We all sense there is the lack of peace and security in this world. I know this because everyone locks their house when they go out. In the parking lot, we all lock our cars. When parents go to the store they keep a close watch on their children. Few children are left to run…
Revelation 17 and 18 describe the rise and fall of Mystery Babylon. A gap in time appears between these two chapters. Revelation 17 describes the great harlot deceiving and uniting the world with her seductive idolatries. However, the world leaders destroy her and give their allegiance and collective power to the Antichrist. In Revelation 18,…
The world is changing at an alarming rate, especially in terms of knowledge. A man by the name of Buckminster Fuller created the “Knowledge Doubling Curve.” He noticed that by the year 1900 AD, human knowledge had doubled every century. However, by the end of World War II he noted human knowledge was doubling every…
Spiritual blindness is a serious issue. If not faced, it can lead to death: that is, an eternal separation from God in the Lake of Fire. In the case of our passage, it is a judicial punishment brought upon a people for living in disobedient unbelief. Though our passage references Israel’s hardening, our text also…
Our passage shows us how our Lord is actively working behind the scenes of the Church and provides us with four important reasons why we should not fear, but rejoice. It is part of the mystery of the seven candlesticks and seven stars. Remember, a mystery is something that was once not understood in the…
This message will look at the mystery of the rapture. It is called a mystery in 1 Corinthians 15:51-58. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and…
Twenty-seven times in the New Testament you will find the term, “Mystery.” When used, it speaks of eleven facets of God’s eternal plan that were not revealed until after Christ’s first coming. Of course, bits and pieces of these truths are found in the Old Testament. They were seen in types, covenants and prophecies but…
The biblical term, “lawlessness” (or in the case of our passage where the term is translated “iniquity”) refers to the complete disregard of God and His law. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work” – 2 Thessalonians 2:7a. When someone falls away from biblical truth and becomes diametrically opposed to God, they are also…
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ” – 2 Corinthians 11:2 In a number of places, the Church is described as the bride of Christ. This passage is one of them. Here we are said…
. . . by revelation he (God) made known unto me the mystery . . . which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body,…