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In this sermon we explore Revelation 20 and see that the "thousand years" symbolizes Christ's present reign, reminding us that Jesus is King now, Satan's ultimate defeat is certain, and we do not need to live in fear. We also discover that God's kingdom is already at work restoring a broken world, inviting us to come to Jesus poor in spirit so that He can begin putting the broken pieces of our lives back together.

In this message we discover that Babylon in Revelation is a symbol for every culture, city, or system that opposes God's ways, and we are called to remain faithful to Jesus by living in the world without adopting its values. As the Bride of Christ, we reject Babylon's counterfeit promises of power, pleasure, and wealth, and instead prepare for the coming wedding feast by living lives of holiness, generosity, and wholehearted devotion to our true King.

In this message we explore a warning of a second beasta religious power that appears faithful like a lamb but speaks with the voice of the dragon. This beast calls people to give their ultimate allegiance to political and cultural powers instead of Jesus. Through the imagery of the mark of the beast and the number 666, we are challenged to examine whether our lives are marked by devotion to Christ or by compromise with the ideologies, values, and idols of the age.

In this message, we encounter a beast from the sea who represents political powers that demand ultimate allegiance and place themselves in the position of God. Christians are therefore called to resist every political "beast" by remaining loyal to Jesus alone, refusing to worship the state, its leaders, or any ideology that competes with the kingdom of God.

Gods ancient enemy, the dragon, seeks to destroy Gods people, the church, represented by the woman and her offspring. We today are engaged in a cosmic war, a war that has already been won by Jesus, the Lamb who was slain. Our call is to overcome the dragon through our faithful witness to Jesus.

In this message we learn that as followers of Jesus, living in a time of limited evil between Christ's first and second coming, we are called- like John eating the scroll and the two witnesses in sackcloth- to first let God's truth transform us personally before we engage the world. Only a people of humble, self-giving love (rather than responding to evil with evil) can be the kind of witness that turns hearts toward God and sees cities saved before the final trumpet sounds.

In this message, as we study Revelation 8, we will see a powerful picture of God listening to the prayers of His people and responding with action. The sounding trumpets reveal His attentive care and coming justice. They are merciful warnings and wake-up calls meant to shake a broken world, soften hard hearts, and welcome people to repent and turn to God.

In this message, as we study Revelation 7, we will see that Gods people are sealed by His Spirit, meaning they belong to Him and can stand firm through trials and tribulation. Jesus will also point us to a future of great joy, where a countless, diverse people of God will be fully restored, worship Him, and experience His eternal care and comfort. This will give us courage to find joy and hope as we walk through pain, grief and trial in this life.

In this sermon we explore the pervasive "fog of secularism" that keeps us trapped in an immanent frame focused only on careers, entertainment, and fleeting pleasures and how the resurrection of Jesus has the power to burn through that fog with hope, meaning, and the love of God.

In this sermon we explore Revelation 6 and notice how evil intensifiesthrough conquest, violence, injustice, and deathwhen Gods kingdom is advancing. As followers of Jesus we are called to reject the way of the four horsemen and instead follow the way of Jesusthe Lambmarked by humility, love, justice, and peace, even in a world that feels out of control.