1. And He showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal. -
this begins the third picture in the series of three that is used to describe the reward of the faithful. The first was the tabernacle of God telling us that God will dwell with His people forever. The second [...]

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7. Let us rejoice and be glad and give glory to Him -
the faithful are happy. They want to give praise to God.

for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. -
This is the climax of our relationship with Christ. That when the marriage takes [...]

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9-10. And the kings of the earth who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying “Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one [...]

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The Taliban claimed responsibility for killing a Christian aid worker.
Taliban gunmen killed a Christian worker as she was walking to work today.
The Taliban said it targeted the woman because she was ’spreading her religion.’
The Christian worked with handicapped Afghans as was a dual South African-British national.  The cowards drove by on a motorbike and shot [...]

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12. And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sacklcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; -
things begin to happen. Everything ceases.
13. and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts [...]

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1. And I saw -
John says he saw. This is to give us comfort. It’s firsthand.
when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals -
The Lamb who is worthy is the one who is to break the seven seals. He is the only one who can reveal the message. The book [...]

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It sounds like something that the great sports writer, Jim Murray, would write.
Nolan Ryan, older than Methuselah, struck out the side of the opposing team’s players who’s combined ages didn’t add up to his.
Or…
The phrase - older than Methuselah - has made it into daily conversation. Maybe it’s back out now.
Methuselah lived to be 969 [...]

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God created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.
There are lots of thems and they. Seems to me that if I didn’t think too hard about it, I could conclude that there more than one pair of Adam and Eve.
I’ve never heard anyone [...]

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