Things were deteriorating in sinful Judah, and Jeremiah is in prison for offending the king. God tells him to buy a field in enemy territory. Humanly speaking it was madness,…
Paul gives three commands. We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, living a life that looks like the one Jesus would have us to live. We…
Pergamum was the seat of Roman government. Jesus calls it the throne of Satan, yet there was a church there. There had already been a martyrdom, and they had been…
Smyrna was committed to the Roman emperor, and any Christian who would not worship a Roman god was submitted to persecution and poverty. There is encouragement for them in that…
Christ promises to hold His people firmly, secure to the end. He is the Good Shepherd and makes clear who His sheep are: they have saving faith, listen to His…
Daniel wants to know more about the end of the times but he's not going to be told any more. The words will make sense to the people at the…
During the time of tribulation there will be encouragement for the Lord's people; we encourage and exhort each other. Daniel is told to seal the book until the time of…
We enjoy conversation and laughter but there is a right sobriety about the Christian life. The people of God in all ages are a suffering people. They would suffer under…
Nebuchadnezzar's plan to hold his empire together is to make these young men thoroughly Babylonian, stripping them of their Hebrew identity as people of God. The world bombards us with…
Here is a doxology: praise from man to God in response to His blessings. Paul praises God as the One able to strengthen; He sustains His people to the end.…