Perspectives

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 Most of us would prefer to only hear or read stories with happy endings, stories that

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. Matthew 10:21 We now switch gears for the rest of the study to look at verses and passages that will guide us in the

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen. Revelation 22:21 (the last verse in the Bible) While the above verse can be found in Revelation, I’d like to spend our last day of the End Times section of the devotional reading a passage of

In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,
 of all who have been slaughtered on the earth. Revelation 18:24 In my previous devotional, Terminus, I spent a day investigating the mysterious identity of Babylon the Great. She is given the figurative description

For they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve. Revelation 16:6 Our study today focuses on the verse above. Let’s look at the context before going further. Revelation 16 deals with the

This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus. Revelation 14:12 The verse above appears almost identically in yesterday’s chapter about the beast (13:10b). The context of Revelation 14 includes three angels that will

As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them. Daniel 7:21 It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. Revelation 13:7a These two passages in Daniel and Revelation seem to be describing the same

Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. Revelation 11:7 One of my favorite movies, Kingdom of Heaven, is about Jerusalem being lost to the Muslims during the Crusades. In it is

These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14 Let’s look further at this mass of humanity at the feet of God, first mentioned in the sixth chapter

They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Revelation 6:10 The book of Revelation can be confusing because it’s so cryptic. Much symbolism is involved in the messages being