Refuge Week 7: The LORD is Peace & The LORD is my Shepherd

Refuge Week 7: The LORD is Peace & The LORD is my Shepherd

We will begin this week's study with The LORD is Peace. It has been estimated that out of approximately 4,300 years of recorded history, there were around 300-500 years of peace, approximately 10.000-14,000 wars, which killed roughly 200-500 million people. Approximately 6,000 to 8,000 peace treaties were made, many of which were broken. The world [...]

Refuge Week 6: The LORD My Banner & The LORD of Hosts

Refuge Week 6: The LORD My Banner & The LORD of Hosts

"Only a few weeks had elapsed from the time the children of Israel left Marah, the place of bitter waters, till they reached Rephidim, the scene of God's revelation of Himself to them as The LORD My Banner. At Marah, we will recall, in healing the bitter waters of that place, He had revealed Himself [...]

Refuge Week 4: The LORD Will Provide & The LORD who Heals You

Refuge Week 4: The LORD Will Provide & The LORD who Heals You

The LORD will Provide & The LORD who Heals You share a common connection in the testing of God's people. When Isaac was a young man, God tested Abraham saying, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt [...]

Part 3/Week 8: The Fall of Babylon

Part 3/Week 8: The Fall of Babylon

Although the fall of Babylon takes place in Revelation 16:17-21, it is described in greater detail in Revelation 17 and 18. These two chapters contain the final parenthetical section in the book of Revelation and describe the two aspects of Babylon's fall: the spiritual (as seen in the world system of the harlot) and the [...]

Part 3/Week 6: The 7 Bowl Judgments

Part 3/Week 6: The 7 Bowl Judgments

Revelation 16 introduces us to the seven bowl judgments. "The seven angels to whom were given the seven plagues symbolized in the seven vials [bowls] are now commanded to pour out their divine judgments upon the earth" (Walvoord, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, p. 231). Precept Austin adds, "As each bowl is poured out, those [...]