Daily Bible Blog

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...

A judgment against people who are not loyal to God It is a terrible thing when God’s people are not loyal to him. His love for them is as a husband’s love for his wife should be (Ephesians 5:25-27). He loves them very much; they should be loyal to him. A certain woman...

[ays_pb_cat_title id="Your_PB_Category_ID"] In Acts 20:17-38, Paul spoke for the last time to the leaders of the church of Ephesus. He warned them that he expected certain men to come there soon. Those men would try to teach wrong things to the Christians there. Paul...

  Today, many people argue that the return of Christ is a word-picture for something else. For example, they say that it means the growth of the church. John would not agree. He has used many word-pictures in his book, but by the return of Christ, he means an actual...