Seated with Jesus on His Throne
“To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.”—Revelation 3:21 (NKJV)
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Jesus Outside the Church
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.”—Revelation 3:20 (NASB)
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The Lukewarm Church
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.”—Revelation…
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The Amen
The seventh letter in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 was written to the church in Laodicea.
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The Word is “Community”
When I was much younger, there was a game show on television called Password. In this game, two teams of two people competed against each other. One partner on each team was given the secret…
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To the Overcomer in Philadelphia
Here in His letter to the sixth church, with only one more letter to go, Jesus begins to speak of His soon coming. After the Philadelphia Church Age, there will be only one more age before Christ…
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The Age of the Open Door
In addition to the restoration of the doctrine of sanctification through the “washing of water by the Word of God,” the Philadelphia Church Age also saw the restoration of Christian outreach and…
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The Pearl of Great Price
Jesus began His message to each of the seven churches in Revelation in the same way:
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The Key of David
In His address to the Philadelphia church, Jesus declares that He holds the key of David.
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The Messenger to the Philadelphia Church Age
The messenger for each of the seven church ages in Revelation carried the message that was key for that particular age. For the Sardis age, the message focused upon the transformation of the…
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The Message to the Church in Philadelphia
“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘These are the words of the Holy One, the True One’”—Revelation 3:7 (AMP)
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Whose Names Will Be Blotted Out?
There are many pastors and teachers who assure the people in their congregations that all they have to do to ensure eternal salvation is to say a few words in a prayer. These people are led to…
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Blotted Out of the Book of Life
At the end of Jesus’ message to the church in Sardis, He gives us one of the most unsettling verses in all of Scripture.
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The Messenger to the Sardis Age
“Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God. Go back to what you heard and believed at first;…
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As a Thief
To the church in Sardis, Jesus issued a warning with His wake-up call that carried serious, eternal consequences if it was ignored.
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The Wake-Up Call
When Jesus dictated His message to the church in Sardis, the church was dead, as many churches are today. To the Sardis church, and to all churches in similar conditions, Jesus sends a wake-up call.
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Worshiping the Mother of God
The church is Sardis was the 5th church that Jesus addressed in his messages to the seven churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia. This city…
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The Message to the Church in Sardis
Jesus opens this fifth message in the same way that He begins all seven of these messages in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. He addresses His message to the chosen messenger of the church, and then…
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The Everlasting Kingdom of God
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the great statue ended with the statue being struck by a stone and completely crushed. Then the stone that struck the statue became a mountain that filled the whole earth.
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The Stone
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the great statue ended with the statue being struck by a stone and completely crushed. Then the stone that struck the statue became a mountain that filled the whole earth.
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Clues in Revelation 17
In Revelation 17, an angel shows John the great harlot “who is seated on many waters [influencing nations], she with whom the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality, and the…
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The Final Empire of Man
In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, the final empire of man is represented by the statue’s two legs of iron and the feet of iron mixed with clay. This empire is different from the other empires represented…
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The Number of Man
The image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream included four empires that have ruled the world since Nebuchadnezzar’s time.
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The Image
It is no accident that the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's dream representing world empires is in the image of a man. The image that Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream was “large and of unsurpassed…
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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
After Daniel received revelation from God about the dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had, along with its interpretation, Daniel was rushed into the presence of King Nebuchadnezzar.
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How Revelation Came to Daniel
Daniel received some of the most profound revelations that anyone has ever received from the Lord. These revelations spanned the future timeline of mankind on earth from the time of the Babylonian…
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To the Overcomer in Thyatira
Jesus concludes his message to the church in Thyatira (as He did in all seven of His messages to the churches) with promises to the one who overcomes. As in all the other churches, the promises to…
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The Judgment of Jezebel
In His message to the church in Thyatira, Jesus focuses much of the message on Jezebel, who represents an evil and corrupting influence in the Church.
