How to Use This Commentary Revelation 14:14–20 presents one of the most sobering judgment scenes in the entire Bible. Read this passage in two major movements: (1) the grain harvest of the earth (vv.14–16), and (2) the grape harvest and winepress of God’s wrath (vv.17–20). These images symbolize the final outpouring of God’s judgment before... Continue Reading →
What does it mean that Jesus is “the beginning of God’s creation?”
Does Revelation 3:14 teach that Jesus was God's first creation or something else?
What is the “white stone” in Revelation 2:17?
What is the white stone in Revelation 2:17 given to each one who overcomes?
Who is an “overcomer?”
Who are the overcomers in Revelation who are promised to receive the blessings spoken to them by Jesus in chapters 2 and 3? All Believers or are they reserved for a smaller, spiritually elite group of believers?
Can the names of believers be erased from the book of life?
Does Revelation 3:5 teach that believers can lose their salvation?
Who Are the Nicolaitans?
Who are the Nicolaitans? Two views have emerged throughout church history. Which has the support of the early Church fathers?
Do the Seven Churches Represent Seven Stages of Church History?
Do the Seven Churches Represent Seven Stages of Church History?
Why Only Letters To These Seven Churches?
Why did Jesus choose to address these seven churches in Revelation 2–3 when there are about thirty churches mentioned in the New Testament?
Who are the “angels” of the seven churches? Are they angelic beings or humans?
Who are the “angels” of the seven churches? Are they angelic beings or humans? There are supporters of each view so where does that leave us?
What Does the “Lord’s Day” Mean in Revelation 1:10?
What does the "Lord's Day" mean in Revelation 1:10? Sunday or the day of judgment?