Revelation 10 – What are we doing? This chapter is an introduction to the latter part of the prophecies of this book. The underlying message of this chapter is positive and that we should not think that this book should not depress us.
bringing God's loving word to God's world
bringing God's loving word to God's world
Sermons by Duncan Beet (Page 5)
Revelation 9. The fifth trumpet brings demonic locusts from the bottomless pit. The star fallen from heaven is not a literal star but a person!
John’s beautiful poetic image comes to life as grim reality in chapter 7. The wind becomes part of the vision–and a very real threat–when John sees four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on…
Revelation 5 – The Scroll and the Lamb Revelation chapter 5 continues the vision of chapter 4. The “book” is a scroll with seven messages, each of which has been “sealed” with the authority of God. The breaking of the seals would reveal the message inside each part of the scroll. Scrolls normally had writing…
Revelation 4 – A Throne in Heaven A vision of God, as on his glorious throne, around which were twenty-four elders and four living creatures. Whose songs, and those of the holy angels, the apostle heard. To John the throne represents the power and majesty of the one sitting on it, and everything else he sees is described…
To the Church in Pergamum John’s letter to the church in Pergamum is his third in the series of seven. In this third letter he records the words of “The One who has the sharp two-edged sword.” As in Revelation 1:16 this is a reference to Christ.
To the Church Smyrna Revelation 2:8-11. The church was suffering misfortune and poverty, which are often closely linked. When Christians are being persecuted, they may find it difficult to find employment. However, the poverty of the church in Smyrna was only economic, they were spiritually rich. 1. The Persecution Smyrna was a Greek city dating back to…
Mark 7 24 – 30 “Jesus Honours a Syrophoenician Woman”. Although based on the reading in Mark, Duncan has also drawn heavily on Matthew 15. When writing his gospel, Matthew was aiming it at a Jewish audience. He therefore included references that would chime a chord with Jewish Christians. The Gospel of Mark on the…
To the Church of Ephesus Revelation 2: 1-7. Ephesus was a famous church planted by the apostle Paul (Acts 19:1-41), and afterwards grown and led by John, who viewed it as his home. This is the first of the churches that John deals with. Each has a different message for us today as we shall…
Daniel 12:4 to 13 – The End Times. Daniel has had the future countries and empires and God’s influence over the End Times. Two questions are asked; When shall the end be? And, what shall the end be? These two questions are asked and answered here, in the end of the book.