Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

It is the Revelation OF Jesus BY Jesus it is one of the most PRACTICAL books in the Bible Though it is possible to START the book not humbly, it is not possible to end the book without humility. We know the future. Therefore, it should be helping us to know what is VALUABLE in our present. It is a book of BLESSING. It is a book of God's SOVEREIGNTY We'd best respond by LOVING HIS APPEARI...

There are true things about heaven that are NOT recorded in the Bible. But, there is ENOUGH recorded there for us to know EVERYTHING that He desires us to know at this time.  Perhaps you are left WANTING MORE even after reflecting on these Revelations for almost 100 episodes.  If so, that is a GOOD THING, for that is the way you were created.  You were created with an insatiable desire for Him . Y...

Are you ready for the return of Jesus? Can you without regret call out: COME? Or, are you thirsty still?  Do you still desire Him in a yet-unfulfilled way? Today's verse is a call to BE READY and also, "If you are NOT READY..." For those who are ready: call out COME! For those not ready: YOU come with your empty pockets to the infinitely valuable Lord. Take Him and receive Him.  The...

Jesus is in the Star business. He created them and then identifies Himself with them. I am the bright morning star. This is a star we have been waiting for.  It is a marker He uses for identification of Himself.  Here's the kicker: He says we GET THE STAR.  He is going to give us HIMSELF. If you are a conquerer til the end, "I will give him the MORNING STAR". This is to say, He will...

OK, I don't really know WHEN Jesus is coming back.  But He does , and He says it's SOON .  On the last page of the Bible, He says it 3 times !  We'd best take Him at His word, and then act accordingly . He OWNS the revelation here. He is the source of it. He is the OBJECT of the revelation here.  We'd best lean in to the truths here. Why? because He's coming back soon. Bew...

Christians get a little squirmy about the topic of receiving REWARDS in heaven . That is understandable because the unmerited favor of God gets them there in the first place. God is less squirmy . He is just. He changes hearts, and those changed hearts CHANGE BEHAVIOR . Some of that is to be REWARDED . He may be handing out CROWNS in heaven.  The big question is, if you get one, WHAT WILL YOU DO W...

John addresses two big concepts as he wraps up Revelation. The first is: Are these words TRUE and if so does RELYING on them mean? If this revelation is not a Revelation from God then it should not affect us in the least. He charges us to KEEP these Words and continue in them with strength. The second concept is TIME . He repeatedly reminds us that TIME IS SHORT , or at least YOUR time is short. S...

I cannot help but mention the evil NAZI Major Arnold Toht whose face melted when opening the ark in the Indiana Jones movie.  Today's passage is exactly the opposite of death and face melting.   God grants a new privilege for believers in heaven: it is the ability to SEE HIS FACE and not die. We were originally designed for such intimacy.  It has been absent since we got kicked out of the Gar...

Do you ever wonder what is on the  LAST PAGE OF THE BIBLE ? Do you ever want to turn there and see how it ends? Join me for 7 minutes as we literally do so. We will find that: Heaven is going to last forever --the tree of life tells me so Heaven is going to be INTERESTING --the tree of life tells me so Heaven is going to fix all wrongs of the earth--the tree of life tells me so Heaven is designed...

In heaven, there will be a permanent change in the way we get LIGHT . If you think seeing an eclipse is upending, pay attention to this: the GLORY OF GOD is the light of heaven.  There will be no need for the sun , for God's presence will be there full time. There will be nothing detestable either inside or outside the walls of heaven. It is a place of security where we enjoy the permanence o...

Heaven is a physical, protected, secure place where your identity will be preserved.  It is rich with the history of God's interaction with mankind, as well as God's actual PRESENCE with mankind. It is a place of superb value .  He made it for people, but He also made it FOR HIMSELF . Don't forget, HE lives there forever too. It is not inappropriate to dwell in our heads and in our...

Ancient Kings demonstrated their greatness by crowns of gold and jewels. The jewels tell us a lot. They tell us HOW FAR he went to get it, for certain jewels only come from specific places. He'd be saying: I possess the impossible! I exchanged my valuable things at great distance to obtain this precious gem. We are the jewels of God . He went to great "distance" to get us: all the w...

