Here are the DT Packets for April 9th-14th, 2012: 1. DT_PostEasterRevelations_Apr9-Apr14_2012_RefQwithText 2. DT_PostEasterRevelations_Apr9-Apr14_2012_RefQOnly 3. DT_PostEasterRevelations_Apr9-Apr14_2012_Chinese_RefQwithText 4. DT_PostEasterRevelations_Apr9-Apr14_2012_Chinese_RefQOnly
Submitted by Jeff L. Gracepoint Berkeley Church Revelation 22:1-21 What does this text reveal about: The nature of ultimate reality? The nature of ultimate reality is God and His eternal kingdom that is to come. It is true that the countries, the governments, the corporations and the power structures of this world seem so robust [...]
Submitted by Jina K. Gracepoint Berkeley Church Revelation 14:6-7 What truths about God are stated in this text? From 14:6; He is the God of all nations. He brings the message of the gospel to all who live on the earth – to every nation, tribe, language and people. He loves and wants all men [...]
Submitted by Peter C. Gracepoint Berkeley Church Revelation 7:9 Reflect on the words “a great multitude … from every nation, tribe, people and language.” In Revelation 5:9, it says that Jesus “purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Spend some time marveling over the fact that you have been [...]
Submitted by Naomi L. Gracepoint Berkeley Church Revelation 5:1-14 Reflect on the scene depicted here. “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scrolls?”, “no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth”, “the Lion of the tribe of Judah has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll.” The scroll [...]
Submitted by Emily K. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church What is God like, according to this passage? God is someone who is holy, and who inspires worship and praise. The picture of his throne is filled with grandeur. He sits on a throne surrounded by twenty-four other thrones. The elders who sit in those thrones fall [...]
Pastor Ed Kang’s Devotion: You are priesthood Submitted by Ray Choi, Gracepoint Berkeley Focusing on the themes of speech and unity, what lessons are there in these three passages? In Genesis 11, the focal point of their attempted unity was THEMSELVES (“make a name for ourselves”), in defiance of God by trying to build a [...]
Click here to download the commentary. “The throne is set right in the midst of the new Jerusalem, where the living waters stream from the throne of God (22:1) and God’s servants are marked with the divine name and will see God face to face (22:4). God is no longer far off but immediate and [...]
Click here to download the commentary. v.1 “The new earth became a familiar topic of Jewish end-time discussion, normally occurring after the resurrection of the dead. At a minimum, the earth had to be purified. But in many end-time scenarios, the Day of Judgment would transform the heavens and the earth. Two models of new [...]
Click here to download the commentary. “Interpreters of this chapter are divided into three broad schools of thought: premillennialists, who believe Jesus will return to establish a specific thousand-year kingdom; amillennialists, who generally believe that the thousand-year kingdom is symbolic for the present age; and postmillennialists, who believe that Christians help establish the thousand-year kingdom [...]