Speaker: Brian Anderson

The small fledgling Church in Philadelphia was marked by obedience to the word of Christ and faithfulness to bearing testimony to him. Let us follow. It’s a wonderful example!

The church of Laodicea is the story of a church that started out well but ended tragically – it is the church of the unconverted!

Jesus Christ is the sovereign Lord of the universe, as seen in Him slitting the 4 seals and releasing the 4 horsemen to do his bidding in the earth.

When Jesus breaks the fifth seal, the martyrs who shed their blood and died for Christ rather than to renounce their faith are revealed. Their cry is, “How long O Lord will you refrain from judging and avenging our blood?” This is just a glimpse into the world of the martyrs – men and women who have willingly died for Christ over the last 2,000 years.

Following on the heels of the vision of the Christian martyrs, John now receives a vision of the destruction of the heavens and the earth, the terror of the wicked at the Second Coming of Christ. Men will cry to the Mountains and Rocks to fall on them and hide them from the wrath of the Lamb!