Daily Bible Blog

  People often call earthquakes ‘acts of God’; and it is not hard to see why. Major earthquakes are some of the most powerful natural events that happen in our world. The ground across whole countries may shake so severely that buildings fall down. Earthquakes...

  It would have caused John great strain to see the things that he describes in chapter 9. It was a terrible shock to know how cruelly those evil spirits would attack people. The people of the world will suffer greatly during the last few years before Christ’s...

  When people choose on purpose to do evil things, the effect on society is terrible. People may say that they are just looking after themselves. However, the reality is that everyone suffers because of their selfish attitudes, including themselves. They are not...

But when the seventh seal is broken and what is to happen becomes visible as the scroll is unrolled – and the implication is they can all see what it says – they are reduced to utter silence. And all the triumphant ringing hallelujahs, all the exaltation halts. And I...

  The whole Bible teaches that God cares about people from every nation. For example, God chose Abraham and his future family (called the Jewish people) so that people in every nation could know his kindness (Genesis 12:3). Psalm 117 urges people in every...

  And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. ~ Revelation 6:2 John has just described some very terrible future events. At that time, people will believe that the end...

  God wants people to pray sincere prayers in a humble manner. People should put their trust in him when they pray. They should pray for the things that he wants them to have. Their prayers should respect God and they should give him honour. They should believe...

  Christ had shown John the real state of Christians and their churches (Chapters 2 and 3). What John saw would have disappointed him greatly. Some Christians were serving God loyally, but many more Christians had become weak in their relationship with God. Some...

  Christ said that Laodicea’s Christians should be either cold or hot. To be cold probably means to realise that they were in a desperate state. They very much needed God’s help. To be hot means to be eager. They should be eager to serve God properly. When people...