March 12, 2023
Smyrna—Revelation 2:8–11
Rev. Scott Wright
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. (Revelation 2:10–11 ESV)
February 26, 2023
Ephesus—Revelation 2:1–7
Rev. Scott Wright
I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
(Revelation 2:3–4 ESV)
January 29, 2023
Fear Not!—Revelation 1:17–20
Rev. Scott Wright
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”
(Revelation 1:17–18 ESV)
January 22, 2023
The Son of Man—Revelation 1:12–16
Rev. Scott Wright
Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.
(Revelation 1:12–13 ESV)
January 15, 2023
A Three-Fold Partnership—Revelation 1:9–11
Rev. Scott Wright
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
(Revelation 1:9 ESV)
January 8, 2023
Christ’s Return—Revelation 1:7–8
Rev. Scott Wright
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
(Revelation 1:7–8 ESV)
December 18, 2022
The Trinitarian Greeting—Revelation 1:4–6
Rev. Scott Wright
John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
(Revelation 1:4–5 ESV)
December 4, 2022
The Revelation of Christ—Revelation 1:1–3
Rev. Scott Wright
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
(Revelation 1:1–2 ESV)