Trinity Grace Church

Malachi prophesies to a people who have grown apathetic in their worship and questioning God's love for them in their cynicism.  Malachi confronts the condition of their hearts and God offers grace in the midst of their unbelief. 

At Easter, it's appropriate to be reminded that all the glories of the age to come and the inheritance of the people of God are dependent on that which Christ has already accomplished in His resurrection.  The consummation of all things is dependent on the inauguration.  

Palm Sunday - A day we remember the Triumphal Entry of the Lord Jesus beginning what we often call, the "Passion Week of Christ". It moves us toward Good Friday where our Lord was crucified and climaxes on Sunday when He rose from the dead.

At Palm Sunday, Jesus enters Jerusalem and laments over the state of that city - in Revelation, the Lord rejoices in the New Jerusalem! Oh, what a difference! Come and hear why! - Revelation 21, What a Place! What a Savior!

Revelation 20 doesn't teach a kingdom after the 2nd Coming where Jesus reigns and Satan is bound - and yet there's still sin and death.  This kingdom is not that which exists after the 2nd coming but the kingdom in which we live now.  What comes after the 2nd Coming is a consummated kingdom where death has died, Satan has been cast in to the Lake of Fire, and believers in the Lord Jesus dwell with the Lord forever.  

Our encouragement comes, not as we focus on a particular geo-political nation or people group or as we  unravel timelines, people, objects and locations of particular future events, but as we focus on Jesus, who is worthy of our worship.

The end to all the empty promises of the great city of Babylon is judgment and destruction.  Babylon promises a lot but cannot deliver.  They are but empty promises.  Only God can deliver and provide what the world offers in couterfeit.  He is faithful to His promises.  

Revelation 17- The Prostitute of Prostitutes is an alluring temptress but all she offers is empty lies. However, the Lord of lords delivers on that which He promises.

The message of judgment that is recapitulated through the 7 bowls is a message for Christians, non-Christians and the church alike.

In light of the harves of the earth, the saints are called to endure; we're called to resist the schemes of the enmies and look to the Lord Jesus Christ.

The enemy, in an effort to destroy and deceive the people of God, parodies the One True God.  This is a call for the endurance and the faith of the saints in the face of such an attack.