Category: Biblical Reflections

Revelation 6:5–11 (NKJV) After introducing the antichrist and the executioner at the opening of seals one and two, respectively, we see the third and fourth seals opened revealing additional riders on horses, while the fifth seal is opened to reveal the plight of the souls martyred for their faith during the tribulation. 5 When He opened … Continue reading The Third Seal: Scarcity and Inflation/The Fourth Seal: Widespread Death/The Fifth Seal: Martyrs Cry Out

Revelation 6:1–4 (NKJV) After speaking to the seven churches of Asia Minor, and describing the scene in the level of heaven where the throne of God sits, and then describing the Lamb of God taking the scrolls to open the seals, the revelation moves to a discussion of the individual seals being broken and the … Continue reading First Seal: The Conqueror/Second Seal: Conflict on Earth

Revelation 5:8–14 (NKJV) After the Lamb took the scroll to open it, the picture begins to unfold of the reaction to His worthiness and the resulting revelation of end times events. 8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, … Continue reading Worthy Is the Lamb

Revelation 5:1–7 (NKJV) After describing the scene for the vision, John moves on to recount the scroll which would reveal the future events from the vision. He then describes the One worthy to open the scroll. 1 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside … Continue reading The Lamb Is Worthy

Revelation 4:5–11 (NKJV) In this passage, John continues his account of the vision of heaven. He offers further description of the throne, and adds the features of the seven lamps, the living creatures, the response of the elders. He starts by describing the throne further, and then the activity around the throne. 5 And from the … Continue reading Heavenly Worship

Revelation 4:1–4 (NKJV) After writing to the seven churches of Revelation, John begins to describe the scene again as He sees a different sight and hears the voice directing Him into the throne room. 1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard … Continue reading A Door Standing Open

Revelation 3:7–13 (NKJV) After giving a scathing rebuke to the church at Sardis for the dead condition of their spiritual health and vitality, John moves on to the church at Philadelphia, the faithful church. Jesus took stock of each of these seven churches, addressing them as representatives of the church in general and all the … Continue reading Philadelphia: The Faithful Church

Revelation 3:1–6 (NKJV) John continues the spiritual journey through the seven churches of Asia Minor. He has spoken of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, and Thyatira. He now moves to the dead church, Sardis. This church had the same problem as the fig tree cursed by Jesus: it seemed alive, but produced no fruit. Jesus cursed the … Continue reading Sardis: The Dead Church

Revelation 2:18–29 (NKJV) John moves to the fourth church of Revelation, Thyatira. He has written to Ephesus, Smyrna, and Pergamos in their particular circumstances, and now move to the church known as a church with corruption as their flaw. 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,‘These things says the Son of God, … Continue reading Thyatira: The Corrupt Church

Revelation 2:12–17 (NKJV) After writing to the loveless church (Ephesus) and the Persecuted Church (Smyrna), John now begins his writing to the compromising church (Pergamos). This writing, from Christ through the Holy Spirit, addresses the fact that the church, although faithful in the face of persecution, began to adopt beliefs of heretical and sinful groups … Continue reading Pergamos: The Compromising Church