UNDERSTANDING THE SECOND COMING: Unsealing the Book of Daniel- Captive Evangelism

  UNDERSTANDING THE SECOND COMING: Unsealing the Book of Daniel- Captive Evangelism UNSEALING THE BOOK OF DANIEL:  CAPTIVE EVANGELISM   It was approximately one thousand miles on foot that Daniel and his three friends had to travel to reach Babylon. Modern travel time to reach most of the world is just a few days or […]

Understanding the Second Coming: New Heaven and a New Earth

Understanding the Second Coming: New Heaven and a New Earth   Chapters 21 and 22 bring us to the close of our study in the book of Revelation. Our previous study saw the battle between good and evil completed; the last vestiges of sin were forever destroyed. Now John is shown a vision of the […]

Understanding the Second Coming: Satan in Chains

Understanding the Second Coming: Satan in Chains   Revelation 20 takes in three major events that are all yet to transpire. It opens in the context of Armageddon, “the battle of the great day of God Almighty” (Revelation 16:14, 16; 17:12-14; 19:11-21). The first few verses deal with what is to happen, specifically to Satan, […]

Understanding the Second Coming: The Woman and the Beast

Understanding the Second Coming: The Woman and the Beast   The seven last plagues, the most horrific judgments ever to come upon this earth, have just been described in the previous chapter. Now, in Revelation 17, one of the angels involved in pouring out these judgments explains to John why they have been allowed by […]

Understanding the Second Coming: The Seven Last Plagues and Armageddon

Understanding the Second Coming: The Seven Last Plagues and Armageddon   As we near the end of the book of Revelation, we find the entire earth divided into two groups of people. Chapters 15 and 16 bring to view these two groups. The first have “gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, […]

Understanding the Second Coming: Final Messages from Heaven

Understanding the Second Coming: Final Messages from Heaven   The most crystal clear truth of the Bible is that “God is love” (1 John 4:16). His love for our fallen race moved Him to give His Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer the penalty for our sins. At the cross God did more than claim to […]

Understanding the Second Coming:  The Sea Beast and the Land Beast

Understanding the Second Coming:  The Sea Beast and the Land Beast   For many people Revelation 13 is the most fascinating part of the apocalypse. In this chapter we encounter two beasts that unite to deceive the whole world. When deception fails to gain universal domination, the terrible-twosome resort to economic control and finally the […]

Understanding the Second Coming: The War Behind All Wars

Understanding the Second Coming: The War Behind All Wars The War Behind All Wars The things we see in this world are not the primary reality. Life on planet earth is definitely real, sometimes more real than we would like. But the all too apparent struggle between good and evil that transpires here is merely […]