Revelation 16: The Seventh Bowl, a Historicist or Futurist View

Then, the seventh poured out his ceremonial bowl upon the atmosphere, and a mighty voice came out of the innermost part of the temple, from the throne, saying, โ€œIt has come to be!โ€ Then a lightning bolt appeared and voices and thunders, and there came massive seismic activity the like which had never before occurred … Continue reading Revelation 16: The Seventh Bowl, a Historicist or Futurist View

Revelation 6: Familiar Imagery, Fresh Meaning

Now, two thousand years later, scholars have much to say on the meaning of this sixth seal.

Revelation 6: The Sixth Seal

So far, everything John saw concerned a single planet. The four horsemen traversed the globe, and the martyrs called out for Godโ€™s judgment of those living on earth. But now the entire cosmos seems to be coming unglued, and the imagery, as fantastic as it is, was vividly familiar to Johnโ€™s audience.

Isaiah 5: Prophetic Warning

It would be another one hundred years and more before Godโ€™s judgment would come, years of noticeable decline for Judah as they continued to ignore their prophets and disregard Godโ€™s word.

Gospel of John: Witness to Death

Swoon theories are like urban myths. When examined, the actual facts disprove the myth, but the myth keeps getting repeated. So, the writers of the gospelsโ€”and especially Johnโ€”were careful to document the reality of Jesusโ€™ physical death and his physical resurrection.