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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Consuming Revelation

What a funny title for a post! But that has been for me lately.  I am reading, reading, & re-reading the Book of Revelation, & any other related books of the Bible.  

I started the study of this book at the request of the ladies in my Bible study.  To tell you the truth I haven't been in Revelation for quite some time, so I had to re-familiarize myself with it again - the whole thing not just bits & pieces of it.  I find myself getting side tracked a lot, going on a tangent hunt.  But I'm loving it!  The problem though is that it's Christmas time & I haven't done any decorating because I'm consumed with this study.

I had a very difficult time finding a relevant study of this book.  Everything I found either discussed just the first 5 chapters & the last 2, or it was written in the last century.  I know the last century was only 12 years ago, but soooo much has happened on the political scene since then.  Those that really dug into the book, set the stage in Europe for the events to unfold. That's what they knew then.  But the Lord has revealed so much more to us today.  As a recent writer of this subject wrote in his book, Israel & the Middle East is & always has been the center stage for all Biblical prophecies.   I had a good dose of correction in reading Joel Richardson's book, The Islamic Anti-Christ, last Spring.  Reading that book really opened my eyes.  The book was published in 2009 & like Joel Rosenberg's books, so many things he predicted have come to pass.

I am just amazed at what Beth Moore has taught us in this series.  Really the book of Revelation is the story of redemption.  God wants desperately to redeem a people out of sin's grip, Satan's grip, death's grip.  But men are too stubborn sometimes to be rescued.  What shocks me is that there are those who rail their fists at Him instead of begging for mercy.  That blows my mind!

But none-the-less I am thoroughly enjoying this study.  I hope my ladies are, I know some of them have.  Please pray that they understand it, & that they attend.  Even though they requested the study, many haven't come because roadblocks have come in the way.  Just like the enemy to keep them from learning the truth.