Tuesday

    Wishing all Faithful Followers of Jesus Christ    
a Joyful and Meaningful Remembrance of His 1st Coming
to our world and into your hearts!

Tuesday Fellowship meets for Thanksgiving on 13 Jan 2026 at 11am, in Plaza Hall.
Speaker: Rev Lim Jen Huat

Come and join us in thanking God together!
To register, text your name to 9178 9338
(The Hiding Place will be selling CNY cookies)

Overview of Revelation (C)

*The Tribulation (Rev 4-19)

Before the 7th Seal was opened:

Rev 7: (1) 144,000: An angel with the Seal of the living God, ordered the 4 angels at the 4 corners of the earth, not to harm the land and sea, until the 144,000 servants of God, from the 12 tribes of Israel, had received a seal on their foreheads. There were 12,000 from each of the following tribes: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin.

NB: These 144,000 Jewish believers will be protected by God’s seal through the Tribulation and meet with Jesus on Mt Zion, upon His return. (14:1). They are celibate (14:4), firstfruits of a greater harvest (14:4) and are “blameless”/having integrity and faithfulness (14:5).
Judah was mentioned first. It was from Judah that David and Jesus came.
Levi received no land (only cities) but was rewarded here probably for faithfulness/ spiritual leadership.
Dan was idolatrous/excluded, but received land in the Millennial Kingdom.
(Ezek 48:1)
Of Joseph’s 2 sons (idolatrous Ephraim was not mentioned, only Manasseh.)
Believers in Jesus are sealed with the Holy Spirit. (Eph 1:13)

Rev 7: (2) The Great Multitude in White Robes: (Gentiles)
John saw a great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the Throne and the Lamb. An elder identified them as those who had come out of (been saved) the Great Tribulation. They had washed their robes (“stoles”) and made them white (signifying holiness, sinless perfection) in the blood of the Lamb. They were carrying palm branches. (“rejoicing/victory”)

NB: (Some believe the Church had been “raptured”) but God continued to save (ie.144,000 and Great Multitude) during the Great Tribulation. (Thanks to the Grace of God!) These will serve in God’s (millennial) temple day and night. They will be sheltered, with His Presence, no longer experience hunger/thirst/exposure to the sun’s heat, for the Lamb will be their Shepherd, leading them to springs of living (eternal life-giving) water and “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes”.

Rev 8: The 7th Seal and the Golden Censer:
The opening of the 7th Seal brought silence in heaven for about half an hour.
An angel with a golden censer and much incense offered the prayers of all God’s people before the Throne. Then the angel filled the censer with fire from the altar and hurled it to the Earth, resulting in thunder, lightning and an earthquake.
NB: In this silence, the prayers of God’s people rise before the Throne.
Similarly, the child of God is encouraged to spend a daily Quiet Time with God. The prayers of God’s people resulted in the release of Judgment and Justice upon the Earth!

{A flying eagle called out: “Woe, Woe, Woe to the inhabitants of the earth because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other 3 angels!”}

T5: John saw a “star” (good or fallen angel) fallen from the sky to the earth, who was given the key to the Abyss. When opened, dense smoke rose, with locusts which stung those without God’s seal, torturing (not kill) them for 5 months, but were not allowed to harm any vegetation. These people will seek death but it will elude them. The locusts’ “king” was an angel from the Abyss – Abaddon (Heb)/Apollyon (Gk: Destroyer). (End of 1st Woe).
NB: God is in control, limiting their destruction.

T6: A voice from the horns of the golden altar instructed the 6th angel to release the 4 angels bound at the Euphrates (River) kept for this hour/day, to kill 1/3 of mankind. Their troops totalled 200 million! (“2x10,000x10,000”). Their horses’ mouths emitted fire, smoke, and sulphur and their tails could inflict injury.

NB: The rest of mankind who survived, still did not repent! (Of their idolatry – “worshiping demons, idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, wood, that cannot see or hear or walk” – murders, sorcery, sexual immorality, thefts...breaking the 10 Commandments.)

Rev 10: The Angel and the Little Scroll (Interlude between 6th & 7th T)
A mighty angel came down from heaven. (robed in a cloud, rainbow above his head, face like the sun, legs like pillars of fire). He was holding an open little scroll. With 1 foot on the sea and 1 foot on the land, he gave a loud shout and the 7 thunders spoke. When John was about to write, a voice from heaven (God’s/ Christ’s) told John not to reveal or write what was spoken. 
This mighty angel raised his right hand to heaven and swore by the Eternal God, the Creator of the heavens, earth and sea saying: “ There will be no more delay.” That with the 7th Trumpet, the “mystery of God” will be accomplished.

NB: This angel’s authority from God is over the whole world (foot on sea, land) which will be affected by the coming judgments. Daniel was also told not to reveal certain revelations he had received (Dan 12:4,9). Jesus also said that the time of the end of the age/His return, is known only to the Father (Mark13:32)
The “mystery of God” means the plans and purposes of God, revealed by Scripture and His prophets. This news of its fulfillment will be welcome news
to the martyrs already in heaven, seeking vindication (6:9-11) and by all who long for the eradication of all evil and the reign of Christ as King and Lord
(over the millennial kingdom and beyond).

Rev 10: The voice from heaven instructed John to take the open scroll from the angel’s hand. The angel told John to eat it, and it will be sweet as honey in his mouth but turn his stomach sour. Then John was instructed to “prophesy” again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.

NB: The “prophet” of God (preacher/teacher/believer) must first assimilate/ take in the Word of God before he/she ministers to many others. God’s Word will taste sweet to believers because it brings encouragement and hope/news of ultimate triumph. However it also warns of coming judgment for unbelievers and possible martyrdom preceding victory. John was commissioned.

NB: To prepare for the End Times, are you Prayerful, seeking to live Holy, Righteous Lives, studying the Scriptures and following its teachings?

God and His mighty angel(s) will protect you in the midst of life’s adversities.

Food for Reflection:

“Never again will they hunger;
Never again will they thirst.....
For the Lamb at the centre of the Throne
will be their Shepherd;
He will lead them to springs of living water.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 7:16,17

Saturday

WSCS Bible Study (Sat) Group

Lessons from the Book of Revelation
John, the “disciple whom Jesus loved,” was the sole survivor of the Twelve, when he was given a series of visions, while a prisoner on the island of Patmos.

He was instructed to write the Revelation of Jesus Christ, about past, present and future events, emphasising the identity and ultimate triumph of Jesus Christ against the forces of evil. It is both a warning and source of encouragement/hope to churches facing internal compromises and external persecution. Whoever reads Revelation will be blessed! (Rev 1:3)

Next Meeting: 10 Jan 2026 at 2pm (online)
The WSCS Bible Study (Sat) Group “meets” on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.

We study Holy Scripture to know God better, and gain a better understanding of His work in the world and His ways. In the process, we encourage one another along our personal pilgrimage.

We welcome ladies of all ages! (online)