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“The earth’s inhabitants gloat over them and in their merriment exchange gifts, because these two prophets harassed everyone on earth.” —Revelation 11:10 The two witnesses, two olive trees, and two lampstands represent the Church (Rv 11:3-4; see also Rv 1:20). The Church has such power that fire comes out of her mouth to devour her enemies (Rv 11:5). The Lord has given the Church “the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 16:19). She is “the pillar and bulwark of truth” (1 Tm 3:15). Because the Church is the Body of the almighty Christ (see 1 Cor 12:27), she is...

“In my mouth it tasted as sweet as honey, but when I swallowed it my stomach turned sour.” –Revelation 10:10 Imagine hearing a voice from heaven. Then you meet an angel, a gigantic angel who stands “on the sea and on the land” (Rv 10:8). This angel commands you to eat a little book (Rv 10:9). Books are not your favorite food, but try saying “no” to an angel. Surprisingly, the book tastes sweet, although later it tastes sour in your stomach and gives you indigestion (Rv 10:10). Eating the little scroll is accepting God’s call to prophesy. This ministry...

“Day and night, without pause, they sing: ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty.’ ” –Revelation 4:8 We pray each day that God’s “will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Mt 6:10). In heaven, it’s God’s will that we praise Him “without pause” (Rv 4:8). When we pray the Our Father, we therefore pray that we would praise God on earth as He is praised in heaven. Each day of our lives then becomes a day of training in praise, a preparation for our destiny of giving eternal praise to the Lord (Eph 1:3, 12). Daily...

“Because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spew you out of My mouth!” —Revelation 3:16 Jesus said that the lukewarm Christians of Laodicea made Him feel like vomiting. Then He knocked at their door and wanted to have supper with them (Rv 3:20). Isn’t it contradictory to want to have supper with people who make you sick? Yet Jesus loves us so much that He is willing to be sick, to suffer, and to die so as to share His life with us. Zacchaeus, the little tax collector, was another sickening person. Tax collectors, because of their...