And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. Revelation 20:2-3 In my…
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Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. Revelation 19:11 When I was in second grade, I got into an altercation on the playground with another student one day. This other student was obviously in…
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Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” Revelation 19:10 When I was a kid, I wanted to be an amazing athlete, perhaps a…
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Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. Revelation 19:9 As I wrote yesterday, I recently took a trip with my parents, wife, and children to my favorite childhood vacation destination. It’s a trip I’ve been wanting to make for the last year, and so I’ve been planning. I had…
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Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for his judgments are true and just. Revelation 19:1-2 Eight years ago this week, my wife and kids traveled to visit some extended family for a graduation celebration. I didn’t go. I just wasn’t welcome, and I didn’t want to go. I’d only been sober…
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The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your delicacies and your splendors are lost to you, never to be found again! Revelations 18:14 No one wants to live like this. Almost daily, I meet those who express this bleak sentiment. They’re homeless. They’re hopelessly addicted. They have nothing. They…
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As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, “I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.” For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine,…
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Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues. Revelation 18:4 I have a self-defeating behavior that you will likely find quite absurd. If I ever see a closed box of donuts at work, I must know what’s inside. I know it’s probably donuts, but…
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And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire . . . Revelation 17:16 Working in correctional medicine, I often meet those who’ve been newly incarcerated and frankly, they’re freaking out. I…
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Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk. Revelation 17:1-2 In a small group study on marriage, my wife and…
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