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Revelation bible study guide - God's Victory

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God’s Victory Revelation 19 In Britain and other parts of the world, weddings can be highly expensive. Even in areas of relative poverty, people still spend tens of thousands of pounds to stage something that seems appropriate to the occasion. There is much about this that I find…

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Revelation bible study guide - BABYLON'S JUDGMENT

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Babylon’s Judgment Revelation 18 We smelt it before we saw it: a sour, bitter stench which seemed to cling to the nostrils. We looked at one another and ran outside. There, about a mile away, but with a gentle wind carrying it in our direction, was a cloud of thick, gray-black sm…

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Revelation bible study guide - The Monster and the Whore

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The Monster and the Whore Revelation 17 I remember my excitement when, as a boy, I learned to read a map. Someone had given me a “maps made easy” sort of book, which explained how all the symbols worked. I remember being especially fascinated by the contour lines. Growing up as I…

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Revelation bible study guide - The Seven Plagues

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The Seven Plagues Revelation 16 The lunch had been substantial, the meeting was tedious, the room was warm and the speakers droned on and on. The chairman noticed that one of his colleagues was finally subsiding into slumber. With cruel timing, he waited until the poor man’s head…

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Revelation bible study guide - Reaping the Harvest and Preparing the Plagues

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Reaping the Harvest and Preparing the Plagues Revelation 14: 14-15: 8 Imagine a village in the outlying countryside of ancient Judaea. It’s a long way from the city, and even traders don’t come there that often, far less government officials. A circuit judge comes to the neighbor…

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Revelation bible study guide - The Lamb's Elite Warriors

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The Lamb’s Elite Warriors Revelation 14: 1-13 On the hill in the distance I could see the little procession, tiny but silhouetted against the sky in the bright Middle-Eastern evening. In my country the sheep are brought from one field to another by people with sticks and dogs. In…

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Revelation bible study guide - Two Monsters

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Two Monsters Revelation 13 A parody is what you get when someone produces a fake which looks real but isn’t. Sometimes this is done deliberately, for comic effect, as when people turn a Shakespeare tragedy like Hamlet into a short, funny skit, or play a Mozart symphony on kazoos …

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Revelation bible study guide - The Woman and the Angry Dragon

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The Woman and the Angry Dragon Revelation 12 I once attended a memorial service for a famous sportsman, a cricketer who had been a boyhood hero for me and for many others. The church was packed, and a special place was reserved for other cricketers who had played with or against …

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Revelation bible study guide - Two Witnesses and a Song of Triumph

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Two Witnesses and a Song of Triumph Revelation 11 People find many books puzzling, but the Bible is often the most puzzling of all. People find many parts of the Bible puzzling, but Revelation is often seen as the most puzzling book of all. And people find Revelation puzzling, bu…

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Revelation bible study guide - A Little Scroll

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A LITTLE SCROLL Revelation 10 One of the most famous baseball umpires of all time, Bill Klem, earned his reputation by insisting that the umpire’s word was not only final, but in a sense creative. On one celebrated occasion, he waited a long time to call a particular pitch. Some …

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Revelation bible study guide - Locusts and Fiery Riders

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Locusts and Fiery Riders Revelation 9 It is already dark outside, and the wind is getting stronger. You are getting up to close the curtains when all the lights go out: a power failure. As you stumble your way to the cupboard by the back door in search of candles, you sense a col…

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Revelation bible study guide - The Golden Censer and the First Plagues

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The Golden Censer and the First Plagues Revelation 8 Bernard Levin was one of the greatest London journalists of the last generation. One of his many great loves was music. Levin relished the great moments of classical music, the operas of Mozart and Wagner in particular. He was …

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Revelation bible study guide - Sealing God's People

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SEALING GOD’S PEOPLE Revelation 7 Sometimes you’re in the middle of a nightmare which seems so real, so powerful and so horrible that when you wake up you can hardly dare to believe that it was only a dream, that the accident didn’t happen, that so-and-so is still alive after all…

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Revelation bible study guide - The Day Is Coming

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THE DAY IS COMING Revelation 6 All doctors, and all pastors, know that when someone comes to them with a problem, the problem they talk about may not be the only problem they have. The pain that gets someone into the doctor’s office may well be only a symptom of much deeper ills,…

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Revelation bible study guide - Worth is The Lamb

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WORTHY IS THE LAMB Revelation 5 We stood and stared at the letter as it lay on the doormat. It was a smart envelope, good quality paper, with clear, bold typewritten name and address. And at the top, in even larger letters, we saw the words: To Be Opened by Addressee Only. And th…

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Revelation bible study guide - Praise to the Creator

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PRAISE TO THE CREATOR Revelation 4 Scientists and anthropologists have often asked themselves, “What is it that humans can do that computers can’t do?” The writer David Lodge wrote a powerful novel on this theme, entitled Thinks . . . The heroine eventually discovers the answer: …

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Revelation bible study guide - Letters to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea

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Letters to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea Revelation 3 You might be surprised to know that, in some parts of England, “The Wars of the Roses” still live on. These wars were fought between the Houses of York (the white rose) and Lancaster (the red rose) in the fifteenth century…

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Revelation bible study guide - Letters to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum and Thyatira

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Letters to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum and Thyatira Revelation 2 I was involved some years ago in making a series of radio programs where people from quite different backgrounds came together for an hour to discuss complex and challenging topics of the day. Since this was being mad…

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