Unraveling Revelation

JOHN FORESAW a day in the distant future when God would make all things new. He heard a voice from the throne of God saying, “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” This week, we summarize the final two chapters of Revelation and John’s vision of the world that...

AFTER BEING imprisoned for a thousand years, Satan returns and leads “the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle”. Is this Armageddon or a second war altogether? We believe the millennial reign is a literal thousand year period that follows Armageddon, and so the conflict described in Revelation 20:7–10 is a second war. How is it possible if, as...

MATTHEW 24:29–30 is often used to support a post-tribulation rapture. Is that really what Jesus meant? The verses read: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of th...

NOTHING STARTS Christians arguing faster than asking about the timing of the Rapture. Alan DiDio, author of the compelling new book They Lied to You About the Rapture, explains that while he (and we) believe in a pre-tribulation Rapture, we are often just as guilty of spreading misconceptions about this event as those with other views. Alan explains how we know the doctrine of the pre-trib rapture...

Revelation 20 tells us Satan will be bound for a thousand years. We think this is a future event, but some prophecy scholars think we’re in the thousand-year period now, while others believe it’s just symbolic. We discuss the millennial reign, the binding of Satan, and the differing views of the thousand years of Satan’s captivity.

THE BIBLE describes three feasts around the time of the final battle of the age. Two of these feasts are gruesome. The first takes place at the end of Revelation 17 when the Beast and the ten kings who serve him—supernatural entities, not human political leaders—turn on the great prostitute, Mystery Babylon, “and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.” (Rev. 17:16) The next takes place as bel...

THE GOSPEL is encoded into the very letters used to write the first verse of the Bible. Carl Gallups, author of the forthcoming book Golgotha’s Groaning, shows us why we can’t separate the New Testament from the Old because God’s covenant with us is built into the alphabet used by the prophets.

THE GOSPEL is encoded into the very letters used to write the first verse of the Bible. Carl Gallups, author of the forthcoming book Golgotha’s Groaning, shows us why we can’t separate the New Testament from the Old because God’s covenant with us is built into the alphabet used by the prophets.

ISRAEL PLAYED an essential role in God’s plan to redeem humanity through the Messiah, Jesus. That role is not yet complete. Messianic believer Larry Stamm ( LarryStamm.org ), author of Jewish Roots of Christianity, explains how replacement theology—the belief that Christians have replaced Israel in end times prophecies—falls into Satan’s trap of making God out to be a liar.

THERE ARE great gulfs between the Judaism of today and the way it was practiced in the time of Jesus. And this has affected how Jews and Christians interact. Larry Stamm ( LarryStamm.org ), author of Jewish Roots of Christianity, joins us to share his personal testimony as a Jewish believer in Yeshua, explain why it’s become difficult for Christians and Jews to discuss the faith, and tell us how a...

TECHNOLOGY to make our lives easier and more secure will be important tools to build the infrastructure of the prophesied global government. Josh Davis, author of Rise of the One-World Mind, explains how Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and artificial intelligence will help bring about a one-world government and a single religion that worships the Antichrist.

THE WOULD-BE rulers of Earth are weaponizing language to brainwash us into accepting global government.  Josh Davis, author of Rise of the One-World Mind, joins us to explain how media, both legacy and social, are being used to push us towards the future kingdom of the Antichrist.

IT’S GOOD the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are only carrying out God’s orders. Curtis Liebl, author of The Four Horsemen: The Winds of Theopolitical Change, explains that the horsemen have been riding for centuries, but only doing what God directs (or allows)—and that prophecy could only be fulfilled with riders acting as God’s change agents on Earth.

THE FOUR HORSEMEN of the Apocalypse are usually depicted as evil. What if they’re actually God’s agents? Curtis Liebl (note: Derek mispronounced Curtis’s name, and we apologize for the error!), author of The Four Horsemen: The Winds of Theopolitical Change, explains why connecting Revelation 6, Zechariah 6, and Daniel 7 opens up a whole new understanding of the four riders.

ARMAGEDDON WILL be fought at Jerusalem. A mysterious group of warriors called “Joel’s army” by some will play a role—but they’re not the good guys. We revisit the scholarly explanation behind identifying the Temple Mount as Armageddon. In a nutshell, the name is based on the transliteration the phrase har mo`ed (“mount of assembly”) from Hebrew into Greek. Then we discuss who will be involved in t...

AS WAR continues in Ukraine and reignites between Israel and Hamas, we discuss what appears to be a deliberate effort to trigger World War 3. Why would European leaders insist on continuing a war with Russia that Ukraine cannot win even with Europe’s direct involvement? What will emerge from the fractured state of Syria? Why does Hamas persist in a conflict that’s seen its home destroyed and its p...

THE MIDDLE EAST is in turmoil as factions fight for control of Syria. One, backed by Turkey, controls Damascus while others backed by the US and Israel control the south and east of the country.  It’s fascinating but a fact: The prophet Ezekiel foresaw a day when Turkey would be at the center of the geopolitical and theopolitical world. The situation is fluid and recent developments have taken man...

WE ARE SEEING what could be the sentiment that brings the world together to follow the Antichrist to war. Building on last week’s discussion of the changing reality on the ground in the Middle East, especially with Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, we look at what might be the “hooks” God uses to drag Gog of Magog (the Antichrist) to Israel for the final battle of the age, Armageddon.

ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu says he doesn’t intend to allow the armed forces of Al Qaeda offshoot HTS south of Damascus. Is this a step toward fulfilling the land promised to Abraham’s descendants in Genesis 15? We discuss a new report from Avi Lipkin in Israel where he describes a new Middle East, with an Israeli-Druze autonomous zone across southern Syria from the Golan Heights to...

SINCE OCTOBER 7, 2023, a growing number of Christians have concluded that we should not support Israel for reasons ranging from theft of the land from native Arabs to the church replacing Israel in end times prophecy. We disagree. While we acknowledge that Israel is ruled by fallen, sinful humans just like every other nation on Earth, and we affirm that all have sinned and will not go to the Fathe...

PRESIDENT TRUMP shocked the world by suggesting that the United States would “own” Gaza and rebuild it into the Riviera of the Middle East. Is he serious? Doom was prophesied on Gaza by the Hebrew prophets Jeremiah (Jer. 47:1–7), Amos (Amos 1:6–8), and Zephaniah (Zeph. 2:5–7). Those prophecies were fulfilled by the Assyrians in 730 BC and Egypt in 601 BC. Were those “already-but-not-yet” fulfillme...

IS 2025 the year the Mark of the Beast is introduced? It’s early in the game for the mark, but it’s likely we’ll see major efforts to introduce Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) around the world, and this is as close to the mark as anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes. We look at the situation in Syria and how it may impact the Middle East in general and Israel in particular. We also discuss...

MANY CHRISTIANS have noticed that President Trump has promised to usher in a new golden age for America. Does he know the origin of that phrase? We think not. Still, since we’ve written about the New Age belief in a golden age with the return of “old Saturn’s reign” in our last two books, we discuss the origin of the term in ancient Greek religion, how it was echoed in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a...

WHO OR WHAT are the seven heads on the Beast? This week, we compare Revelation 17 and Daniel 7 to identify what the horns represent both past and future. There is a general consensus that the seven kingdoms are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, and a future nation, possibly a revived Roman Empire, that is the global kingdom of Antichrist. As we noted last week, there are others w...

THE IDENTITY of the Beast and what its seven heads represent are two of the biggest unanswered questions in Christian theology. This week, we begin a study of the seven heads which John was told represent “seven kings, five who have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.” We present a list of human kings who might fit those clues, but...