Category: Revelation

18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Setting the Scene for Revelation 1:18 In Revelation chapter 1, we find the scene set in the island of Patmos, where the apostle John is exiled for his faith. It is a rocky…

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. Setting the Scene for Revelation 21:1 The scene in Revelation 21:1 is set in a new heaven and a new earth. The apostle John, who wrote the…

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one…

1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the…

9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Setting the Scene for Revelation 12:9 In Revelation chapter 12, the scene opens with a great sign…

10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. Setting the Scene for Revelation 12:10…

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. Setting the Scene for Revelation 21:3 In Revelation chapter 21, the scene is set…

1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out…

1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample…

16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. Setting the Scene for Revelation 19:16 In Revelation chapter 19, the scene is set in the heavenly realm as John witnesses a vision of the triumphant return of Jesus Christ. The atmosphere is filled with…