The book of Revelation reveals God’s divine plan layer by layer. As the seventh seal is broken, silence in heaven signals the trumpet judgments—an escalation of God’s righteous response to sin and a call to repentance. Through these trumpets, we see not just judgment but also God’s deep desire for humanity to turn back to Him.

According to Revelation 6 and 7, after the Church is raptured, the Tribulation will begin. In this message, Pastor Jordan Easley helps us understand exactly what will happen during the horrific period of the Tribulation, and he explains the six seals that will be broken during this time.

When God instructed John to write the Book of Revelation, He told him to write what he had seen, what currently is, and what is to come in the future. Understanding each of these components is the key to understanding Revelation and the message God has for us in this important book.

The book of Revelation is a very confusing book of the Bible, which is why many people often avoid reading it. In this message, Pastor Jordan Easley begins a series all about the book of Revelation in hopes of helping you better understand this portion of God’s Word.

I want you to imagine two chairs: one labeled OLD and the other NEW. Everyone knows what it’s like to sit in the OLD chair. This chair symbolizes our old self, our original nature as sinners. Psalm 51:5 says, “Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.” In the OLD chair, we strive for personal success, wealth, comfort, and status. We’re driven by self-interest and the applause of others. We live to build ourselves up and prop up our own name. But when Jesus saves us, He changes our chair, our minds, our hearts, our desires, and our actions. The NEW chair represents following Jesus. In this chair, our focus is different: we seek God’s righteousness, build His Kingdom, serve others selflessly, and share Christ faithfully. In this chair, Jesus is King, and we live for His glory, not ours. As we turn to Matthew 6, Jesus shifts from internal transformation to external practices and asks: Why do you do the things you do? The world measures actions. The Lord measures motives.

We live in a world where resentment is easy and forgiveness feels impossible. When someone hurts us, our natural response is to hold a grudge, seek revenge, or cut them off completely. But in Kingdom Culture, Jesus calls His followers to a radically different way of life: to love not only our friends but even our enemies. That kind of love is countercultural and supernatural. In Matthew 5:43-48, Jesus raises the standard for what it means to truly love. The love of Jesus looks different from the world’s love, and we’ve been called to love like Him. Today He shows us three defining marks of that kind of love.

There’s a big difference between becoming a Christian and being a Christian. Becoming a Christian happens in a moment when you place your faith in Jesus, ask for His forgiveness, receive His salvation, and are born again. But that beautiful moment is just the beginning. Being a Christian is more than a spiritual moment. It’s a lifelong journey. It’s a daily commitment to live differently, to love radically, and to follow Christ completely. That’s the message Jesus communicates in Matthew 5 as He preaches the Sermon on the Mount. He reminds His followers that He hasn’t called us to a title but to a total transformation. In today’s passage, Jesus challenges us to go against everything our flesh desires: not just to meet expectations, but to go beyond them and live a second-mile life.

Words carry a lot of weight. Jesus makes this point clear in Matthew 5. In His day, the Pharisees were abusing the power of their words, making oaths they didn’t intend to keep. But Jesus dismantled their deception and called His followers to a life of radical truthfulness. He said, “Let your ‘yes’ mean yes, and your ‘no’ mean no.” In other words, Kingdom people tell the truth.

Imagine with me the ancient city of Troy. After 10 years of war, the Greeks appeared to give up and left behind a massive wooden horse. The Trojans thought they had won, so they dragged the horse into their city as a trophy. But that night, Greek soldiers hidden inside slipped out, opened the gates, and let in the army. Troy was destroyed — not from the outside, but from the inside. That’s exactly what Jesus warns us about in Matthew 5:27–32. In His day, the Pharisees focused on external sins like adultery and divorce, but Jesus said the real battle begins on the inside. The world may see the external fruit, but Jesus sees the internal root. And lust in your heart is like the Trojan horse — if you let it in, it will destroy you from the inside out.

We are walking through a series of messages called Kingdom Culture, based on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. So far, Jesus has told us that we are to be salt and light, and that true righteousness is not about law but about grace. But beginning in Matthew 5:21, Jesus goes from being general to being very specific. Over the next several weeks, He addresses six critical areas that deal directly with the roots of our hearts. And the very first subject He addresses is murder. While most people would deny being guilty of murder, Jesus shows us that murder is more than an act—it’s an attitude. Murder doesn’t start with your hands; it starts with your heart.