THE MESSAGE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION: THE MAJESTY OF JESUS The main theme of the book of Revelation is to reveal the personality, power, and action plan of Jesus in preparing His Church to participate with Him in releasing God’s glory in all the nations. 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave [...]

THE TEN PLAGUES OF EGYPT: A FORESHADOWING OF THE TRUMPETS AND BOWLS The trumpet and bowl judgments intentionally parallel the ten plagues of Egypt (Ex. 7-12). The ten plagues are prototypes of the trumpets and bowls, providing a framework to understand them. The ten plagues occurred just before Israel’s exodus from Egypt, prophetically foreshadowing the [...]

FIFTH SEAL: THE PRAYER MOVEMENT STRENGTHENED BY MARTYRS (REV. 6:9-11) When He [Jesus] opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God … 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge [...]

ESTABLISHING AN OVERALL PRAYER LIFE: THREE CATEGORIES Prayer for my personal life: breakthrough of God’s glory (strength, favor, etc.) on my inner man, in my circumstances (physical, financial and relational) and through my ministry as God’s power is released through my hands, His authority through my words (singing, preaching, conversations) and prophetic revelation to help [...]

DAVID’S SACRED VOW: TO EXTRAVAGANTLY PURSUE GOD UNTIL… As a young man, David made a vow to dedicate his life to find a resting place or dwelling place for God. This refers to a place where an unusual measure of God’s presence is manifest on earth. David’s life work was to establish a dwelling place [...]