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Jezebel in Church Leadership
“I know your record and what you are doing, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your recent works are more numerous and greater than your first ones.”—Revelation 2:19…
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The Son of God to the Church in Thyatira
“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Thyatira write . . .”—Revelation 2:18 (AMP)
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Doctrines of Balaam and the Nicolaitans
“But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things…
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The Message to the Church in Pergamum
“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Pergamum write:. . .”—Revelation 2:12 (AMP)
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The Message to the Church in Smyrna
“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Smyrna write: . . .”—Revelation 2:8 (AMP)
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The Message to the Church in Ephesus
“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Ephesus write: . . .”—Revelation 2:1 (AMP)
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The Seven Church Ages
One of the revelations that God gave to William Branham to share with the Church was that each of the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3 represents a Church Age since the…
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The Letters to the Seven Churches
In Revelation chapters 2 and 3, John wrote as Jesus dictated seven letters to seven churches that were in Asia Minor at the time of John’s writing. These were not the only churches in Asia at that…
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When God Opened the Book in 1960
The Church received a profound revelation from God in 1960, but that revelation has largely been forgotten today. The forces of darkness have had a lot of success in robbing the Church of its…
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Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
When John sees the end-time Jesus in all His glory, there is no strength left in his body. Unable to stand, John collapses at Jesus’ feet.
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John’s Vision of “Omega Jesus”
Four times in the book of Revelation, Jesus called Himself Alpha and Omega.
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The Great Voice
While John was on the Isle of Patmos, he was transported into the future to witness the Day of the Lord and the events at the end of this age.
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John on Patmos and Beyond
“I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony…
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Who Does John Represent in the Book of Revelation?
The last book of the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, was given to John the Apostle, as we are told in the very beginning of the book:
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The Alpha and the Omega
Jesus describes Himself four times in Scripture as the Alpha and the Omega. All four mentions are in the book of Revelation. Jesus says this two times in the first chapter of the book, and he says…
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Ruth’s Journey to Perfection
The journey of Ruth is the journey of the Overcomers. In her life we can see a progression through the six principles of the doctrine of Christ as she grew to perfection, which is another word for…
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Jew and Gentile in One Body
In the last chapter of Ruth’s story, we see the birth of Obed restore life and purpose to Naomi in fulfillment of the blessings that the women of Bethlehem spoke over them.
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The Fruit of the Life of Ruth
“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.”—Ruth 4:13 (AMP)
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The Redeemer Takes His Bride
“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.”—Ruth 4:13 (NASB)
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The Blessings of Boaz
After the unnamed kinsman redeemer rejected his responsibility to marry Ruth and to raise up children to continue his brother’s family line, Boaz gladly accepted this responsibility.
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The Self-Serving Nature of Religion
Immediately after Ruth submitted herself to Boaz, declaring herself to be his maidservant and asking him to redeem her, Boaz immediately began to focus on meeting her needs.
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The Two Redeemers
In the story of Ruth, there are two redeemers. There are two near kinsmen who are both in positions to redeem Ruth. In these two redeemers, we see the contrast between true and false religion.
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Laying Down Your Reputation
Anyone who pursues the high calling of God will eventually be required to lay down their reputation.
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Pursuing Marriage with the Redeemer
Immediately after Ruth declared herself to be a maidservant to Boaz, she declared her desire to marry him.
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From the Outer Court into the Holy Place
“And after Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
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No One Escapes the Threshing Floor
“Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, shall I not look for security and a home for you, so that it may be well with you? Now Boaz, with whose maids you were [working], is he…
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The Necessity of Bridal Preparation
“So wash and anoint yourself [with olive oil], then put on your [best] clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but stay out of the man’s sight until he has finished eating and drinking. When…
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Pentecost and Bridal Preparation
The Feast of Pentecost speaks to us of bridal preparation. Pentecost is an experience of cleansing and anointing. The experience of Pentecost takes the believer from the Outer Court into the Holy…
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The Tragedy of Naomi
Naomi represents the “thorny ground” believers in Jesus’ parable of the Sower. These are the Christians who seem to have one foot in the Church and one foot in the world. There is something…
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Blessed Are Those Who Hunger
Symbolically, Ruth represents a new believer with a good heart who seems to have an insatiable hunger for the things of God. Since she arrived in Bethlehem (the House of Bread), she has spent…
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The Favored One
Ruth represents the Overcomers that Jesus addressed in the letters to the seven churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. She represents those wise virgins who will enter in through the open door…
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Ruth Meets Her Kinsman Redeemer
“So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.”—Ruth 1:22 (AMP)
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Ruth’s Wholehearted Dedication
In the first chapter of Ruth, Naomi tries to discourage Orpah and Ruth from making the journey with her to the Promised Land of God’s people. She urges them to turn back to their old lives among…
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Orpah Falls Away
Continuing on with the story of Ruth, God gives us some good insights into the three groups of believers represented by Naomi, Orpah, and Ruth.
