Revelation 7 – The 144,000 & The Innumerable Multitude

The 144,000 is symbolic but also probably literal, and refers to a group of 1st century Jewish Christians who were sealed and thus saved from death in the Great Tribulation. In the Old Testament, a census was a military act that mustered God’s holy army, so this is a group of 144,000 Jewish warriors who relaunch the church after the tribulation.

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Revelation 3 – Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea

Revelation 3 contains the last 3 of the 7 letters to the 7 churches, and more specifically to the pastor or bishop of those churches. James Jordan and other commentators have noted that although these churches are real historical churches in the 1st century, they also represent seven unique periods in redemptive history.

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Revelation 1 – How To Interpret Revelation

Welcome back to the BRC Podcast, my name is Aaron Ventura and today we begin a new series through the book of Revelation. And the goal of these episodes is to provide you with a chapter by chapter companion as you read through this book. There are 22 chapters in Revelation and I am going to limit myself to 22 episodes, which means I have to be very selective about what goes into each episode.

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