Series: Revelation

Ruth Siemens takes us through the book of Revelation, symbol by symbol, unwrapping its vital message for distraught people in our troubled world. Although it can seem mysterious, even scary, it is full of hope for believers.

The Puzzling Question of the 144,000

Read: Revelation 7 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe

The 7th Seal and 7 Trumpets

Read: Revelation 8 and Revelation 9 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. (Ps. 24:1 NIV) Jesus opens the seventh

Two Lampstands, Two Olive Trees

Read: Revelation 10:1-11:6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD

The Last Battle and a Grand Surprise

Read: Revelation 11:7-19 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched

A Glorious Woman and a Dragon

Read: Revelation 12:1-12 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

The Red Dragon Makes War

Read: Revelation 12:7-17 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8) The glorious woman is carried to

Two Evil Monsters

Read: Revelation 13 This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. (v. 10 NIV) John sees a beast—multiple heads, horns, crowns and a huge mouth that

The King Swings His Sickle

Read: Revelation 14 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of

Seven Golden Bowls of Wrath

Read: Revelation 15:1-16:11 Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! (v. 3) The Revelation story begins

Ruth Siemens was a campus minister with IVCF/IFES, then started Global Opportunities to prepare professionals to work and witness in secular employment abroad.