My grandchildren have a jigsaw puzzle of a number 44 double-decker bus. It's an interesting puzzle with lots to talk about: a man getting off the bus with a pushchair and a dog, a girl with a violin, an old lady paying her fare, a number of passengers engaged in...

Revelation 14 is another confusing and visionary chapter, with the Lamb and 144,000 featuring in its first few verses, then three angels and finally the image of the son of man coming with a sickle to harvest the earth and tread the winepress. All this imagery has its...

In the first part of Revelation 14, we see a vision of God’s people (the 144,000 we met earlier in Revelation 7:4) in heaven and hear a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder or like harpists playing their harp. We are told...