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As Jesus begins to unseal the scroll, the great trouble known as “the tribulation” is initiated on earth. Chapter six seems to give us a sweeping overview of the entire seven year period. #tribulation #judgement #prophecy #Jesus #antichrist #bible

The Angel’s announcement of the birth of Jesus was a proclamation of the gospel.

John sees a heavenly vision of Jesus -the Lamb of God, Who alone is worthy to take the scroll from the hand of the Father, and Who subsequently receives praise from every created being. 

As we begin chapter 4, John is invited to “come up” to the heavenly throne room, where he sees and hears the glory of God. 

Jesus uses several unique examples from Laodicean culture to call out the church’s indifference toward the things of God, calling them to repentance and pleading with them to open up their hearts to Him.

Pastor Mark Kamio gives the church an update about ministry in Mexico, then finishes with a bible study from Luke 24

The church in Philadelphia had an open door for the proclamation of the gospel to their culture. Jesus encourages them to persevere in the mission of the Kingdom and to look forward to their rapture and reward.

Kind of like Uncle Ricco in “Napoleon Dynamite”, the church in Sardis was living off of the fumes of it’s past greatness -it had a name that it was alive, but it was dead. Jesus gives the church a five-point plan for revival.

This brief (but longest) letter to the church in Thyatira serves notice to those who would incite others to sin as well as those who would follow them. Even while it commends faithful and steadfast growth, it is the strongest possible warning to the potentially apostate.

Jesus commends the church for holding fast to His name, but also has the strongest possible warning for those among them who are living in moral compromise.