Revelation Bible Study, Day 34 Today’s passage: Revelation 20 Focus verse: Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. (Revelation 20:6) With the beast and the false prophet thrown into the lake of fire, only the dragon remains. An angel comes down from heaven. He holds the key to the Abyss and carries a […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 20 Today’s passage: 1 John 4:4–6 Focus verse: The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4) After talking about the Holy Spirit and false prophets—that is, false teachers under Satan’s control—John gives us a comforting truth. As Father God’s children who […]
The Devil’s Army Is Not Cute and Cuddly but Dangerous and Deadly Given their depiction in animated movies, many people view minions as adorable little yellow creatures who bungle through life. Their antics—with varying degrees of incompetence—come across as humorous, even endearing. But this is not true in the spiritual realm when it comes to […]
We don’t know when Job lived, but many Bible scholars consider him a contemporary of Abraham. This places Job several generations after Noah in our biblical timeline. Job lives in the land of Uz. We know four key things about him: First, he is a righteous man, acting justly in all he does and conducting […]
Good and Evil are Not Equal and Opposite Forces In Revelation we read about the dragon and the beast, a great battle, and the tribulation the whole world faces. The Beast Embedded in the middle of this epic tale, we see a curious revelation. John writes that the beast is given power to wage war […]
In the Ultimate Battle Between Good and Evil, the Winner Is Clear For the first part of my life I assumed God and Satan were equal yet opposite forces. I picked up this inaccurate image from culture, starting with the old cartoons of the devil sitting on one shoulder whispering bad advice into a person’s […]
Satan is an angel who rebelled against God and was kicked out of heaven. One-third of the angels rebelled with him and were also expelled. Satan leads these fallen angels, also called demons, in his quest against God and his people. They oppose followers of Jesus and attempt to thwart God’s plans. As an angel, […]