Why God's Wrath?

Moments of Hope Church

Why God's Wrath?

July 21, 2024 • David Chadwick • Revelation 15

This Sunday we will look at Revelation 15. It is an introduction to the seven bowl judgments, after which all of God's wrath will have been poured out on a Christ-rejecting and unbelieving world.

Many people find the idea of God's wrath and vengeance poured out on a sinful world as disturbing. But I'd suggest that without God's wrath, injustice wins. People who have suffered wrongly have no hope. His name is maligned and his plan for this world makes no sense.

The Invitation

October 27, 2024 • David Chadwick • Revelation 22:14–21

This week will focus on Revelation 22:14-21. These verses highlight the final words from Jesus and from the angel who has been revealing all of this to John. It offers insights into the attitude of the unbeliever to this book, and it provides a warning about trusting Jesus and being forgiven forever. It’s also a plea for Jesus’s followers (as we wait for his final coming) to continually cry out, “Come, Lord Jesus!” We should live every day being ready and excited about his return.

While We Wait

October 20, 2024 • David Chadwick • Revelation 22:6–13

This week we will look at Revelation 22:6-13. The angel that appears to John is giving final instructions to him on how people who love Jesus should live in light of the establishment of the new Jerusalem. We will examine such subjects as: trusting the word of God as being true, keeping the word of God, obeying the word of God, worshiping the Lord Jesus, witnessing for him, and also giving people warnings regarding the reality of Jesus’s return and holding all people accountable for how they have lived their lives.

The River of Life

October 13, 2024 • David Chadwick • Revelation 22:1–5

We are nearing the end of our verse-by-verse study of the book of Revelation. This week in Revelation 22:1-5, John has a deeper glimpse into the new Jerusalem. John gives us insights into the river of life that flows from Jesus’s throne. He also shows us a tree of life that exists in the middle of the river, that is able to give life to the nations. The curse of sin is forever gone. People will be serving Jesus in heaven. We’ll be able to see God, face-to-face, in a personal relationship with him forever. His name will be on our foreheads, thus showing our true identity is found only in him. There will be no night there, for Jesus will be our light. And we will reign and rule with Jesus forever and ever. It’s just astounding to think about! Again, English words don’t do it justice. I hope you will come away with a glorious hope for what’s awaiting those of us who believe in Jesus.