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

Every now and then, you'll hear a natural calamity, like a flood or a famine, described as being a biblical proportion.

It's so devastating or vast that there's no comparison other than what goes beyond natural explanation.

Welcome to Through the Bible. I'm Steve Schwetz, your host, and fellow traveler here on the Bible bus.

In our continuing study in the book of Revelation, we'll witness divine judgments like that.

Clearly, only God could orchestrate them.

And it's just the beginning.

The worse is yet to come.

Today, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, our teacher walks us through Revelation chapter 8.

So as you find your place on the Bible bus and turn to Revelation,

I want to read you a letter that we received recently from Mark in North Carolina.

Thanks so much for your updates on how God is using through the Bible around the world to spread

the gospel, how hungry the people of far off lands are for him. In places I thought were hopeless

to receive Jesus. He is the bread of life.

What a privilege it is to be a part of this ministry in prayer and with a couple of gallons of gas each

month for the Bible bus. Thank you as well for your pointed, concise, and lovely prayers that

open our studies presented by that great man of God, J. Vernon McGee, they so often seem like you fashion them just for me.

I like as well how you replay Dr. McGee's introductions that precede our travel through the scriptures.

Most recently, his comments on the covenants and judgments of God in the lead-up to the studies in

Zachariah that I'm tuned into right now.

Though Dr. McGee left us some time ago, his messages are so timely today.

That's because the Word of God is alive forever and sharper than any two-edged sword.

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