When you read the letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation 2-3, you’ll find each one starts the same. “To the angel of the church in …….. write. 1) The complete Book of Revelation is Jesus speaking through John in vision to the Seven Churches and through them to the Church of all time. It […]
Before we jump into the first of the Seven Churches in Revelation 2 and 3 we need to understand something about the geography of these Churches. If your Bible has maps at the end, please reference the one showing the countries and cities in the New Testament. The one I have shows Ephesus on the […]
Many people have been mesmerized by the wonderful sights they have seen around the world. I recall seeing the Grand Canyon in Arizona documentary on an IMAX screen in 1994. In 2004 we went into the Al-Hajar Mountains in northeastern Oman and Fujairah, UAE. Coming from Cape Town, Table Mountain’s view from the top is […]
As you are aware, I would like to unpack the messages to the Seven Churches in chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation Rev 1:9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God […]
I would like us to consider the seven Churches and their message to the Church today as we find it written in the Book of Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 for a while. Always remember that the backdrop to this Book of the Bible is that its message deals with the period from Jesus first […]
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Christian Revival (Part 18)
There were great leaders that paved the way towards the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther lead the way, at the same time there was John Calvin and Zwingli … across the sea in what is known as Britain John Hooper, Rowland Taylor, Hugh Latimer, John Bradford, and Nicholas Ridley. In Scotland there was John Knox and […]
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Christian Revival (Part 17)
We have a log rock garden in our front garden. It used to look pretty good until I started to neglect it because of time. By the time Angela visit from the USA arriving in May, it had a healthy crop of weeds. Unlike her dad, she loves weeding. It is therapeutic for her. Carefully […]
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Christian Revival (Part 16)
As you can’t invite people into your home for a meal and give them dirty (uncleaned) plates and knives and forks, so God cannot invite people into His House if it is polluted (unclean), saturated with the filth of the effects of pagan traits, false preachers and people who live in willful sin. If one […]
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Christian Revival (Part 15)
We have been speaking about the need to clean up every aspect of one’s life and church life, laying the foundation for holy living for the people of God, so setting the stage for a possible visitation of God by His Spirit in a true revival. Yesterday we looked at 2 Kings 22:4-9 and observe […]
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Christian Revival (Part 14)
Although slow, Jenny and I are on a program of getting rid of possessions. Our modus operandi program is pretty simple. (1) Do we need it; (2) Do we want it; (3) Can we pass it onto someone who could use it and (4) Dump it. If you consider those four issue you will understand […]