God tells His people to be PREPARED for heaven; to make ourselves READY for it. One of the ways we can to that is to KNOW that it is real and IMAGINE it as real.   We can be blessed NOW by the thinking about THEN. He's given us lots to chew on: It is  a physical place of the home of God and people who receive Him.  It is permanent, secure, protected and PLEASANT. The PERSON of God is residing...

Someday, there will be  heaven on earth . You may ask, "how did that exactly happen?" Our passage today tells us: Heaven  comes to  earth. Heaven  descends to a renewed earth.  Who made it? What is it like? Who occupies this new real estate? How are the occupants referred to?  John doesn't see a pie-in-the-sky dream, he sees a  REALITY  that God shares with us for a purpose. Listen...

So a future hell isn't much fun to talk about: It is  AWAY from the PRESENCE of God. IMHO this will be the biggest regret for all the sentient people in hell It is WITH all the unfaithful, rebellious, sinful humans .  I'm not sure how much communication goes on, but these people are not your friends . It is with all the bad guy EVIL SPIRITs including the Beast, the false prophet, and Sat...

IS 55:1  “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;  and he who has no money... It will cost you NOTHING but the coming,  for He already CAME and bore all the COSTS.  You can buy without money He who is without price. What does it cost? "Just" the coming. The cost is IN the coming, because of pride. It might be a price too dear. He has made you free so that you'd be free to co...

I currently live so close to some people that sometimes I get their mail.  In our permanent heaven-home, I will live so close to God that maybe I'll get His mail. The PLACE that God has been preparing for US is the SAME place that God has been preparing for HIMSELF.  We are going to have the SAME ADDRESS as God. He'll be found with us.  We'll be found with Him.  The permanent heaven...

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It is not that OUR WORTH, that merits His SPENDING eternity with us.  It is His SPENDING forever with us, that MAKES US infinitely valuable.  It is His attention, His care, and His eye that makes us precious;  We are those who HE HAS SHELTERED with HIS PRESENCE. We are those He walked near when the cool breeze blew in the Garden . We are those He chose to establish His covenant with through all ge...

We all grieve over people who have "died".  It sure seems like they are gone forever. Knowing what they know now, if they could come back for 10 minutes, what would they say to us? Certainly it would be consistent with scripture.  I think they'd say: We are NOT TEMPORARY .  We all are going to be raised to live forever.  It is just a matter of where . Death is temporary .  Just like...

A day is coming for some people who will Never die   after dying twice . They are those who refuse to believe all the way to their first "death".  They didn't die with their first death.  Nobody does .  Everybody lives forever. Similarly,  They don't die with their second death.  Unfortunately, for unbelievers,  it is a living death forever in the lake of fire . For believers,...

What happens to Unbelievers when they die?  I wonder if the Bible tells us? The answer is yes. The Lord has given us everything we need to know about it.  Unbelievers have been in Hades , or Sheol, awaiting a day that they'd be resurrected to their bodies.  After the 1000 year reign of Christ this happens.  But what are they resurrected for and to WHOM are they resurrected to?  Soberly, they...

First of all, the real you never dies .  You are immortal . You are going to live forever, it just is a matter of WHERE and with WHO ? Second, as for your body , you are going to get it back in some sort of an immortal way. Every one who " dies " has four broad steps: Your soul goes somewhere as it is separated from your body At some point you are resurrected to the reuniting of your sou...

Everyone you know lives, dies  and is resurrected .  The believers, the just are resurrected in the FIRST resurrection. They are resurrected to judgment.  They will have some help with this phase.  Thank God for His work on the cross and His mercy. The unjust also will be resurrected.  They are resurrected to judgement. This is the ugly part.  They then face  the second death . ouch. Be a part of...

Satan has a temporary reprieve from his final destination.  It's the bottomless pit. He's there for a 1000 years. When he is released he's immediately up to his old tricks of war against Jesus' followers and deception of the nations. I cannot believe I'm saying this, but people are STILL given volition to follow or not follow God for that 1000 year period.  Of note, many d...