How firm of foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

What's the secret to understanding the book of Revelation?

Well, many do find it confusing. In this section

of Revelation that we're studying right now, our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, teaches us to see people

and events in terms of the number seven. Welcome to Through the Bible. I'm Steve Schwetz, and I'm so

glad that you're here as we set off for another great adventure in God's Word.

Now, you've probably heard the number seven called the perfect number, and Dr. McGee actually

corrects that by explaining that seven is the number of completion, and that sometimes

the completeness is perfection. Like when God created the heavens in the earth in six days,

and then he rested on the seventh,

not only because his work was complete, but because it was perfect. We'll see here in Revelation,

as we study several series of sevens, all a picture of completeness, meaning it covers all,

seven years covering all the tribulation, seven churches representing a complete history of the church.

In this study of chapter 15, we'll see seven angels and seven golden bowls full of the wrath of

God. Looking for the sevens is a good grid to get into our heads. Dr. McGee will explain more

later. So as you grab your Bible and open it to Revelation 15, let's begin with a letter

from Baltimore, Maryland. Only we'll hear Dr. McGee read it. He appreciated any letter that illustrates

how the Word of God has applied where the rubber meets the road, as he put it. Let's listen.

I'm going to share with you today a most remarkable letter that's come from a place in Maryland,

and I don't think I should give the place. However, I'm sure the couple would not mind.

I'm reading now, it says it's a long and unusual story on how I came to listen to your broadcast

and subsequently became a Christian.

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