The Faith Explained with Cale Clarke - Learning the Catholic Faith

Revelation 20:11-15. God fights for His people – and you have a role to play in the drama of salvation history. Much of the apocalyptic imagery in Revelation that speaks of the return of Jesus echoes similar depictions in St. Paul’s letters.  Cale also looks at the great ‘white throne judgment’.

Revelation 20:1-10. We see a bottomless pit, the Devil being bound then let loose, and martyrs. What is the ‘thousand-year reign of Christ’? Did you know that Solomon was an exorcist?

Revelation 19:17-21. The justice of God. Cale shares the story of a modern Christian missionary, Graham Staines, who was martyred for his faith in Jesus. The reaction of Graham’s wife is a striking example of the mercy and love of God. What does the ‘thousand year reign of Christ’ refer to in Revelation 20:4?

Revelation 19:11-16. Are you ready to meet Jesus when He comes back to judge us and all the earth? This Scripture passage reveals the kingship of Christ, who will come in glory to judge the living and the dead.

Cale shows how Jesus fulfills the ancient todah sacrifice of the Jews through the Last Supper, and by His crucifixion and resurrection. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is not simply a recalling of something that happened, but in it Jesus makes present these saving events.

Cale breaks down Revelation 19:6-10. He covers the marriage supper of the Lamb, worshipping God alone, and answers a listener’s question on the idea of a rapture in the end times.

Cale breaks down Revelation 19:1-9 and shows how the Psalms shed light on this text, and also how Jesus fulfills the Hallel Psalms through His redemptive work. The word “Hallel” is where we get the word Hallelujah!

Cale unpacks Revelation 18:20-24 and applies it to your life today. The temptations of the world try and seduce us, but we can conquer through Jesus Christ.

Economic injustice and slavery were prevalent in the first century as they are today. Cale unpacks Revelation 18:1-17 and why “Babylon the Great” has fallen.

Some anti-Catholic commentators assert that the Catholic Church is the “whore of Babylon”. Cale shows why this is absolutely not the case, explaining what is really going on in Revelation 17.

Revelation 16:12-21. The Battle of Armageddon. Cale sheds light on the battle of Armageddon by looking at the meaning of the word itself, as well as historical events in the Old Testament and New Testament. Plus, “a great earthquake such as had never been since men were on the earth”. What does this mean? Join Cale on the journey through the Book of Revelation. 

In this episode of The Faith Explained, Cale looks at Revelation 15:5 – 16:16. Liturgical images fill this section of Revelation. We see seven chalices of God’s wrath poured out…and the waters are turned to blood. What does it mean? Tune in to find out!

In this episode of The Faith Explained, Cale examines Revelation 14:14-15:8. Topics include: The wine press of the wrath of God How much is a stadia? The last seven plagues The song of Moses and similarities to the Red Sea The problem of evil

In Revelation 14:6-13 we see three angels with three messages. What do their messages mean? Cale looks at: proclaiming the gospel a day of vengeance of our God Who is Babylon? Jerusalem or Rome? the fate worse than death The Last Things

Throughout the centuries people have posited who the Antichrist might be. There have been some absurd claims. In this episode of The Faith Explained, Cale shows how we can understand the meaning of the symbols in Revelation regarding the Beast and the Antichrist. Plus, Cale looks at St. John’s vision of the Lamb on Mount Zion with 144,000 “who had his name and his Father’s name written on their fo...

Who is the second beast that rose out of the earth? What is the “mark of the beast” and what does it mean? Cale continues to unpack this mysterious chapter by drawing on history, as well as both the Old and New Testament to shed light on what the text means.

Revelation 13 is perhaps one of the most misunderstood chapters in the Book of Revelation. In it we see two beasts, one that rises out of the sea and another that rises out of the earth. What does the number 666 mean? Who is this first beast? In this episode, Cale gives the historical context for this passage and what it meant to the first hearers of this Scripture, which in turn helps us to under...

In Revelation 12 we see a great eagle, the very earth devouring God’s enemies, and ‘the dragon’ waging war against ‘the woman’s offspring’. Cale helps us understand what it all means.

In Revelation 12 we see St. Michael the Archangel battle ‘the great dragon’, Satan. Why did Lucifer (Satan) rebel against God in the first place? The Cross of Christ is ultimately what defeated the Devil. Cale breaks it all down on this episode of The Faith Explained.

In Revelation 12, we see “a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars”. Who is she? Who is the red dragon that is seeking to destroy her and her child? Cale shows how the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant. There are fascinating parallels between Revelation 12, the Gospel of Luke, and 2 Samuel.

Cale Clarke takes a deep dive to Revelation 11:3-14 talking about the two witnesses and what Jerusalem goes through.

Cale Clarke continues his look at Revelation 10:5-11 and the relationship between the Angel and the Scroll.

Continuing through the Book of Revelation, Cale looks at Revelation 9:17 – 10:7. We see an unrepentant mankind, ‘sorceries’ that are perhaps synonymous with what we would call today abortion and contraception, and a mysterious angel that has striking characteristics like Jesus and is holding a scroll.

On this episode of The Faith Explained, Cale Clarke shows how important the Old Testament is in interpreting and understanding the Book of Revelation. Books like Joel and Job shed key insights on many of the images that confront the reader in Revelation 9. Learn about the fallen star, the bottomless pit, the locusts, and more.

In Revelation 8 we see angels blowing trumpets, a burning mountain cast into a sea of blood, a great star falling from heaven, waters becoming like wormwood, and an eagle in midheaven crying woe. Cale breaks it all down and shares how Jeremiah 51 and the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus illuminate the text.