Revelation

There are 13 creatures mentioned in the Book of Revelation: The Lamb (Rev. 5:6), the four living creatures (Rev. 4:7), the four horses (Rev. 6:1-8), the Red Dragon (Rev. 12:3), the Beast from the Sea (Rev. 13:1-2), the Beast from the Earth (Rev. 13:11), and the locusts (Rev. 9:3-11). The debate of figurative vs. literal

There are 13 creatures mentioned in the Book of Revelation: The Lamb (Rev. 5:6), the four living creatures (Rev. 4:7), the four horses (Rev. 6:1-8), the Red Dragon (Rev. 12:3), the Beast from the Sea (Rev. 13:1-2), the Beast from the Earth (Rev. 13:11), and the locusts (Rev. 9:3-11). Revelation is a visual of what

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” (Revelation 4:8, ESV) When the Apostle John was invited into heaven, what were the

At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne (Revelation 4:2, ESV). In a book by C.S. Lewis, the mythical Queen Orual seeks an audience with God to complain about her life, demand justice, and ask why God allowed certain situations to happen. In answer to her

From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God (Revelation 4:5, ESV). Around the 4th of July, I often hear the phrase “Red, White, and Boom!” What began as a modest park celebration in 1981 on the

Chapter four of Revelation has only 11 verses. And these verses share a perspective totally unique in the Bible. Typically, we think of heaven coming down to us just as Jesus preached at the beginning of His ministry in Matthew 4:17b, “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” But in Revelation chapter 4,

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: “The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation” (Revelation 3:14, ESV). The last letter of the Book of Revelation to the seven churches was written to Laodicea. We’ve heard the phrase “saving the best for last,” but this letter should be

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens (Revelation 3:7, ESV). Philadelphia was the sixth waystation on the postal road from Ephesus to Laodicea. Whoever was delivering the Apostle