WAR They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore. —Micah 4:3 What a joy this will be when nations do not have militaries that train for war anymore. This is the hope of the world. Many people talk about being able to have peace on this planet and no war. But, it will not happen until the Lord God Almighty brings it to pass. Sinful man will never have peace until it is brought in by the Prince of Peace. The terrible destruction that one nation can bring on another nation today is…

GODLESSNESS But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk! And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts. —Revelation 9:20-21 After 1/3 of mankind dies in these future three plagues people will still refuse to repent and turn to God. They would rather worship demons, murder, practice witchcraft, be involved in sexual immorality and rob. How sad is that? This will happen in the…

SAVED! Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb! —Revelation 7:10 A man fell through the ice into the water and could not get out. Every time he tried to get back on the ice it broke off and he could not get himself out. It did not look good. He would not survive long in the icy cold water. Fortunately for him another man was passing by and saw what was happening. This man had a rope in his truck and threw it to the man and pulled him out to safety. If it wasn’t for this man coming by at that exact…

OUR SOVEREIGN LORD WILL SET THINGS RIGHT When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony. They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?” Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters—their fellow servants of Jesus who were to…

PROVEN LOVE All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us. He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen. —Revelation 1:5-6 Nobody loves you like Jesus… nobody! His love led Him to the cross. Our sins led Him to the cross. Our lovelessness toward Him led Him to the cross. He went there because that was the only way we could be freed from our sins. The shedding of His blood sets free all those who call upon His Name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2HwtWLokSc We love Him because…

WE WILL SEE JESUS “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones to execute judgment on the people of the world. He will convict every person of all the ungodly things they have done and for all the insults that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want. —Jude 1:14-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCnqxVNXvw8 Brothers and sisters, it won’t be long until we see Jesus! Let us rejoice in this wonderful truth. For those who are going through difficulty, let us remember this truth— “For…

BEWARE OF DECEIVERS I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.…

OBEDIENCE & LOVE We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. —I John 5:2-3 The greatest command is that “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind” and the second is like the first in that you must “Love your neighbor as yourself.” We are told that “The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments” (Matthew 11:37-40). In First John 4:7-12 we read— “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love…

OUR SOVEREIGN RULER The Most High God rules over the kingdoms of the world and appoints anyone he desires to rule over them. —Daniel 5:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lay-r2g52SQ Woe to those arrogant leaders who think by their own power they are in positions of leadership. Those that do not acknowledge that it was the Lord God Almighty who set them in their office will likely use that office for their own selfish reasons and not for the best interest of the people they are over. Unfortunately, this is what Jesus meant when He said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their…

THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is…