[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…
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302. God knows exactly
[Revelation 11] Counting and measuring are the brushstrokes of the scientists and mathematicians to illustrate and colour the world into a comprehensible picture. I am in awe of the astrophysicists, the astronomers, the geologists, archaeologists and numerous other disciplines that count, name and number our universe. Our sciences are expressed in the results of the…
301. Eat it all
[Revelation 10] Our modern world is quite focused on eating. Food is culture, part of that which defines our everyday. Food and the art of dining are dominant cultural factors. Famine and hunger dominate parts of the world where the lack of food causes heartbreaking human catastrophes. Food is life. We need food so often…
300. The horse and its rider
[Revelation 9] All things God made are good. Creation is a wonder to be studied and appreciated every day. We, the children of Adam, have never stopped naming and labeling the wonders God made for us to sustain our life and enjoy. Our process of naming and categorizing is what we call science and it…
299. The sound of silence
[Revelation 8] We can pause for a moment and think of the harmony and melody in heaven – the sound of the heavenlies – in the unseen where we cannot experience it with human hearing. They are very pronounced and accompany the vision in every instance. John describes the voice of God like the sound…
298. Cosmic history – in a few words
[Revelation 7] The plot thickens in the seventh chapter. A superficial reading could be confusing and discouraging. Winds and angels, numbers and multitudes, marks and seals, loud voices and worship songs are all combined to describe cosmic history in a few words. Hang in there, go slowly and grasp the metaphors and symbols to understand…
297. The end-times upon us
[Revelation 6] The dramatic course of history is about to commence. The worthy One is breaking the seals and all the consequences of sin overwhelm the earth and its inhabitants. A thunderous voice calls the four horses to disperse their destiny over the earth. The horse in this chapter is a metaphor for an unstoppable…
296. New insight – let me see
[Revelation 5] Our heavenly journey continues. It is mostly complicated to think ourselves out of time. I struggle to grasp the full implication of God’s perspective outside our “prison” of time. He sees all of history in one moment, our birth and death and whole life in between. Nowhere is the time perspective more obvious…
295. You are welcome in heaven
[Revelation 4] There are so many movies and books with the word “heaven” in the title. In colloquial language it depicts a place of perfection and peace for one day after death, the ultimate Utopia, open for Christians only, and amongst a few Christians, maybe even accessible to some denominations only! The simple definition in…
294. Come on – wake up
[Revelation 3] SARDIS – the dead church “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 