Christ is about to open the sealed book and release judgment on the world. The inhabitants of the earth are ignorant of this glorious scene in heaven. As in the days of Noah and Lot, they go on their way, eating and drinking and ignoring God’s...

The key word in this chapter is “throne”; it is used twelve times. The word is used forty-six times in the entire book. The Book of Revelation makes it clear that it is the throne of God that rules the universe, not the thrones of men

Christ’s messages to the seven churches in Asia come to a close with a tragic letter to the self-sufficient, self-righteous, self-serving church in Laodicea.

In a very real sense, the church today is like the Philadelphian church, for God has set before us many open doors of opportunity. If He opens the doors, we must work; if He shuts the doors, we must wait. Above all, we must be faithful to Him and see...

All of the church’s man-made programs can never bring life, any more than a circus can resurrect a corpse. The church was born when the Spirit of God descended on the Day of Pentecost, and its life comes from the Spirit. When the Spirit is grieved...

The longest message was sent to the church in the smallest city! Thyatira was a military town as well as a commercial center with many trade guilds. Wherever guilds were found, idolatry and immorality—the two great enemies of the early church—were...

Compromise is the point at which you sell your conviction. Compromise is the point at which you sell out your ideal or the point which you stop obeying God. Compromise is the abandonment of principle to gain some end.

It costs to be a dedicated Christian, in some places, more than others. As end-time pressures increase, persecution will also increase; and God’s people need to be ready. The world may call us “poor Christians,” but in God’s sight, we are rich!

The church of Ephesus was the “careless church,” made up of careless believers who neglected their love for Christ. Are we guilty of the same neglect?

John’s prophecy is primarily the revelation of Jesus Christ, not the revelation of future events. You must not divorce the Person from the prophecy, for without the Person there could be no fulfillment of the prophecy.