Month: June 2022

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What Happens Next? Revelation 18: The Great City Falls

When God destroys the final product of civilization, a great wicked city, its commerce and culture will vanish forever because it enticed people away from true religion and holiness and into false religion and impurity.

Kendell H. Easley, Revelation, vol. 12, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 325.

  • Chapters 17 and 18 go together as a unit. 17 focuses more on what was seen, 18 more on what was heard.
  • The chapter can be understood from two different perspectives. A heavenly one in verses 1-8, and and earthly perspective in 9-ff.

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What Happens Next? Revelation 17: The Prostitute

John has a vision of human civilization, religious but independent of God, blossoming for one last time as a splendid city supported by Antichrist. The city is personified as a gorgeous prostitute drunk on the blood of God’s people yet doomed to be destroyed by Antichrist and his forces. – Kendell H. Easley, Revelation, vol. 12, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 302.

  • Chapters 17-21 feature the personification of two systems, worldview, and allegiances. The first, here, described as a prostitute, the other, later, described as a virtuous bride.

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Exegetical Notes: Titus 2

Titus 2.1-15 – Strive For Spiritual Excellence

Paul’s purpose is to encourage Titus to encourage others to live their lives with certain godly behaviors, or marks of genuine salvation.

Paul addresses a variety of groups here (older men, older women, young women, younger men, bondservants).

Which leads us to conclude that no one who receives Christ as Lord should remain unaffected by the Holy Spirit in their lives.  As a person experiences and understands the truth of God’s Word, their conduct must follow the internal work of the Spirit on their lives.

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Exegetical Notes: Titus 1

Titus 1.1-16

  1. BUILD UP BELIEVERS 1.1-4

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,

  • “a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ” – these designations give Paul authority to write to Titus.
  • Notice Paul did not use his position as an apostle as a tool of leverage, but he understands apostleship as service.
  • See Matt. 23.1-11.- 11 The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
  • “Jesus Christ” – Paul understood himself to be a servant because he correctly knew that Jesus was the one and only Lord.

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What Happens Next? Revelation 16: 7 Bowls of Wrath

In six scenes, bowls of divine wrath demolish the realm of nature and the realm of Antichrist. In the seventh scene the whole world is engulfed in one final catastrophic judgment. – Kendell H. Easley, Revelation, vol. 12, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 282.

1-9 – Wrath Upon Creation

10-16 – Wrath Upon The Beast

17-21 – Final Consummation Of Wrath (Armageddon)

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