A Wonderful Day in the Lord

Today we are going to explore together Revelation 6. We have already looked at Revelation 1-5 in brief, let’s do just a quick review. Remember Revelation 1:19 gives us the outline of the book of Revelation when it says, “Therefore, write the things which you have seen, and the things which are and the things which will take place after these things.” In Revelation 1 we have the “things which you h...

We left off in Revelation 5 with someone being found who was worthy to open the book that was in the right hand of the Father to open the seals. That would be the Son Himself described as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David in Revelation 5:5, and the Lamb who was slain for us and is living again in Revelation 5:6. He comes, and He takes the book out of the hand of the Father. Revelat...

We are in the Throne Room of Heaven in Revelation 4-5, and we have looked at the first part of one of the greatest worship services imaginable. A worship service by all the beings in heaven. The angels, the four living creatures, the twenty-four elders, everything in Heaven is worshiping God the Father for His eternality, His power, authority, and because He is the Creator of all things. Part two...

We pick up where we left off. We are in the Throne Room of God in Revelation 4. We are looking at the various occupants of that Throne Room. The Father is there. We have seen Him. We have seen the twenty-four elders. We have now seen the four living creatures as well as the seven Spirits. So, we are looking at the four living creatures. We find the description of these beings as probably an angeli...

We pick up today where we left off last time, in the Throne Room of God in the book of Revelation 4. Revelation 4:2 says that John has been taken in the spirit to the Throne Room of God. Remember that the word throne is found forty-five different times in the book of Revelation, so it is a prominent teaching and understanding. God is ruling and reigning from His throne, and we find here in Revelat...

We are going to take an adventure into heaven this week with the apostle John in Revelation 4. We have already now looked at Revelation 1 which gives us a wonderful picture of Christ. Then we have gone through the messages in Revelation 2-3, written to the seven churches of Asia. Then we come to Revelation 4. Revelation 4-5 are sort of a transitional section of the book going from the churches to...

Today we complete the messages to the seven churches of Asia found in the book of Revelation. We stopped last time right in the middle of the message to the church of Laodicea. This is a church that thought of themselves as a church in need of nothing. They were wealthy, they were rich, they were powerful, and they were probably the church that everybody wanted to be like. The Lord’s assessment of...

The final church in the book of Revelation that is being addressed is the church at Laodicea. This church probably gets more attention than any of the others because of the messages that are here. Ephesus, the first church, gets some attention as well. However, these two bookend the seven churches and draw more commentary perhaps than the others.  The church of Laodicea was an interesting chu...

The sixth church addressed in the book of Revelation is the church of Philadelphia. This was a church that was probably not very highly thought of by the world and even by the other Christians in various communities, but the Lord thought very highly of this particular church.  We pick up this study in Revelation 3:7, “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who i...

We left off in the book of Revelation 3, right in the middle of the message to the church in Sardis. This is a church that the Lord said had a reputation for being alive, but the Lord’s evaluation was that they were dead. So, He is trying to wake them up. He is calling them to wake up and to change. We have looked at all of that already. Now we are going to look at the ending of this particular me...

The book of Revelation is the final book of the Bible. It was originally addressed to seven local churches in Asia or what is today modern-day Turkey. These churches were a real mixed bag. Some of them were excellent churches. Some were mediocre, and a couple of them were a mess. Each of these churches had a message come from Christ. Today we are looking at Revelation 3 and the final three churche...

We’re looking at the fourth church in Asia that the book of Revelation was initially addressing. This is the church of Thyatira in Revelation 2:18, and this is the longest message to any of the churches.  In Revelation 2:18, it says, “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this,” going b...

We’re looking at the third church of what I believe was Asia minor at the time. These churches are being sent messages from the Lord through the apostle John in the book of Revelation.  We are in Revelation 2:12, and this letter to the church of Pergamum is following the same outline as the others do. It starts with a description of Christ. “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: T...

We’re looking at the second message today to the church of Smyrna. This is one of the shortest messages, and this is one of only two churches where there is nothing negative said about the church. Yet this is the kind of church that the world would not be impressed by.  We start with the character of Christ as every one of these messages do in Revelation 2:8, “And to the angel of the church i...

We pick up where we left off last time in Revelation 2 looking at the message to the church in Ephesus. We have already seen the character of Christ and the commendation that He gives to this church. This is a wonderful church. It is busy, it is doing the things that it should do. It holds the line against false teachers and the Lord wants to commend them for these many things. But, starting with...

We are moving into Revelation 2, and we are looking at the seven churches of Asia which were in modern day Turkey. The book of Revelation obviously has a wider audience, including all Christians of all times, but these seven churches were the immediate audience.  So, there are seven churches here in this region. They were in close proximity, but they are very different. Every church here is v...

We’re going to finish Revelation 1 today. We have been looking at the descriptions of Jesus Christ which, of course, fits in with the very first verse, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ…”  As we come to Revelation 1:17, John is speaking here saying, “When I saw Him, I fell at His feel like a dead man.” So, John is overwhelmed with the picture and presence of Jesus. Some people ask, “Why would t...

We left off beginning to look at the descriptions of Jesus Christ that are given here. These are not like any kind of description of Christ that we can find anywhere else in the Bible. We are seeing Him now in His glory and splendor and who He really is.  Starting in Revelation 1:13, “and in the middle of the lampstands,” the lampstands are going to have significance beginning in Revelation 2...

Today we are in Revelation 1:9, and we are looking at the things that it’s telling us about Christ. We’re going to be moving into the descriptions of Christ. What a description it is!  Let’s start with John in Revelation 1:9, “I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos.” John is telling us about his...

Remember the book of Revelation is the revelation of Jesus Christ. So more than anything else we are getting a picture, a full description, of who Christ is. Revelation 1 is especially pinpointing that issue. Yesterday we saw who He is. We saw He is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, He’s the ruler of the kings of the earth and in Revelation 1:8 we see he is the Alpha and Omega.&nbsp...

There have been two extremes on the book of Revelation.  One is to ignore it because of all the symbolism, and all the areas there. There are things brought up that are very difficult sometimes to interpret, so people simply ignore it. That really is a great loss as we find in Revelation 1:3-4 that this is the one book of Scripture that promises a blessing for those that read it. It says, “Bl...

We begin with Revelation 1:1-3 which says, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy,...

Revelation is the one book of Scripture that promises a blessing for those that read and study it. So, we are going to get a blessing together in our Wonderful Day in the Lord broadcast.  I want to give you an overview of how Revelation has been approached by mainly conservative Christians. Part of the problem with understanding it is that different groups have approached this book from diffe...

This is the conclusion for Southern View Chapel Senior Pastor Gary Gilley's Route 66 series. In this episode he explains and recaps how you can use what you learned in this series for long term memory and understanding of Scripture.

Join us as we wind down our path down Route 66 with a review of the entire New Testament. Pastor Gary Gilley reviews all of the key words and key verses for each book in the New Testament.