Redemption Hill Church

This passage closes out the third vision of the book. It shows us the reality of final judgment before God that all people will face, and the eternal consequences of our lives. This passage also gives us a taste of eternity in God’s presence as we see the powerful and beautiful renewal and restoration of all things.

This is the most hotly debated and deeply studied passage in the entire book – which is saying something! It is another that is filled with powerful imagery. Satan will be bound, only to be released to wreak havoc before his final demise. Chapters 19-20 show us three stages of final judgment, first for the Antichrist and False Prophet, then for the Devil himself, and finally for all of humanity. We will explore the nature of the millennium (1,000 years, not the Falcon) but we will ultimately focus on the main point of the passage, that Satan’s days are numbered and he will be defeated in the end.

We finally see the return of Jesus in this week’s passage! As we have seen, there is much more to this book than just the second coming of Christ. However, Jesus has promised He will return and reign as the King of kings and the Lord of lords. The second half of chapter 19 shows that return in its splendor.

This is a beautiful and glorious passage that shows us an image of the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. Life can be so hard, and the Christian life can be so hard. This passage shows us the great hope we have in Christ. And it shows us that the gospel is a celebration and a feast.

This Sunday we continue our series with Revelation 17-18. That’s right, we are covering two chapters again. After this, we will slow down a bit in the book. I think you will see that these two chapters really do hang together, though. In them, we see powerful imagery of a Prostitute and Babylon the great. Ultimately, it shows us that the indulgences we are offered in this world that draw us away from Christ look appealing but will be deadly in the end.

There is a massive debate within American Christianity over the topic of justice. In this week’s passage we see a major theme of divine justice brought to bear. It’s a heavy passage, but it shows us that God is working both for our salvation and to let justice roll.

This Easter Sunday, we worked through Matthew 28 together. There may never have been a year that we more desperately longed for the light of resurrection and life to break through the darkness of death. 

Throughout the ages, the church has gathered on the Friday before Easter to remember the path Christ took to the cross. Good Friday is an invitation for us to stop and reflect upon Jesus as He lived out the lowest of human experience. It is a call to sit in the dust, hand in hand with our own doubts and sorrows. This Good Friday, we gather as a church to reflect upon the sufferings of Christ, see the great cost of our sin, and foster an anticipation for Easter Sunday.

This passage has both glorious and terrifying imagery of the end. It focuses in on the great harvest as Christ collects those who are His, just as He said He would. It’s an important passage for us to consider and a timely call to repent and reset our priorities on Palm Sunday. As with so much of Revelation, it is a call to us to faithfully endure to the end in great hope.

Pastor Chuy preached from Acts 12:24-13:3 after announcing his desire and plan to plant a new Redemption Hill Church in Northern Virginia. It will be called Iglesia Redención.