Just say these two words, and your eyes become hazy, and a confused look takes over the landscape of your face. The Revelation, which means the reveal, is like going to the Detroit Auto show, seeing the form of a car under a lovely velvet cover, only to have another velvet cover thrown over it. To say that the Revelation is complicated is a mild compliment. As I began to study the letter to the seven churches a few months ago, I quickly discovered various opinions about most paragraphs. For years I avoided looking deeply into the Revelation for the simple reason that it is so hard to understand. I kept saying that one day I was going to go through the book verse by verse. That finally happened in the second half of 2019. By the time we came to chapter 20, Dawn and I moved, and the world shut down because of the COVID 19 scare. You talk about timing! As mentioned, in a previous post, during my simple study of the most complicated book, I discovered various opinions abou...
These are devotional, and other, thoughts from a guy who lived in Brazil from 1997 to 2023. I recount personal experiences and Bible applications with most of my posts. These "posts" are mostly for me but if you want to, you can read them too!