Revelation
05
Aug
Revelation: Laodicea, Choose Heavenly Garments
Revelation 3:18b …and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen…
Jesus is recommending “white garments”. This is a priestly garment. The term for garment in the Greek is ἱμάτιον/himation. The garment is a long flowing outer tunic, cloak, or robe (Strong’s...
29
Jul
Revelation: Laodicea, Buy Refined Gold
Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich…
Jesus is going to address the church at Laodicea on their terms and their self-perceived strengths. The believers at Laodicea offer humanism or an earthly solution. Jesus offers a heavenly solution.
Locally, the...
22
Jul
Revelation: Laodicea…Pathetic
Revelation 3:17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
It is contrast time. And Jesus Christ is the One making the observations. On one hand we have the church at Laodicea and their self-perception....
17
Jul
Revelation: Laodicea, Do Something!!!
Revelation 3:14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.
Jesus is explaining to the church at Laodicea He is talking to them. And He is defining aspects of His character. These are the...
05
Jul
Blood Red Rain, Norilsk, Russia
Revelation 16:4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters; and they became blood.
See video link below for geography and additional analysis.
July 2018: Red rain is falling from the sky in Norilsk, Russia. This is the city’s second blood red water event in...
01
Jul
Revelation: Historical Laodicea
Revelation 3:14a…And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The church at Laodicea is the last and seventh church in the book of Revelation.
The church at Laodicea is mentioned a couple of times in the book of Colossians.
Colossians 2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have...
24
Jun
Revelation: Philadelphia, I Am Coming Soon
Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
Attention, Jesus speaking, “I am coming soon.” The idea in the Greek is He is coming quickly and with speed.
Hold fast what you have. The focus of the phrase is the verb κρατέω/krateó or “hold fast”. Per...
24
Jun
Revelation: Philadelphia, His Name is Yahweh
Revelation 3:12b …And I will write on him the name of my God…
Jesus will write on the believer the name of His God. His name is Yahweh.
The topic of God’s name has been addressed previously to the church at Sardis. God takes the time to repeat the concept of His...
24
Jun
Revelation: Philadelphia, The New Jerusalem
Revelation 3:12c…and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven…
The name of the city is The New Jerusalem.
It is “the” New Jerusalem. There is a Greek definite article in front of “New Jerusalem”. The text literally reads… “the...
28
May
Revelation: Philadelphia; Stick With It, A Time Is Coming
Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
Perseverance…This is the word for “patient endurance”. Perseverance is the Greek word ηυπομονε/hupomone. Per Strong’s Concordance, it means: constancy,...