When You Read Revelation…..Think Symbolically
|When I was in school, I enjoyed math class much more than my English class because I found it easier to solve for x or y than to understand poetry. … Continued
When You Read Revelation…..Think in Circles Not A Line
|When I first read Revelation, I viewed it linearly—as a sequential story from start to finish. However, further study has convinced me that it is better to read it cyclically, … Continued
Before You Read Revelation…….Read These 7 Books
|The book of Revelation is that it is filled with images and allusions to the Old Testament that readers today may not be familiar with. In other posts, I noted … Continued
Before You Read Revelation…….Read Zechariah
|There are a number of Old Testament books that I think someone should be familiar with in order to make sense of the various images and ideas that appear in … Continued
Before You Read Revelation…….Read Ezekiel
|Revelation is a book of the Bible that intrigues many people but also confuses many people. Part of that confusion arises because it utilizes images and ideas found in other … Continued
Before You Read Revelation…….Read Daniel
|When I ask people the book of the Bible they are most interested in studying, the most common answer I receive is the Book of Revelation. While a challenging book, … Continued
Why Read the Book of Revelation?
|Believe it or not, the first book of the Bible that I did an in-depth and formal study of was the Book of Revelation. This is the last book of … Continued
Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Resurrection, the Mark of the Beast, and Going to Heaven
|This is the final post in which I am answering questions about Jesus’s return and the end times that we received. While I devoted an entire post to the questions … Continued
Giving Thanks…..for the Book of Revelation
|It’s time for the annual “Thanksgiving” blog post! I’ve reflected on a variety of subjects on this occasion over the past six years (here are those posts: 2021, 2020, 2019, … Continued
Can I Get a Witness (or Two)? The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11
|I was recently asked about the identity and significance of the two witnesses described in Revelation 11. Let’s first examine what the text says about them and then seek to … Continued
Who are the 144,000 in Revelation?
|Prior to my teaching on Jesus’s Return and the End Times, someone asked about the identity of the 144,000 that we read about in Revelation 7 and 14. I didn’t … Continued
Is This the End? Yes and Maybe – And What Are You Going to Do About It?
|A question I’ve recently been asked by a number of people is whether or not I think the current events are a sign that the end of the world is … Continued