Revelation 34

The bitterness of martyrdom gives way to eternal celebration. Their victory has always been dependent upon the strength that God provides and this is reflected in the harps given to them by God.  And what a glorious celebration. The enemy has been defeated and the bowls of wrath will bring this evil age to a conclusion. The joy of eternity awaits! 

The gathering of the grape harvest is usually one of great joy and expectation. But this is a bitter harvest. God, perfect in holiness, has no alternative but to righteously pour out His wrath on a deliberately sinful world.

Most assume that the ‘one like a son of man’ is Jesus himself and there is no real reason to believe otherwise. Once again, everything happens according to the perfect timing of God, who has been so patient, not wanting one person to perish. But yet the world has become so evil. God is like the perfect farmer, who waits for just the right day, before nodding to his labourers and signalling the commencement of the harvest. 

Please tap photo for full post. The time to prepare your heart and resolve to absolutely refuse the mark of the beast is now. Whatever form it will take, we need to be firm and prepared and able to stand strong, and able to help and advise others.  We are running a marathon and we will need endurance, even though it feels like a sprint at times!

Please click the photo to see whole post. We pray that many will respond to this gospel that brings eternal life. The radical end-time church and the angelic realms will be working together to make sure that everyone, regardless of where they might be living, have a chance to hear the gospel and respond, and hence enter into the glory of repentance. 

Please click photo to see the whole post. There are times when the writer should put his pen back down on the table, and just delight in these superb verses; that capture the gentle beauty and the awesome power, that describe a worship that simply goes beyond words. 

Please click photo to see full article. Waves of persecution followed the Jews. They learnt to keep a packed suitcase by the front-door, ready for when they would be moved on. The horror of the Odessa massacre and the Auschwitz holocaust should have finished them off, once and for all.But these were the children of a faithful God and eventually, miraculously, they were to reclaim their homeland once more. The enemy had sought to destroy their identity but his evil plans would not prevail. 

Revelation 7 holds God’s promise that the 144,000 would go through the tribulation but would be spared, by virtue of the seal placed on their foreheads. God is faithful to His promise. Here, in Revelation 14,  God’s faithfulness is proven to be true and not a single one of the 144,000 is lost. 

Gematria and numerology are the art of assigning a letter to a number and vice-versa. Therefore, the number 666 can be made to signify the name of a person. How exactly they work this out baffles me but I do not lose any sleep over the matter. 

Despite the dazzling and deceptive charisma of the antichrist, nevertheless he will use force and coercion to get his way. Those who choose not to worship the antichrist and receive his mark of ownership will be reduced to great hardship.  A hungry belly will be much more likely to acquiesce to the demands of the antichrist than a full one. 

We see here that he will also create some form of distinguishing mark that will identify those who align themselves with the beast’s empire and those who remain faithful to the Lord. 

Satan seeks to climb to the dizzy heights of equality with God by creating life by himself. God has created man so that we should willingly bow in worship before His throne.Satan creates an image so that man is forced to bow before it in worship on pain of death. 

I am told that on the horizon there is a computer-generated alternative universe that will be accessible by means of helmets that folk attach to their heads. The image of the antichrist will thereby be sent  to these helmets.  May we stay alert on the watchtower, not jumping at shadows, but wisely studying the scriptures, refreshed by the spirit, and ready to warn a sleeping world of approaching dangers.

A whole generation has been soaked in the quest to discover dark secrets and magic formulas. Like moths to the proverbial  flame, they will be drawn by the supernatural incantations of the false prophet who will open the door to ever deeper spiritual experiences and false knowledge.

In the last days, great powers and miraculous signs will abound. The gift of discernment will be essential to separate true God-given miracles and the counterfeit versions from the enemy. We have been warned to be on our guard, not cynical of the real deal but yet not taken in by the deceptive counterfeit. 

There is a world of difference between Jesus serving mankind and giving the glory to the Father and the antichrist who desires to rule over mankind and who seeks the glory for himself. 

We all like to be on the winning side and the antichrist will offer all the temptations that victory can offer. He will offer purpose and vision to a lost generation. They will follow him, without discernment, but yet his promises will prove to be illusory and his path will lead to deception and destruction.