A Satanic Puppet Show

In Revelation 12, we learned who Satan really is - a lying, deceiving, hateful, vicious dragon out to thwart God's plan and kill God's people. We looked ahead to the future when Satan will be kicked out of heaven for good - putting him one step closer to finally being dumped into hell for eternity. This weekend in Revelation 13, we get a look at what he'll do when he gets to earth. He'll be so mad that he'll do some things he's never done. Through his human "puppets" he'll actually successfully unite the whole world against God and annihilate almost every Christian left living. These men that we know now as the antichrist and the false prophet, will be used by Satan to seal many people's eternal destination in hell. Although Revelation 13 only talks about God when it speaks of Him being blasphemed and His people killed, you have to remember that He's STILL in control. In fact, He limits Satan's destruction on the earth to the 2nd half of the Tribulation period - 3 1/2 years! God is ALWAYS in control...even when things seem really bad!

Get the word out!

March business cards are in! We put out new cards each month so that
you can hand them out to your friends and invite them to come hear
about the future! Grab a handful in Velocity and take them with you- a
coffee shop, Hastings, Flying Star, your school, Wal-Mart... Get the
word out and get people excited about Jesus coming back!

Faith, Hope, Love Kids Ranch

This is a video slideshow of all of the kids that live at the Faith Hope Love Kids Ranch in the Philippines. Don't forget to bring your money to contribute to the $34 a month that helps to support Joer!

We made the news!

...the Calvary news, that is! It's really a rare thing for mid-schoolers to get the kind of information we're getting weekly as we study through Revelation! There are MANY ways to stay informed with what's going on: right HERE at the Revelation blog, on our YouTube channel, and of course on iTunes with the audio and video podcasts!

The 2 Witnesses of Revelation 11

We'll learn more about them on Wednesday in Velocity - who could they be? What kind of powers are they given? How effective will they be? What does this all mean to us? We will also be debuting our "High Velocity" newscast that you won't want to miss. Here's a little preview...


By the way, who do you think the 2 witnesses are? Any guesses? Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts!

The Devil's REAL identity...

Humans have such a skewed view of who the devil is. We get this picture of some guy with horns, a pitchfork, and a tail. He often has piercings, and sometimes even seems like he'd be pretty fun to hang out with. Well, this weekend, I hope to blow away all of those thoughts about him as Revelation 12 exposes who he REALLY is. Just check out how it refers to him...

vs. 3 - a fiery red dragon
vs. 9 - a serpent
vs. 9 - "the Devil" = "slanderer"
vs. 9 - "Satan" = "enemy"
vs. 10 - the accuser of our brethren

Pretty fierce! It paints him as a powerful, vicious dragon out to kill and devour as many of God's people as he can. He cares about no one besides himself and wants to take as many people to hell with him as possible.

The title of the message this weekend is "Learning Lessons the Hard Way." We'll look at how Satan has been learning lessons the hard way for thousands of years and will for the rest of eternity. The most important part, though, is the great promise that we don't have to join Satan in that punishment - Jesus' death paid the price for our eternity in heaven!