…they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him. —Revelation 16:9 People… cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done. —Revelation 16:11 …they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible. —Revelation 16:21 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name” (Exodus 20:7). I have heard people take the Lord’s Name in vain on the basketball court, in the workplace, in the neighborhood,…

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” This calls…

It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation… The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number…

Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. —Revelation 12:17 Sports teams are easy to recognize by uniforms. Their colors and logos make for quick identification. Players are known by the numbers they wear and statistics in a multitude of areas are kept to track of their performance. Those who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ can be easily identified as well as they “keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.” There will be a 3 ½ month period where Satan will be enraged…

And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.” If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. —Revelation 11:3-6 Hollywood…

Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake. —Revelations 8:5 The rolling thunder was loud and the ground shook from its rumblings. Bolts of lightning pierced the trees and ground with mighty cracking reverberations. This was not a time to be outside in the open, but to be inside and sheltered. According to the verse above there will be a future judgment on this earth which the “peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake” indicate. These will be cataclysmic judgments. These judgments, preceded…

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands…. Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. —Revelations 7:9, 13-14 People are people regardless of what country they come…

Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” —Revelation 6:15-17 Wind thundered around us all night and the front door of our house seemed to be just about ready to blow inward. We did not sleep and kept our young family huddled…

And they sang a new song, saying: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” —Revelation 5:9-10 How sad to see the continued and increased Thanksgiving through Christmas marketing of material items in hopes of luring people to purchase so many things they don’t even need. What is your purchasing power and what do you want to purchase? The Creator of all things…

“‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: You are worthy, our Lord and God, o receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” —Revelation 4:8-11 Did light come out of darkness or did darkness evolve…