Joel: Repent
Amid a warning of coming judgement, the prophet Joel calls the people of God to repent and be restored.
Habakkuk: Repeat
Habakkuk saw something wrong with the world, prayed big prayers and ended up in a place of joy. How can we do the same?
Jonah: Revive
God rescued Jonah from the depths when he turned to God in prayer – what can we learn from his prayer?
Zephaniah: rejoice
Zephaniah spoke to a world in chaos, yet even in the darkness we can find joy in the Lord.
Hosea: return
Hosea spoke to a nation that had chosen the wrong path. Yet God was still ready to forgive them if they turned back to him.
All things new
Revelation ends as it began, by pointing to Jesus and inviting us to live the life found only in him.
Final judgement and victory
Reading about God’s judgement and victory should both challenge and reassure the church – and spur us on in sharing our faith.
Seven bowls
The final cycle of ‘sevens’ takes us back to the start. As things get ever worse in history, still the Lamb wins and the redeemed sing his praise.
Seven symbols
This vision challenges us, jolts us into repentance. But it also assures us that victory belongs to the Lamb.
Seven trumpets
The troubles we see in our world are signs that God wants us to turn back to him – and the church has a vital role in pointing the way.
Seven seals
Christians are subject to the same trials as everyone else, yet there is hope because God is in control of it all.
The throne room
John’s vision lifts the veil not just on the future but how things are now – which reality calls us to follow the risen Jesus.
