Ken Matthews
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Everlasting Gospel: God’s Final Message of Hope to the World
“Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” (Revelation 14:12, NKJV). Chapter 6:17 ends with the question: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Chapter 7 answer the question: The 144,000 and the…
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New Heaven and New Earth: God’s Promise to Make All Things New
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. Revelation 20:6 “Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’…
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Seal of God: Marking His Faithful People Before the End
In chapter 7, we see four angels holding back the winds from the four corners of the earth, from blowing on the earth, the sea nor any tree. An angel ascending from the East, having the seal of the living God, cries out to the four angels, to hurt not the earth, or hold the…
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7 Trumpets: Unfolding the Judgments of Revelation
Revelation 10:7, NKJV. “But in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets” The Seven Trumpets 1-4 Revelation 8 The relationships between the seven seals, seven churches and seven trumpets. By way of…
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The Devil Is Defeated: Christ’s Victory Over Satan
Jesus pulls back the curtain of history for John to reveal the true origins of the Great Controversy. If we needed any further evidence of who started this war between Good and Evil, look no further than chapter 12. It would not be useful to see chapter 12 chronologically, as John ranges back and forth…
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7 Churches of Revelation: Messages to God’s End-Time Church
Seven Churches 1-4 Revelation 2 What is the condition of God’s church in the Christian era? Enclosing Revelation like two bookends, Rev. 1:3 and 22:18, 19, we find John declaring this book is a prophecy, including the narrative of the seven churches, seals and trumpets. Concealed in the prophetic imagery of the seven churches, seals…
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Satan and His Allies: The Final Battle Against God’s People
Rev. 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12 describes Satan’s attacks against God’s faithful people, including persecution by pagan Rome and later papal Rome during the 1,260…
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Seven Last Plagues: God’s Final Judgments Before Christ’s Return
“‘Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested’” (Revelation 15:4, NKJV). Can our God of the Bible be just and there be no consequences for sin? Did mercy and truth meet at…
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John on Patmos: The Gospel Message from Exile
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1:3, NKJV). BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ON THE BIBLE AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION 2 Timothy 3:16-17 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is…
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True Worship & Loyalty to God: Prepare for Christ’s Return
Who and/or what do you worship? Someone has opined that if you do not have a god to worship, you will make or manufacture a god to worship. Human beings are born to worship something, to venerate something or someone. In the English dictionaries, worship is considered: reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an…
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Seven Seals of Revelation Explained: End-Time Prophecies and Spiritual Lessons
You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth’ ” (Revelation 5:9,…
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Revelation 4 & 5: Vision of Christ in the Heavenly Sanctuary
While John clearly and rightly places Jesus front and center in chapter 1, and His work for us, and discusses Jesus’ work for the seven churches in chapters 2 & 3, there is clearly also a break chronologically in chapters 4 & 5. Jesus beckons John through the open door in 4:1, to see what…