Recovering First Love

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Recovering First Love

September 1, 2024 • Gerrit Dawson • Revelation 2:1–7

First love doesn’t have to be cartwheels and euphoria. But recovering first love means keeping a line open and clear between where it all started and where you are now. It means scribbling a little star at the bottom of a page or on a bulletin, or even finding a star emoji so you can tell your Lord Jesus, “I really like you. I have for so long. I still do.”

More from Behind the Curtain: The Book of Revelation

No More Tears

December 15, 2024 • Gerrit Dawson • Revelation 21:1–8, Revelation 21:22–27

The God who flung galaxies across the field of space will touch, personally and directly, each eye that cries. He will take tears as his own. The God who hears the thunderous cataract of the multitude in praise, attunes to each sigh of his beloved. He attends to us like a father, like a spouse, like a friend. This is our God. We feel him do this from time to time in these dark days. Sometimes by the presence of his comforting Spirit. Sometimes through those he sends us. Revelation assures us that more is coming. None of these tears are lost. They will all be cared for.

A Christmas Wedding

December 8, 2024 • Gerrit Dawson • Revelation 19:6–9

Every worship service between now and Jesus' return is like an engagement party. All the guests come. Everyone anticipates the wedding that will be. So confident are we that the groom will keep his pledge, that we dance with abandon. We lift up our voices in joy. We let our hearts swell for the wedding day that will be here soon, oh, so very soon.

Warned to Flee from the Wrath

December 1, 2024 • Gerrit Dawson • Revelation 20:4–5, Revelation 20:12, Revelation 20:15, Revelation 20:1–2

No matter how much theology I read, I cannot scrub out the clear warning in passages like this one from Revelation. There is a judgment. There will be a lake of fire. No can survive it on his own merits. Jesus, however, has made a way. Will we answer his call and rely on him alone?