Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 – This chapter primarily deals with the issues of the abuse and use of power and how we should react to it. Solomon returns to the issue of injustice that was dealt with in Ecclesiastes 3:16-17. In those verses he acknowledges that God will bring justice to the unjust and that all will … Read more

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 These verses connect to the themes of this book. Solomon’s counsel is to take each day of his life as from the hand of God as Solomon has just said in the previous chapter in Ecclesiastes 3:24-26), realizing that God has a fitting time for each thing to be done Ecclesiastes 3:1. The … Read more

Lesson 65 – Revelation 22:12-21

Revelation 22:12-13 Again, the Lord tells us that He is coming quickly. This is concept of immanency that it could happen at any time. We are to prepare because His coming could be today and  when He comes back,  He is coming to judge man.  The judgment will be based upon  two things. It will be based … Read more

Lesson 64 – Revelation 21:22-22:11

Revelation 21:22-23 There  is no temple in the heavenly city since  God and Jesus are present. Their presence will cause the city to permeated with their Spirit so that all its citizens will fully filled with God’s Spirit. Everyone will have  the full and perfect knowledge of God’s Spirit and His presence. The result of … Read more

Lesson 62 – Revelation 21:1-4

Revelation 21:1 With unrepentant mankind removed from the earth  along with Satan and his demons the present universe destroyed (Revelation 20:11),  God will create a new kingdom for the redeemed and  the righteous angels to dwell in forever. The expression of a new heaven and  a new earth  comes from Isiah 65:17 and Isiah 66:22. … Read more

Lesson 61 – Revelation 20:11-15

Revelation 20:11-13 John  here  is shown  the Judge seated on His throne  of judgment, and  all the accused standing before Him. This vision is the Great White Throne  judgment which follows the judgments of the Millennium (Revelation 20:1-10), the Second Coming (Revelation 19:11-21), and  immediately precedes that of the new heaven and the new earth … Read more

Lesson 60 – Revelation 20:7-10

Revelation 22:12-13 Again, the Lord tells us that He is coming quickly. This is concept of immanency that it could happen at any time. We are to prepare because His coming could be today and  when He comes back,  He is coming to judge man.  The judgment will be based upon  two things. It will be based … Read more

Lesson 59 – Revelation 20:1-4

Revelation 20:1-2  When Jesus returns to earth  again it will be in the glory and majesty of God. He is coming to eliminate the ungodly and  to establish the rule and  reign of God on earth. The earth will be filled with the righteousness of God. Jesus Himself is going to be ruling and  governing … Read more

Lesson 58 – Revelation 19:19-21

Revelation 19:17-18  As the battle is joined there will be the call to the supper to all the birds of the air. These are the birds of prey, created to feast on the armies that will be slain in the battle of Armageddon (Ezekiel 39:4; 39:17-20; Matthew 24:27-28). Even  after the birds have eaten, it … Read more

Lesson 57 – Revelation 19:13-19

Revelation 19:13 His robe will be sprinkled in blood. This symbolizes the blood of His enemies, not His own redemptive blood. John  takes his picture from the Old Testament and  is thinking of the terrible picture in Isaiah 63:1-3.  His name is the Word of God. This brings us back  to John  1 which uses … Read more