Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
(The following is the December 29 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Revelation 21 and pay close attention to verses 9-27.) When God makes all things new, we’ll experience what John describes as the new Jerusalem that comes “down out of heaven from God, arrayed with God’s glory” (vv. 10-11). He …
Continue reading The New Jerusalem — A Literal Heaven On Earth
(The following is the December 13 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Revelation 10 and pay close attention to verses 8-11.) In Revelation 10, an angel hands John a scroll and tells him, “Take and eat it; it will be bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as …
(The following is the November 30 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Revelation 1 and pay close attention to verses 9-19.) Several books about end-time prophecy were popular when I was a teenager. Some connected Revelation’s imagery with nations, leaders, and technology available at the time. A few assigned dates to …
Continue reading The Book of Revelation: True and Trustworthy
(The following is the November 29 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Revelation 1 and pay close attention to verses 1-4.) People often misunderstand the apostle John’s prophecy in the book of Revelation. Many get bogged down in the imagery and fail to zoom out wide enough …
As my wonderful pastor preaches through Bible books in his weekly sermons, I enjoy preparing for Sunday worship by reading a commentary on Saturdays about the passage he will preach through the next day. During the most recent sermon series through Revelation, the last book in the Bible, I enjoyed reading Daniel Akin's commentary, Exalting …
Continue reading Book Review: “Exalting Jesus in Revelation” by Daniel L. Akin
