Corruption, the Temple, and Wrath to Come

“These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” David Reese thoughtsofgod.com Revelation 17:14

14 “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” Since the beginning, God has caused His presence to be known. From the Garden, to  indwelling the Tabernacle, to Solomon’s […]

Revelation 2:1 Through 3:22 – Imperatives to the Seven Churches

ἀκουσάτω (let him listen) τί (what) τὸ (the) Πνεῦμα (Spirit) λέγει (says) ταῖς (to the) ἐκκλησίαις (churches) , στήρισον (strengthen) τὰ (the things) λοιπὰ (that remain) ἃ (which) ἔμελλον (are about) ἀποθανεῖν (to die), κράτει (hold fast) ὃ (what) ἔχεις (you have)

Until you know the meaning of a terms, hearing one can cause you to loose attention. I did not know what pesher was when I first heard it but pesher is used in the Church today,  day to day, week to week.  Pesher focuses the reader/hearer on considering how to apply scripture to our lives today. Toward the beginning […]

Buy the More Enduring Story – St. Columba

The Judgment of Colum Cille 7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD - Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the more enduring story, rather than the story that is less enduring - St Columba of Scotland, David Reese, mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God

“Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the more enduring story, rather than the story that is less enduring” – The Judgment of Colum Cille Life is short, fragile, arbitrary, and unpredictable. Like anything, it saturates the mind with repetition. The longer we live, the more we see and […]

Chapter 26 – The Sevenfold Holy Ghost

“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.” Rev. 1: 10. “The seven Spirits which are before his throne.” Rev. 1: 4. “And before the throne seven lamps of fire, which are the seven Spirits of God.” Rev. 4: 5.  “Having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into […]

Chapter 27 – The Spirit’s Last Message to the Church

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” Rev. 3: 22. The seven letters of the Lord Jesus to the seven churches of Asia contain the last message of the Holy Ghost to the Churches of the Christian age. These messages were not addressed to the Apostolic Church; […]