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Rev 7:1-8 - The 144,000 12.10.2011 59:31 ↓

This passage is rightly seen as an interlude of sorts between the sixth and the seventh seals. An interlude is a short act between two main acts or a short musical piece between two longer pieces. In a play, the interlude allows the audience to catch its breath after particularly engrossing act. In this case, the interlude of chapter seven serves to encourage the readers who are surely overcome by...

Rev 6:1-17 - The Seven Seals (Part 1) 28.09.2011 1:00:15 ↓

Rather than evolving morally, it appears that humanity has merely developed more effective ways to kill one another as we advance in other areas. The lists above do not even contain such infamous murders as Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Osama Bin Laden, Timothy McVeigh, and many others. How do we explain such evil? The apostle John has just revealed to us the fact that God is seated on...

Rev 4:1-11 - Worship Around the Throne 07.09.2011 1:00:13 ↓

How many billions of people wander through life without noticing the glorious God who created them and the world in which they aimlessly live their lives? How many millions attend houses of worship each Sunday and do almost exactly the same thing? It is so easy to live our lives distracted by our to-do lists and all the technological and social demands that we place upon ourselves. We are so consu...

Happy 400th Birthday: The History and Legacy of the KJV 17.08.2011 1:05:39 ↓

For many families in the centuries since the King James Bible was completed, it was the only book they owned. Most learned to read from the well-worn pages of the family Bible and found their language shaped forever by the words they read. Simply put, the King James Bible has influenced the English language more than any book ever written and has done so completely out of proportion to what a sing...