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In this episode, Irish Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan continues to explore the message to the church in Laodicea. The Lord said that he could not tolerate the church being lukewarm and that He would “spit” it out like tepid water. The city of Laodicea is wealthy and they are worldly, accepting everything but the will of God. Jesus says to them: “You are wretchedly and pitiably poor.” This means t...

Irish Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan continues to explain the message to the church in Philadelphia. Jesus said to them that they would become pillars in the sanctuary of God and acknowledge them in the presence of His Father. He says that they will have the name of God registered on their forehead; they will become citizens of the new Jerusalem. This is the mark of God. We are given this invisib...

Irish Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan explains the message sent to the church in Philadelphia - a faithful witness of God. Jesus says that He is the one who holds the key of David; He is the king and what He says is going to happen. Though the church in Philadelphia is small and appears to be helpless, they are not helpless spiritually. The church in Philadelphia reflects what the Lord wants; God...

In this episode, Irish Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan dives into Chapter 3 of the Book of Revelation; here we see the message to the church of Sardis. The city was wealthy and the people here only wanted to enjoy life - it was lazy and easy-going and they felt very secure. There are serious consequences to the way they live and the decisions they make. Sardis’ wealth is their problem and there ar...

Irish Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan, reads through the message to the church in Thyatira from the Book of Revelation Chapter 2 Verse 18 onwards. This was a city without emperor worship but there were temples to Apollo and Artemis. Jesus comes to Thyatira as the Son of God with eyes like blazing fire and feet like burnished bronze; He sees and judges everything in truth. Thyatira passed all the t...

Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan, reads the message Jesus give to the church in Pergamum - an important power base for religion and politics. This was a place with many temples, including one for the emperor and one for the snake god; there was a medical school attached to the temple of the snake god where they claimed many false miracles. This was where satan was enthroned and the seat of t...

We continue to reflect on the messages to the churches in this episode with Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan. We see God speaking to the church in Smyrna through St. John. In modern times, this is Izmer in Turkey.  This is a church that is in good shape and Jesus is telling the church that it is going to face persecution and martyrdom. The city was founded, destroyed, and rebuilt; Jesus iden...

In this episode, we explore Chapter 2 of the Book of Revelation with Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan. We see what Jesus does in his discernment about the health of the church. There is going to be a new era of the Kingdom of God on earth, a time when the “Our Father” will be fulfilled and God’s will take place on earth. The messages to the 7 churches deal with the daily life of that particu...

This is the inaugural vision that sets the drama of this whole book. Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan, continues to explain Chapter 1 of the Book of Revelation. Reading from Chapter 1: Verses 9 to 20, Frances Hogan explains how this is a vision of Christ in glory and it sets the perspective for the rest of the book.  St. John, a Jew, writes from a penal colony with the Temple of Jerusalem an...

Jesus is the one who gives us the grace and peace from God. Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan continues to explain Chapter 1 of the Book of Revelation. She begins with St. John’s description of Jesus as a faithful witness. Jesus paid for our redemption with His blood at the price of His precious life and it is incumbent upon us to respond with gratitude so that we can allow the redemption to...

This is the unveiling of an apocalypse in which the author and the subject is Jesus, making it the Word of God. Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan, dives into Chapter 1 of the Book of Revelation. Jesus shares the treasures of wisdom and knowledge with St. John, His terrestrial angel. Jesus wants the church to be fortified, ready, and prepared; that she will pick up her cross and carry it throu...

When a book is properly introduced, we can begin reading it with a level of perspective. Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan, continues to introduce the Book of Revelation. In this episode, she introduces the second half of the Book which speaks about the reign of Christ coming to the Earth and he is opposed by a trinity of evil - the beast, the antichrist, and the false prophet; this leads to...

The Book of Revelation is written by the Church to the Church and for the Church as she journeys through history to the wind up of the end times. In this episode, the Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan, speaks about how the Church has to get ready for the Parousia ; He left the earth as the Lamb of God and returns as the Lion of Judah. As Frances Hogan continues the introduction of the Book of...

The more we introduce a book, the better it is for understanding its various stages. In this episode, the Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan continues to introduce the Book of Revelation. Why had the sacrifice of Jesus not transformed the world? - A question that lingered in the hearts of the early Christians. This is a perennial question so God gives them a perennial answer; He gives them the...

Scripture Scholar, Frances Hogan, takes you to the world of the Apocalypse of John shown to us in the Book of Revelation written from the Greek island of Patmos. Through this podcast, we will try to understand the Book of Revelation through St. John’s warnings, the punishment that awaits, and the consolation the Lord offers to the faithful. In this episode, the Irish Scripture Scholar, Frances Hog...