An MBA graduate's thoughts from a place of prayer, study and waiting on God…
1 Thessalonians 5:21-21 The book is a revelation of Jesus Christ (Rev 1:1) and His wonderful plan of salvation since the beginning of time. God wants all (Christians and otherwise) to read, understand and keep what the book says, for the time is at hand and He has promised to bless all who do this … Continue reading Top 5 things I learnt from studying Revelation this quarter
Revelation 20:1-6, 12 The 1,000 years (or millennium) begins with the second coming of Christ. At this time, Satan and his fallen angels are chained. Read Revelation 20:1–3 along with Jeremiah 4:23–26. During the millennium, what is the state of the earth? In what way is Satan bound by chains? The chaining of Satan is … Continue reading What happens during and after “the Millennium”?
2 Thessalonians 1:8-10; Revelation 19:11-16 The second coming of Christ with His angels, the Kings from the East, brings to an end the fiery battle of Armageddon between Satan and unbelievers, vs. God’s faithful people. 🙏🏾 In Revelation 19:11–16, what we see here is a depiction of Christ’s second coming, the fulfillment of the promise … Continue reading Armageddon Ends
Matthew 22:11-14; Revelation 19:6-9 Two thousand years ago, Christ left His heavenly home to invite His followers to a wedding supper ( Matt. 22:1–14) that will take place after His marriage to His bride. “The marriage represents the reception by Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, . . . is called … Continue reading The Wedding Supper of the Lamb
Revelation 18:4 Before the full moral collapse of Babylon, a voice from heaven urges God’s people still in Babylon to “ ‘Come out of her, my people’ ” ( Rev. 18:4). Basically, there are many worshipers of God who are still in Babylon for various reasons. God uses His end-time church (NB: God always has … Continue reading Come out of her “My people”
Revelation 17:12-14, 16-17 Read Revelation 17:12–15 along with Revelation 16:14–16. What do you learn from these texts about the “ten kings”? Different interpretations have been offered regarding the identities of the ten kings. However, Revelation does not tell us who they are. All we can derive from the text is that they are a short-lived … Continue reading The Judgment of Babylon
Revelation 17:9-11 The angel explains that the seven heads are seven mountains. Some translators think that these mountains allude to the seven hills upon which the city of Rome is situated, and for this reason, they translate the Greek word oroi (“mountains”) as “hills.” There are seven kings, too, who are symbolized by the seven … Continue reading The Seven Heads of the Scarlet Beast
Revelation 17:3-4; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 17:11 Revelation 17:3 describes the scarlet beast in terms similar to the sea beast of Revelation 13, which made war with and overcame God’s people ( Rev. 13:5–7). It was this earlier period of persecution that caused the pure woman to flee into the wilderness during the prophetic period of … Continue reading Identifying the Scarlet Beast of Revelation 17
Revelation 17:3-6 In Revelation 17:3, one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues offers to show John the judgment of the harlot who sat on many waters. When John sees her, she is riding the scarlet beast. As John is carried in vision into the wilderness, he … Continue reading The Harlot Riding on the Scarlet Beast
Revelation 14:8; 17:1-2; 18:2-3; Jeremiah 51:61-64 Revelation 17:1. Jeremiah 51:13 shows that the “many waters” upon which ancient Babylon sits are the river Euphrates. Revelation 17:15 tells us what the many waters prophetic Babylon sits on symbolizes - peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues (i.e. languages). A woman in the Bible is a symbol for God’s … Continue reading Harlot Babylon and who she deceives