Last week we were given a glimpse of the holy city, as John shared with us his vision of the new heaven and earth. Today that city comes clearly into view.

I don’t think we’re remiss in thinking of heaven, our eternal home, as a restoration of the original home God created for us.

How do you picture the final judgment? Does your picture frighten you?

...the final judgment doesn’t have to be a frightening picture at all. At least not for those of us who are in Christ.

This morning we come to the most controversial passage in the most controversial book of the Bible. We come to Revelation twenty and the millennium.

This morning we come to Armageddon!

Don’t let the wedding feast begin before you’re ready for it. Don’t make the king cast you into outer darkness because you failed to dress for the wedding.

We’ve all heard of Beauty and the Beast... Well guess what, we’ve got a beauty and beast story in the book of Revelation as well.

Justice demands that God act in the face of sin... and act He does.

They were already facing such monstrous forces of evil in the form of the Roman government. But to have their foes painted so vividly before their eyes must have been unsettling even for them.

So what did they need to hear in the fourteenth chapter? How about the assurance of victory?

God is loving and merciful and gracious combined with infinite power. That's the Holy Spirit living inside of us.