Some thoughts on Scripture

Revelation 20:4--"And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 19:16--"And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." What a turnabout from when Jesus was crucified. At that time, a sign above Him bore a similar title: THE KING OF THE JEWS. But that was largely put up in jest and taken to be a mocking as the... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 18:4-5--"And I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities....'" When I think over this verse, it reorients my conception of... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 17:16--""And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire." It should be no surprise the countless instances in which bad guys turn on each other. It's because they individually are rooted in... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 16:10-11--"Then the fifth angel pured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent their deeds." Of all the... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 15:8--"The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of god and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed." The commentaries I read refere to smoke as the presence of God. And for those of you studying the old... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 14:2--"And I heard a voice from heaven, like a voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps." I was looking through study helps and in the NIV Study Bible I read in reference to the sound of waters in Ezekiel (14:2),... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 13:16--"He(the beast) causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads." I have observed people's hysteria about this passage, in relation to recent, invasive technology. When computer bar codes first came out,... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 11:3--"And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." Revelation 12:6--"Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her one thousand two hundred and... Sign in to see full entry.

Revelation 11:19--"Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail." It stirs the imagination to think it is to be found somewhere on the earth, but the above verse implies... Sign in to see full entry.