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Three Groups of Believers in the Story of Ruth
The book of Ruth in the Old Testament gives us deep insights into the end-time harvest. This little book of Ruth also highlights for us the characteristics of the three groups of believers that…
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Responding to Suffering and Tribulation
It has never been God’s will to keep us from all suffering and tribulation. Suffering accomplishes God’s will in our lives when we respond to it correctly.
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God’s Purposes Are Accomplished Through Tribulation
God allows persecution, suffering, and tribulation so that His purposes might be accomplished. This has always been true. It was true in Job’s time, in Joseph’s time, and in Paul’s time. It is…
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Is Tribulation God's Will for Us?
We have already seen that Christians will go through the Great Tribulation period. Jesus told us that Himself, and it is repeated and confirmed in multiple passages of Scripture.
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The Great Falling Away
The Apostle Paul told us that Jesus would not come back and gather the believers to Himself until “the falling away comes first.” Paul seems to tell us that this great falling away from the faith…
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The House of God Will Be Complete
In the Old Testament, King Solomon took all of the materials provided for him by His father, David, and built the temple of God. It took seven years to complete, but once it was finished, it was…
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What is God’s Goal for the Church?
We cannot understand why God would allow some Christians to escape the Great Tribulation while leaving others to go through it until we understand God’s ultimate goal for His Church.
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The Antichrist Mindset
In the 1960s and 70s, Walter Cronkite was a highly respected news reporter for the CBS Evening News. He was so highly respected that he was called “the most trusted man in America.”
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Some Escape and Some Go Through
In the book of Revelation, we see that some believers remain on earth through the time of the Great Tribulation, while others escape and are taken to Heaven before that time of Great Tribulation…
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The Three Parts of the Harvest
To understand why the 144,000s are called “firstfruits” in Revelation 14:4, we need to understand God’s instructions for the harvest that were given to Israel. God’s instructions divided the…
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Who Are the 144,000 on Mount Zion?
When God’s Spirit breathes on a passage of Scripture that you may have read 1,000 times, then it comes alive to you and it becomes, not just the written word anymore but it transcends the written…
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After the Tribulation?
We see the main harvest of the Church in Revelation 14:14-16. It is at this time that “the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be…
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“One Will Be Taken and the Other Left”
The Left Behind film series gets its name from the presumption that the believers (wheat) are taken first in the great harvest at the end of this age, and the unbelievers (tares) are left behind,…
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Sins Against the Body of Christ
In the parable of the Wheat and the Tares, the master commanded His servants to “Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time” (Matthew 13:30 ERV). The servants were explicitly…
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How Should We Treat the Tares?
Jesus taught us in the parable of the Wheat and the Tares that there are people among us who are masquerading as children of God, but really are children of the devil.
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The Wheat and the Tares
In Matthew 13, Jesus gave us a profound prophecy in seven parables that described the Church Age from its beginning during His own ministry to its culmination in the Harvest at the end of this age.
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Seven Parables and Seven Churches
In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus gave us seven parables of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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An Overview of the Book of Revelation
A real key to understanding the book of Revelation is to realize that it is not written as one story in chronological order. Thanks to my former pastor, Dan Cummins, of Capitol Worship Ministry, I…
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The Seven Spirits of God
We can see the 3 persons of the Triune Godhead (the Trinity) in the 3 areas of Moses’ Tabernacle.
