Revelation Sermon Series-Week 21 Preview
The final verses of chapter 22 bring us full circle to the revelation.
The final verses of chapter 22 bring us full circle to the revelation.
The River of Life In chapter 22, another angel shows John even more details about the Lord’s eternal care for the city of God, His Church. In this vision, John sees more clearly how the new earth resembles the Garden of Eden. The first thing John sees in the new Eden is “the river of…
Having been given a taste of what the new heaven and new earth are going to look like, John now gives us a taste of the new Jerusalem.
The New Heaven and the New Earth Chapter 21 moves us into the final vision that looks beyond the millennium to heaven. After the resurrection of the dead and judgment (Rev. 20), God is going to make “all things new” so that He might dwell with His children forever and ever. All of this, of…
In this vision, John sees the final judgment. On the one hand, it is a terrible vision. The dead (believers and unbelievers) have been resurrected and now stand before the Judge.
Chapter 20 is perhaps the most confusing chapter in Revelation and at the same time, the most well known. This is the chapter that gives rise to talk about Christ’s millennial reign, or the millennium (Rev 20:4). This chapter is also packed with insights into why the devil used the antichrist and the false prophet…
The first take of Jesus’ Second Coming, the Parousia, was given back in 14:14-20. In that chapter, John saw how Jesus was coming for the harvest. Now in the second half of chapter 19, everything that we have learned so far in Revelation comes together.
With the devil’s political beast and false prophet (aka the beast of the earth, prostitute, and Babylon) now judged and destroyed, the Church triumphant and the angels of heaven break forth into the Hallelujah chorus…
Having now seen the third and final take of the end of the world (Revelation 15-16), chapters 17:1-22:6 function much like an epilogue where all the loose ends are nicely wrapped up. In this final vision, John now gets answers to the questions like: What happens to the unholy trinity? What happens to the earth?…
Having revealed that the devil’s plans to destroy the Church ends in defeat, the Revelation story once again rewinds and turns to the third and final take on the end of the end of the world. This time through, the focus is on God’s hand of judgment.