrine of hell (Matthew 5:22, 18:9) and eternal punishment ( 2 Thessalonians 1:9). Liberal “scholarship” finds this teaching of Scripture so off...
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The Redeemer of Man
One of the most oft quoted passages from the book of Job is Job 19:25: “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.” Therein we find the main theme of Scripture — The Redeem...
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All Glory UNTo God
One of the 5 principles of the Protestant Reformation is Sola Deo Gloria, which basically states that all glory and praise belongs unto God (Psalm 115:1). No place in Scripture makes this point more clear than the heavenly scene...
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Two responses to Jesus
I was challenged and gently corrected by The Lord this week. Being the first Sunday of the month, we traditionally observe The Lord’s Supper. I must confess that my thinking was that if we leave the Revelation study and do ...
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With The Lord
One thing that can so easily be overlooked in our curiosity to rightly divide eschatology (the timing and mechanics of end time events) is this one most certain promise: we shall be with The Lord! Paul told the saints in Corinth: “W...
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“Behold The Lamb of God!”
Here in the heavenly scene of Revelation chapter 5 there can be no doubt as to Who The Lamb is that John sees. He is Jesus Christ, “The Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). He is The Exalt...
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Unveiled Face
Paul the apostle wrote, “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” ( 2 Corinthians 3:18) The reason tha...
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The sign of Jonah
“ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, ‘ Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.’ But He answered and said to them, ‘An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to i...
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Worthy is The Lamb!
In chapter 5 of Revelation, we find the first of 28 references to the “Lamb”, which of course is one of the many titles given to Our Lord Jesus Christ in Scripture. John sees Jesus in glory as a Lamb that had been slain (Rev...
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GLORIOUS THINGS
In the gospel of Luke ( 13:17), we read these words concerning our Lord Jesus Christ: “And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by...
