The Third Seal – Famine When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, […]
– The Aggressors of the War of Gog and Magog – Ezekiel 38:1-4 According to Ezekiel, an alliance of enemies will attack Israel in the End Times. The leader will be Gog of the land of Magog, who is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. He is assisted by Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, Beth […]
The First Half of the Tribulation The fourth Chapter of the Book of Revelation begins with two often-quoted Greek words: Meta tauta These words mean “after these things.” The authors join company with a good number of conservative Bible scholars who see these words as marking a major division in the last book of the […]
A Symbolic Overview of All of Israel’s History The book of Revelation, Chapter 12:1-17, presents a great vision of the nation of Israel portrayed as a woman. The vantage point is that of eternity. In his sermon series on Revelation, Ray Stedman offers the following commentary on this passage. 82 There is no mystery to […]
Believers during the Tribulation We come now to the third section of this book, and to things that are yet future. After considering the history of Israel, the Chosen People, and of the Church, we can not help wondering who the true believers of the Tribulation period will be. According to the book of Revelation, […]