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In this passage things just keep getting better. It's a passage that builds on last week and is full of symbols and metaphors describing the grandeur and perfection and purity of the kingdom to come. A divine banquet awaits for those who are in Christ. 

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We move from last week's highly debated text to this week's, which may be Revelation's most beautiful. In this well-known passage we are comforted with the great promise of God one day making all things new one day, a work that Jesus began with His first coming and completes with His second. 

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This chapter sparks more debate than most, if not all, in the Bible. It introduces a millennium period about which people have differing views. We'll discuss some of those. But most importantly, it brings encouragement and comfort to those following the Lamb and the certainty of their future and defeat of their enemy. 

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One of the big picture themes of Revelation is the trials the church undergoes. Imprisonment, martyrdom and war but a time is coming when that war will end. That’s the promise revealed in this chapter which ends with a wedding and a feast with the Lamb. 

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In last week’s message from Revelation 17 we looked at the deception of Babylon. In this week’s we look at her destruction. A destruction coming because of her self glorification, her deception and her oppression. We end by considering how we respond as people who live in ‘Babylon’ today. 

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Although Revelation 17 can be difficult to interpret, we must. For it’s a text written to encourage and strengthen those who follow Jesus while living at a time that opposes them and the Jesus they follow.

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The God of all comfort; how God comforts us in all our affliction. 2 Corinthias 1:3-11

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Revelation 15 reminded us of how certain our future is as God’s people. Together we sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, celebrating our deliverance by the blood of Jesus and the guarantee of a future with Him. Revelation 16 goes on to tell us that God’s wrath against evil is equally certain and sure. His wrath is real, intense, and it is both a present and future reality for those who do not trust in Jesus, the Son of God.

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When the news of the resurrection first spread among the disciples, Thomas could not believe it. After everything he had seen—the crucifixion, the suffering, the finality of death—hope felt impossible. He demanded proof, insisting he would not believe unless he could see and touch the wounds himself. Yet despite his bold skepticism, Thomas returned to the gathering of the disciples a week later, revealing a quiet tension within him: doubt wrestling with the possibility that the story might not be over.

Then Jesus appeared. Instead of rebuking Thomas, he met him in his questions and invited him to see for himself. In a moment, Thomas moved from resistance to worship, declaring, “My Lord and my God.” His story reminds us that faith does not begin with certainty, but often with honest questions. Easter invites us into that same journey—from doubt to belief—where an encounter with the risen Christ transforms skepticism into trust.

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At the cross, the darkest injustice in human history unfolds. Jesus is condemned through false accusations, manipulated testimony, and a broken legal process—an innocent man executed between criminals. Yet beneath the chaos of human injustice, something deeper is taking place. The cross becomes the place where divine justice is not abandoned but fulfilled. Even the smallest details—the soldiers casting lots, the inscription above Jesus, his final declaration “It is finished”—point to a story far larger than the crime committed that day.

What appears to be humanity’s greatest failure becomes the turning point of redemption. The One who embodies perfect righteousness willingly submits to death, transforming the greatest injustice into the means of salvation. Good Friday invites us to stand at the scene of the cross and consider a profound question: what if the place that looked like defeat was actually the moment justice was finally accomplished?

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