by Paul Apple | Jan 23, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE SLAIN LAMB RECEIVES WORSHIP AND PRAISE FOR BEING WORTHY TO OPEN THE SCROLL OF END TIME REDEMPTIVE HISTORY INTRODUCTION: Grant Osborne: The third καὶ εἶδον (kai eidon, then I saw) after 5:1, 2 leads into the centerpiece of the whole chapter. Because 5:5...
by Paul Apple | Jan 21, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: ONLY JESUS IN HIS MESSIANIC ROLE AS VICTORIOUS KING CAN BE JUDGED WORTHY TO REVEAL THE DIVINE SECRETS OF END TIME JUDGMENTS AND ULTIMATE REDEMPTION INTRODUCTION: Van Parunak: The chapter has four sections, each introduced by καὶ εἶδον G1492 (translated...
by Paul Apple | Jan 19, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE VISION OF GOD ENTHRONED IN HEAVEN CALLS FORTH THE HYMN OF CREATION FROM HIS WORSHIPING ATTENDANTS IN PREPARATION FOR JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION: Buist Fanning: The phrases that introduce this passage, “after these things I looked” (4:1) and “I came to be in...
by Paul Apple | Jan 17, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: NOMINAL CHRISTIANITY WITH ITS SELF-RELIANCE DESERVES CHRIST’S CRITICISM AS REPULSIVE INTRODUCTION: GotQuestions.org: What is nominal Christianity? Outside of arcane discussions in medieval philosophy, nominalism is the possession of a baseless name, title,...
by Paul Apple | Jan 16, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITHFULNESS (DESPITE NOT BEING OUTWARDLY IMPRESSIVE), THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA IS PROMISED SPECIAL PROTECTION FROM THE GREAT TRIBULATION INTRODUCTION: Buist Fanning: Jesus commends the church in Philadelphia for fidelity despite weakness,...
by Paul Apple | Jan 14, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SPIRITUAL LETHARGY CALLS FOR REVIVAL — FOR THE BELIEVING REMNANT TO WAKE UP AND STRENGTHEN WHAT REMAINS INTRODUCTION: Grant Osborne: One would hope that there are few churches like Sardis today, but there are many. Lack of spiritual vigilance in a...
by Paul Apple | Jan 13, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: FALSE PROPHETS SEDUCE THE SAINTS TO IDOLATROUS COMPROMISE BUT THE CHURCH MUST PERSEVERE IN FAITH, LOVE AND GOOD WORKS INTRODUCTION: William Barclay: What, then, was the problem in Thyatira? We know less about Thyatira than about any other of the seven cities...
by Paul Apple | Jan 10, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: MORAL AND THEOLOGICAL COMPROMISE UNDERMINE SPIRITUAL LOYALTY INTRODUCTION: Buist Fanning: Jesus commends the church in Pergamum for their faithfulness despite deadly persecution, but they will face his judgment unless they turn away from idolatrous...
by Paul Apple | Jan 9, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: ANTICIPATING FUTURE RESURRECTION FORTIFIES BELIEVERS TO FAITHFULLY ENDURE PERSECUTION EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH INTRODUCTION: John MacArthur: Throughout its history, the seemingly paradoxical truth has been that the more the church has been persecuted, the...
by Paul Apple | Jan 6, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: GOOD WORKS AND DOCTRINAL DISCERNMENT CANNOT EXCUSE A FAILURE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER INTRODUCTION: Marvin Rosenthal: I believe that the messages to the seven churches of Asia Minor (Rev. 2-3) are not descriptions of different periods of church history or...
by Paul Apple | Jan 4, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE VISION OF THE GLORIFIED REIGNING CHRIST AND THE RECORDED INSIGHT INTO END TIME EVENTS FUEL THE PERSEVERANCE OF SUFFERING SAINTS INTRODUCTION: John MacArthur: Having described the circumstances in which he received it, John then related the vision itself....
by Paul Apple | Jan 2, 2024 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: YOU CAN COUNT ON THE PROMISE OF CHRIST’S RETURN BECAUSE THE ETERNAL GOD IS THE SELF-EXISTENT, ALL-POWERFUL SOVEREIGN CONTROLLING THE UNIVERSE INTRODUCTION: G. K. Beale: The greetings section is concluded by the Lord’s description of Himself using the first...
by Paul Apple | Dec 31, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE PREEMINENT JESUS CHRIST — WHO LOVES US AND REDEEMED US AND ELEVATED US — IS COMING BACK IN DRAMATIC FASHION TO EXERCISE SOVEREIGN DOMINION INTRODUCTION: Richard Phillips: The book of Revelation, which takes the form of a historical letter,...
by Paul Apple | Dec 30, 2023 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE DIVINE UNVEILING OF END TIME EVENTS CALLS US TO READINESS AND PROMISES A BLESSING INTRODUCTION: Buist Fanning: This book is a prophetic revelation from God Almighty through John intended to bless the churches by showing how God’s redemption will be...