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Revelation is a Book of 3’s and 7’s
Revelation is a book that is characterized by two numbers: 3 and 7.
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Two Keys in the First Verse of Revelation
“[This is] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily…
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End-Time Restoration of Truth
The restoration of God’s Truth continued in the 1900s with the restoration of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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Restoration of Holy Place Truth
After the restoration of the foundational principles of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ and water baptism for believers during the Reformation of the 1500s, God continued to restore…
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The Restoration of All Things
Over time, the Church lost much of the power and the truth that God had given it from the time of Jesus' ministry on earth, even losing the foundational doctrines of salvation by faith and water…
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A Brief History of the Church
The Church began when Jesus was physically here with us on Earth. There are many people who believe that the Church was birthed at Pentecost, but I personally believe that the church began when…
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Blessings of the Book
One of the most avoided books in the Bible is the book of Revelation. Some people are fascinated with it, but many others assume that they cannot understand it because sadly, other Christians have…
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The Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is the first event that sets in motion the culminating activities of the seventh month. This feast begins on the very first day of the month.
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God’s Calendar for the Growing Season
The Feast of Passover was celebrated in the first month of the calendar that God gave to the Jewish people. The first month represented the beginning of a journey. In the life of the Church,…
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Why Do We Have to Qualify to Experience the Feast of Tabernacles?
There are always qualifications for entering into any transforming experience with God. We have to meet the conditions that He has established.
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Modern-Day Examples
When we are looking for examples of what it is like to enter into the fullness of the Feast of Tabernacles experience and have the God of the Universe residing in our bodies with His authority and…
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By Any Means Necessary
Assassination attempts can take many forms, as the Games in Catching Fire showed. First, the victors encountered an electric force field that knocked Peeta on his back, stopping his heart and…
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Assassination Plots
After Katniss was declared the victor in the 74th annual Hunger Games, something happened that none of the other victors had experienced, at least not to the same degree. She was targeted for…
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Heaven's Agent
Any presidential candidate has campaign staffers. It was no different for Donald Trump. In the Hunger Games films, there seemed to be three people who filled these roles for Katniss and her…
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Mocking the System
Katniss Everdeen was launched into her calling through a prophetic dream. It was not her own dream, but a dream that her sister Primrose had. This dream that Prim experienced at the beginning of…
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Rise of the Mockingjay
Until now, we have focused on the system that was in place at the time of the 2016 American presidential campaign. Now, as we turn our focus to the rise of the Mockingjay, we begin to see clear…
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Collusion
In the second Hunger Games film, Catching Fire, just as the Games are starting, we see Head Gamemaker Plutarch, and the media powers who are controlling the Games, in the same building with…
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Controlling the Games
The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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The Presidential Campaign as Entertainment
The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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Sponsors
The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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The Tributes
The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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A Message Emerges
During Jesus’ ministry on earth, He often told parables, or stories, which seemed simple on the surface, but contained deep, hidden spiritual truth. Jesus still speaks in parables, whether those…
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How to Lose the Ability to Hear God's Voice
The last newsletter was on the topic of how we can hear God’s voice more clearly. It concluded by saying that you can be as close to God as Moses was! You can hear God as clearly and as often as…
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Why Can’t We Hear?
God still speaks today. He speaks in a variety of different ways, using a variety of different means and media. He speaks through believers and non-believers. He speaks often. If we are not…
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Significance of the Blood Moons
This Tuesday night of October 7-8, 2014, there will be a “blood moon”. This blood moon will mark the first day of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
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No More Time
My grandmother passed away in 2001—just a few days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon—at the age of 97. I was really close to my grandmother. As we were growing up, my…
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Cutting People Off
One of my good Ukrainian friends challenged me (in a good way) about a statement that I made in my last newsletter. I wish that would happen more often because when my writings are challenged, it…
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The Scattering of Babel... and Why Your Church Needs it!
The story of the Tower of Babel. Is it just a simple narration included in the Bible solely to explain why there are so many different languages in the world, or is there more to it than that? I…
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