What does the Apostle John mean when he says the reader of the book of Revelation will be blessed?

We will talk about it.

Jesus is coming again.

We never want to put a date on it.

We want to be careful not to be too definitive in terms of dates.

But we are told in Scripture we should know the signs of the times. Luke 2111 says

there will be an increase of earthquakes and pestilence and tossing of the waves of the sea,

meaning tsunami. So these are birth pains. These are things that are pointing to the end times.

But what we see around us in our world is not necessarily the events of revelation

yet, but God wants us to be prepared. God wants us to know some of the signs of the times, to be

ready, to be looking, to be eagerly expecting the second coming of Jesus. Welcome to Understanding

the Times Radio with Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Michael. Radio

for the Remnant. Brought to you by Olive Tree Ministries, the ministry founded by Jan Markell.

In our program, Pastor Josh talks to Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel, Leesburg, Virginia.

Pastor Gary just wrote a new book standing on the

edge of eternity, the end times, according to Revelation. Should the believer study the book of

Revelation? I'm breaking with my tradition here to answer a question about the book of

revelation, which I usually don't do

because my basic understanding of Revelation is that a lot of people get in a lot of trouble,

including Christians, and we win in the end. I mean, those are the things that I'm really

certain about about the Book of Revelation. Other than that, there's lots of variation. But the

question here is, is the Book of Revelation or does it describe a literal event?

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