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Unto the Churches Series: Pergamos
Pergamos was a church where the Lord brought the two-edged sword. The audience that Jesus was speaking to would understand what he was referring to. The two-edged sword used in Roman warfare was called the gladius Hispaniensis. It was used in battle when an enemy was approaching from both sides. The gladius Hispaniensis was deadly when swung…
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Unto the Churches Series: Smyrna
Smyrna was once an illustrious Hellenistic-era Greek city. It was one of the leading centers of Greek settlement in western Anatolia. (Area in Turkey) Smyrna was a hub for Armenian and Greek culture even after the Turkish occupation centuries later. Smyrna remained so until the Turks destroyed the city in 1922. Smyrna was located at…
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Unto The Churches Series: Ephesus
In the Book of Revelation, in chapters two and three, Jesus addresses the churches. While I realize that the Lord is addressing these historical, literal churches, many scholars believe that these churches represent certain church ages. I would add that each church that Jesus addresses has specific warnings and exhortations from our Lord to individual…
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Spiders: Thief Series
In the 58th chapter of Isaiah, the prophet speaks God’s heart concerning his people’s spiritual condition. The prophet points out the nation’s sins. The Lord never wants to bring judgment on anybody, but if his people will not repent of their sins sometimes he has to. The objective is to get our attention. Before…
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The Peacock
Most of us know that having pride is a sure way to fall on our big head, but did you know that pride manifests in different ways? One creature that is used to illustrate pride is the peacock. To be “proud as a peacock” is a saying used to mean a vain or self-centered person.…
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Bewitching (Thief Series)
In this next blog, I want to expose another tactic of the enemy that he uses to kill, steal, and destroy. This is the bewitching spirit. We hear about this spirit in the book of Galatians. Paul asks these new converts in Galatia, ‘who has bewitched you?” Before we get into this demonic culprit, let’s…
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Tares: (Thief Series )
Jesus relays a parable in the book of Matthew explaining what happens when we are ‘sleeping’ rather than watching in prayer. But be sure that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed…
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The Scorpion (Thief series )
The next culprit the Bible talks about for the Christian to be aware of is the scorpion. Scriptures tell us that the Christian is given power over serpents and scorpions, but did you ever wonder what scorpions mean? Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents, scorpions, and over all the enemy’s power,…
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The Wolf (Thief Series)
In our next part of the series on the thief, I would like to share with you what Jesus called the wolf or wolves. Jesus often used metaphors to explain spiritual concepts. For a few reasons. One was that he did not want his enemies to pounce on him before his time, so he could…
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The Serpent (Thief Series)
Jesus said the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. By definition, a thief steals another person’s property. In the world, there are different kinds of thieves. There are professional robbers and petty thieves. A petty thief steals things not highly valued. That is, the value attached to the property is not worth much monetarily.…
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