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Parables about the Worth of the Kingdom
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he...
Adam Bamforth
Oct 13, 20214 min read


Are You Ready?
We close out the Book of Revelation with a look at 22:6-21, and we hear from God, the Lamb, the Spirit, and His bride. In these last few...
Adam Bamforth
Sep 16, 20212 min read


A State of Things in Which Everything is Perfect
The definition of Utopia is a state in which everything is perfect, and we see this in Revelation 21. We see “a new heaven and a new...
Adam Bamforth
Sep 9, 20213 min read


The Millennium
So much of end times hangs on how and, more importantly, when the 1000 years of Jesus's reign on earth will be. This makes Chapter 20 the...
Adam Bamforth
Sep 1, 20213 min read


The Holy War
Chapter 19 opens with a colourful contrast leading on from the end of Chapter 18. It, in itself, is a contrast with the fall of Babylon,...
Adam Bamforth
Aug 26, 20213 min read


Come Out of Her My People
Chapter 18 is an exciting chapter showing the destruction of Babylon. We have explored what Babylon represents, and now we see what her...
Adam Bamforth
Aug 19, 20213 min read


The Lamb will Triumph Because He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings
Following the vision of the seven angels with the seven bowls in Chapter 16, one of the seven angels leads us into viewing the punishment...
Adam Bamforth
Aug 11, 20213 min read


Smoke Filled the Temple
Chapter 15 returns us back to the topic of judgement. This time with the image of seven angels with the seven last plagues. This vision,...
Adam Bamforth
Jul 29, 20212 min read


A Holy People, Redeemed and Purchased
Chapter 14 picks up from the end of chapter 13, but seems quite different. After reading about the number of the beast, we are now...
Adam Bamforth
Jul 22, 20213 min read


The Beast from the Earth
Following on to the rest of chapter 13, we are met with the second beast. We're reminded that the first beast, gaining its strength from...
Adam Bamforth
Jul 6, 20214 min read


The Politics and Economics of The Book of Revelation
An essay by Adam Bamforth. The book of Revelation is regarded as the most explicit counter-imperial book of the New Testament.[1] One of...
Adam Bamforth
Jun 29, 20219 min read


Courageous Faith Against Worldly Powers
Looking at the first 10 verses of chapter 13, we meet the Dragan again, Satan from chapter 12. Now on earth, he stands on the shore as a...
Adam Bamforth
Jun 29, 20213 min read


The Woman and the Dragon
We come to a change in the narrative, a change of focus perhaps. We've finished with the trumpets and the sense of judgement, to a...
Adam Bamforth
Jun 24, 20214 min read


The 7th Trumpet of Good News
We are looking at the rest of chapter 11, from verse 15 and we are following on from the two witnesses. This section, in my mind,...
Adam Bamforth
Jun 19, 20212 min read


The Two Witnesses
When various commentaries advise you that this is one of the more challenging passages of Revelations you know you're in for a challenge!...
Adam Bamforth
Jun 13, 20213 min read


How Big is Your God?
Where are we? Chapter 10, and we have seen so much. Following the 7 churches and the 7 seals and 6 of the 7 trumpets, John obviously...
Adam Bamforth
Jun 4, 20213 min read


You Have Not Returned to Me
Chapter 9 picks up the next two trumpets following the first four we looked at last week. The 5th and the 6th trumpet seem to deal with...
Adam Bamforth
May 25, 20213 min read


A Focus on Prayer
In Chapter 8 we find one of the most graphic sections discussed so far. But it doesn't start that way. After the seven churches and the...
Adam Bamforth
May 20, 20213 min read


Gospel to All
The second half of Revelation 7 is another vision. Again, similar to the first part of chapter 7 we begin verse 9 with "after this". Not...
Adam Bamforth
May 14, 20214 min read


We Have Been Sealed by God
We find ourselves looking at the start of a mini interlude at the beginning of chapter 7. Sitting between seals 5 and 6 and the last...
Adam Bamforth
May 6, 20212 min read
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