Sunday May 15, 2022
The First Time John Saw the Ascended Jesus
Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. Revelation 1:12-13
Sunday May 22, 2022
What is Jesus Saying to CCRC This Morning?
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.'” Revelation 2:1
Sunday May 29, 2022
Learning to Praise the Creator on the Throne
“Worthy are you, Our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor, and power; for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” Revelation 4:11
Sunday June 5, 2022
What Is the Great Telling Difference Between the Christian and the World?
“And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation… Revelation 5:9
Sunday June 12, 2022
What Makes Us Think Our History Will Be Different?
“When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.” Revelation 6:3-4
Sunday June 19, 2022
What Validates Our Testimony?
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. Revelation 6:9
Sunday June 26, 2022
Do You Really Believe in a Final Judgment?
“Fall on us and hide us from the face of him and who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” Revelation 6:16-17
Sunday July 10, 2022
Do Your Prayers Shake the Earth?
…and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. Revelation 8:4-5
Sunday July 17, 2022
When the God of Creation Goes to War
The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. Revelation 8:7
Sunday July 24, 2022
The Supernatural Demonic Power of Evil
They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. Revelation 9:11
Sunday July 31, 2022
Jesus, During the Awful Judgments of the Seals and Trumpets What are your People to Do?
And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter. And I was told, “You must agin prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.” Revelation 10:10-11
Sunday August 7, 2022
The Power of God’s Word in the Secular World
And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.” Revelation 10:11
Sunday August 14, 2022
When the Reign of Christ Over the Nations Is Manifested
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” Revelation 11:15
Sunday August 21, 2022
Transcendent Evil at War with God’s Plan
“…and the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.” Revelation 12:4
Sunday August 28, 2022
How Does the Christian Conquer this Transcendent Evil One?
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb… Revelation 12:11
Sunday September 4, 2022
Are You Sure You Want to Follow Jesus?
Also, it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. Revelation 13:7
Sunday September 11, 2022
How are We to Recognize an Antichrist?
…and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. Revelation 13:8
Sunday September 18, 2022
Learning to See the Unseen Reality
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. Revelation 14:1
Sunday September 25, 2022
A Choice of Wines that Has Eternal Consequences
…he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. Revelation 14:10
Sunday October 2, 2022
How Do the People of God Respond to Persecution?
And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” Revelation 14:18
Sunday October 9, 2022
How Can There Be Worship and Praise for God’s Holiness and Judgement?
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed. Revelation 15:4
Sunday November 6, 2022
How Can I Recognize the Voice of Satan?
And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world… Revelation 16:13-14
Sunday November 13, 2022
The Rise and Fall of the Great Secular City
The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. Revelation 16:19
Sunday January 15, 2023
Do We Worship?
Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory… Revelation 19:6-7
Sunday January 22, 2023
Do You Believe Jesus Is Sovereign Over All Evil?
And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet… Revelation 19:19-20
Sunday January 29, 2023
The History of Satan from the Incarnation to the Return of Christ (Part 1)
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years… Revelation 20:1-2
Sunday February 5, 2023
Who Is with Christ in Glory Now?
…I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Revelation 20:4
Sunday February 12, 2023
The History of Satan from the Incarnation to the Return of Christ (Part 2)
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. Revelation 20:7-8
Sunday February 19, 2023
What Happens When Transcendent Judgment Falls?
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. Revelation 20:11
Sunday February 26, 2023
The Great Transition: After the Return of Jesus, After the Final Judgment of the Wicked, What Happens with God’s People?
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Revelation 21:5
Sunday March 5, 2023
What Does Jesus Think of the Church?
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” Revelation 21:9
Sunday March 12, 2023
A Return to Eden: The Wonder of God’s Provision
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:1-2
Sunday March 26, 2023
The Last Words of Jesus
“And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” Revelation 22:7
Sunday April 16, 2023
The Last Words of Jesus (Part 2)
He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20
Sunday July 28, 2024
Do You Know How to Stand?
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:13
Sunday January 5, 2025
God, the Alpha and Omega
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8