Revelation Devotionals
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- Revelation 1: The Living One Holds the Keys
Revelation opens with John on Patmos, there on account of God's word and his testimony about Jesus, a partner with his readers in suffering (1:9). He greets the churches from the…
- Revelation 2: Faithful Work, Forgotten Love
Each letter in Revelation 2 begins with the same claim from Jesus: he knows (2:2, 9, 13, 19). He knows the hard work of Ephesus. He knows the poverty and suffering of Smyrna, and…
- Revelation 3: The Lord Who Knocks
Revelation 3 shows how differently a church can look to itself and to Christ. Sardis has a reputation for being alive, but Jesus says it is dead (3:1). Laodicea says it is rich…
- Revelation 4: A Throne at the Center
Before Revelation shows a single judgment on the earth, it opens a door into heaven (4:1). The first thing John sees is a throne, with someone seated on it (4:2). Everything else…
- Revelation 5: The Lion Who Is a Lamb
John weeps because no one anywhere is worthy to break the seals of the scroll in God's right hand (5:3-4). Then an elder tells him to stop weeping: the Lion of the tribe of Judah…
- Revelation 6: The Lamb Opens Every Seal
Revelation 6 is hard to read. As the Lamb opens the seals, riders go out: one bent on conquest, one who takes peace from the earth, one bringing scarcity, and one named Death,…
- Revelation 7: Sealed Before the Storm
Revelation 6 ended with a question: on the great day of wrath, who is able to stand (6:17)? Chapter 7 answers it. Before the harmful winds are released, an angel holds them back…
- Revelation 8: Prayers That Rise Before God
When the Lamb opens the seventh seal, heaven falls silent for about half an hour (8:1). Then, before any trumpet sounds, an angel stands at the golden altar with incense, and the…
- Revelation 9: Hearts That Would Not Turn
Revelation 9 is hard to picture and harder to read. Smoke pours from the Abyss, and out of it come locusts with the sting of scorpions, tormenting people for five months ruled by…
- Revelation 10: Sweet and Bitter Words
In Revelation 10 a mighty angel plants one foot on the sea and one on the land and swears by the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea (10:2, 5-6). His message is that the waiting is…
- Revelation 11: Witnesses Death Cannot Silence
Revelation 11 gives a picture of faithful witness. Two witnesses prophesy for a set time, clothed in sackcloth, and God protects them until their testimony is finished (11:3-7).…
- Revelation 12: An Enemy Who Has Already Lost
Revelation 12 shows the conflict behind the scenes. A woman gives birth to a son who will rule the nations, and a great red dragon waits to devour the child, but the child is…
- Revelation 13: The Call to Endure
Revelation 13 describes power that demands worship. A beast rises from the sea with authority given by the dragon, speaking arrogant words against God and making war on the saints…
- Revelation 14: Labor That Is Never Lost
Revelation 14 sets two scenes side by side. First, the Lamb stands on Mount Zion with the 144,000, who bear his and his Father's name and follow him wherever he goes (14:1-4).…
- Revelation 15: A Song Beside the Glassy Sea
Revelation 15 pauses before the final plagues to show those who conquered the beast, standing beside a glassy sea mingled with fire and holding harps that God has given them…
- Revelation 16: Awake When He Comes
The bowls of Revelation 16 are poured out in quick succession: sores, seas and rivers turned to blood, scorching heat, darkness over the beast's kingdom, the Euphrates dried up,…
- Revelation 17: The Lamb Conquers the Kings
Revelation 17 shows a woman dressed in purple and scarlet, glittering with gold and pearls, holding a gold cup brimming with abominations, drunk on the blood of God's people…
- Revelation 18: Riches That Vanish in an Hour
Revelation 18 is a long lament over a city's fall. Babylon had exalted herself and indulged in luxury, telling herself she was a queen and would never know grief (18:7). Then in a…
- Revelation 19: Invited to the Wedding Feast
Revelation 19 opens with heaven shouting praise. God has judged the great prostitute and avenged his servants' blood, and his judgments are true and right (19:1-2). Then the song…
- Revelation 20: When Death Itself Is Judged
Christians who love Scripture have understood the thousand years of Revelation 20 in different ways. Whatever the details, its main lines are clear. Satan is seized, bound, and…
- Revelation 21: Home with God at Last
Revelation 21 brings the whole story of Scripture home. John sees a new heaven and a new earth, and the holy city coming down from God, dressed as a bride (21:1-2). A voice from…
- Revelation 22: The Curse Undone at Last
The Bible ends with a river and the tree of life in the middle of the city (22:1-2). The tree's leaves bring healing to the nations, and the curse is gone for good (22:3).…