The Grapes of God’s Wrath 1

There is a running theme in the Old Testament of a two-fold reason for the tribulation period. The first reason is to humble the people of God; the second is to trample the wicked. These do not happen simultaneously, but in succession. The tribulation (aka “the last days”) is marked by these people: 2 For men

Victory over Wrath

I think I will wrap up what we’ve been looking at in this little series on the seals and the trumpets, for now we are at the last trumpet (Revelation 11:15) and a few things are noted by John before the wrath of the Almighty begins to fall. Revelation 12 tells us that there is

Battle of the Woes

After the first four angels blow their trumpets, we have the remaining three blasts called “woes” (Revelation 8:13). By now you know I like to consult study tools like Strong’s, Gesenius (Old Testament) and Vine’s (New Testament). How is a “woe” different than the first four judgments that fell? In both Strong’s and Vine’s, a

The Functions of the 144,000

So in my last post, I went over a few things that the scriptures seem to make clear in the Revelation of Jesus to John. As the verses show, 1) there are saints still on the earth as the 5th seal is being opened; 2) at the 6th seal the kings, the great men, the

The Plucking

There are so many views of the “rapture” out there. I’m not going to say (right away) which version of the “being caught up” I believe is going to happen, but I do want to lay out some things to think about. This is as complicated a subject as all of eschatology (that’s a big