08 December 2024

• 19 Revelation 6:8-17. The fifth and six seals predict some terrifying events. Are they literal or symbolic? If the latter, what could they possible signify?

 

 

01 December 2024

• 18 Revelation 6:3-7. We know what the white horse represents. What about the next three horsemen?

 

 

24 November 2024

• 17 Revelation 6:2b. Is the rider on the white horse Antichrist or isn’t he? It may be a bit more complex than that. Let’s see what the non-apocalyptic texts have to say

 

 

10 November 2024

• 16 Revelation 6:1-2a. Yes only two verses. That’s because verse 2 may be speaking about the Antichrist and that opens up Pandora’s box!

 

 

03 November 2024.

• 15 Revelation 5:8-14. The Messiah is exalted in heaven as he prepares to exercise his authority over planet earth. [First few minutes missing due glitch – but it was just revision]

 

 

27 October 2024

• 14: Revelation 5:1-7. What’s the significance of the scroll with seven seals? What makes our Lord worthy to open it?

 

 

13 October 2024

• 13 Revelation 4:1-11. What John saw in his visit to the throne room of heaven. Who ar the 24 elders? What are the living creatures?

 

 

22 September 2024

• 12 Revelation 3:14-22. The letter to the seventh assembly at Laodicea. Why did the Lord have nothing positive to say to them? What was their main shortcoming?

 

 

01 September 2024

• 11 Revelation 3:7-13. In the letter to the assembly at Philadelphia, the Lord declares that he has the ‘Key of David’. What does that signify?

 

 

11 August 2024

• 10 Revelation 3:1-6. Some folks say that the seven letters to the churches represent seven ages of church history. Sardis is meant to prophesy the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. True or false?

 

 

28 July 2024

• 09 Revelation 2:18-29. The letter to Thyatira. Who is Jezebel and what are the ‘deep things of Satan’? How can the overcomers be awarded the ‘morning star’?

 

23 June 2024

• 08 Revelation 2:17. Yes, only one verse. What does the promise of hidden manna and a white stone with a new name on it mean?

 

 

02 June 2024

• 07 Revelation 2:12-16. The report card on the Church at Pergamum. The Lord was displeased for them for allowing false teaching in their midst. What defines false teaching.

 

 

12 May 2024

• 06 Revelation 2:8-11. The Church at Smyrna was suffering oppression. Where was it coming from? As an aside: Why was our Lord offered wine mixed with myrrh at his crucifixion? Do you know? Are you sure?

 

 

28 April 2024

• 05 Revelation 2:1-7. The Lord’s report card on the Assembly at Ephesus. How’d they rate? How would you and I rate, if judged by the same standards?

 

 

24 March 2024

• 04 Revelation 1:9-20. John is in a divinely-induced state of altered consciousness and receives instructions from the glorified Lord to write some letters. Why?

 

 

03 March 2024

• 03 Revelation 1:1-8. [This time it was all my own fault – I forgot to switch on the recorder until halfway through! The first half has been re-recorded].

Second half (verses 5-8)

 

 

First half (verses 1-4)

 

 

11 February 2024

• 02 What is Apocalyptic? There are quite a number of ancient writings in a similar genre to Revelation. They’re not inspired of course, but they do help us to understand this style of writing. [Another technical glitch required re-recording… course, I was getting used to it by then]

 

 

28 January 2024

• 01 Revelation Intro . Αsking the usual introductory questions about the book. You may find the history of its interpretation interesting.