313.  The finest Feast ever

[Revelation 22] Just think for a moment of the most sought-after invitation you have ever had or yearned for, to the feast that would put all other celebrations in second place by far. The ultimate gala that you could dream up in your Holy Spirit-inspired imagination and so much more awaits you in the city of…

312. Brand new – every day 

[Revelation 21] All of us know the emotions of change. There is always a double-sided feeling of a divided soul. Even when the change is good, flowing from our good decisions, some elements of the old haunt us and might even come to bite our heels.  Soul changes are the hardest, getting rid of bad…

311. Where do you write the nought?

[Revelation 20] What is a lifetime these days? What is there in our lifetime that lasts throughout? Change comes so quickly. Looking back over just the last five years of any life, so many things have changed.  What about a thousand years? Would anybody like to weary your thoughts with possible events over a time…

310. Good news

[Revelation 19] A few decades ago Coke had a catchy jingle for their television advertisement. They had people from different ethnic groups stand together and sing: I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony. I can remember my feeling as I listened to the song. It felt as if it were exactly what the…

309. The promise stands firm

[Revelation 18] Where do you stand on the promises of God?  Do you hold fast, running the race with endurance and faith to press into your miracle? Do not give up. As certain as we are that the seasons will change and day and night will come – a rhythm that has never been interrupted according…

308.  The woman rules

[Revelation 17] We hear a great deal about women in our society today. Rightly so. I look back in history and understand the obsession with equality. Since the earliest times and over many centuries women have been treated appallingly – oppressed and abused. Although Eve was made for Adam as a wife and the other…

307. The judgment of love

[Revelation 16] Our world defines love very specifically, even arrogantly as if anybody knows what it really means. The world around us would like to be all and everything of perfect love. It might be in a moment’s sexual pleasure – of course, that is why they say they “make love”. It might be in…

306. Worship in the smoke

[Revelation 15] Images of dreadful distress fill our television screens daily. The anguish and misery of the human and animal world are heartbreaking and depressing. Volunteers and relief workers from world organizations and individual countries are called in and called up to be the Hands of Jesus extended.  We are the Church of Christ on…

304. The Beast and his mark

[Revelation 13] 13 Then (he)I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth…

303. A dragon and a baby

[Revelation 12] This chapter has often been described as the start of a whole new series of visions up until 15:4.  The repetition of the words: I saw and Behold reveals seven sections of signs. Other parts of the book are also divided into sections of seven – the seals, trumpets and bowls. This chapter is a deeper dimension of the…