Many Christians assume that when Jesus returns he will take us to heaven to live with him there for eternity. But these closing chapters of Revelation tell a different story about our final home. God’s final, great act in the drama of redemption is not to transport Christians from earth to heaven but to unite heaven and earth, ushering in a new creation.

The message, by Warehouse CEO Mark Powell, explores his belief in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit , using reasons from personal experience & revelation, personal intuition, tradition, history & archaeology, science and reason/logic. He then looks at what difference this makes to his purpose, principles and life perspective, in particular in relation to his role as a CEO of a large business.

The ‘millennium’ mentioned in Revelation 20 is one of the most controversial elements of end-times theology. But perhaps we have made too much of the millennium? In this message Reuben explores various views of the millennium, explains the future condemnation and overthrowing of Satan and God’s final judgement of humanity when Jesus returns.

This passage has been depicted as “The Battle of Armageddon” and it conjures up bloodthirsty images of God’s indiscriminate judgment upon our assumed enemies. However, far from being indiscriminate, this is the judgment of the judged judge who is detoxifying God’s world not on the terms of Imperial Power but Lamb Power.

The word hallelujah can easily become a superficial Christian cliché. But this passage shows that hallelujah is the response of God’s people to his future intervention in history of purging evil from the world and uniting his people to Christ. Our expressions of hallelujah in the present are an anticipation of those great events.  

The Empire of Rome had striking parallels to our modern day empire of consumerism. In both cases this passage stands as a warning of God’s readiness to judge the greed and excess of a consumptive society; and it exhorts us to come out of Babylon by adopting practices that subvert the dominant culture. 

The way in which ancient Rome related to the colonies within her Empire was like that of a prostitute—dehumanising her subjects and using them for her own benefit. Our modern culture is likewise built on selfish relationships. In the midst of a self-serving culture, we are called to follow the Lamb through modelling self-giving love toward those around us.  

People have plenty of views when it comes to judgement and the end of the world. Revelation 16 deals with the 7 bowls of judgment and the infamous Armageddon reference. What did these things mean to the original hearers? What do they mean for us today? And, most importantly, what does the person and work of Jesus Christ have to say about all this judgment talk?

What does it mean to live a victorious Christian life? Is it about having a superman-type faith that can fend off temptation with ease and soar above life’s problems? Revelation offers a different view of victorious living, one that is based on the victory of Jesus for us, and which often involves experiencing victory in the midst of defeat. 

The topics of hell, wrath, and God's judgement are controversial - sometimes overemphasised, sometimes underemphasied, and sometimes just mishandled. This message explores the themes of God's wrath and judgement in Revelation 14 and what response Christians should have to these disturbing images.