Revelation // Pastor Gene Pensiero Calvary Hanford

Believers troubled by intense persecution – which was only going to get much worse – are encouraged to understand that “the time (of the end is) near” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

While suffering his own persecution on the penal island of Patmos, John writes to encourage the churches to patiently endure the pressures that they were experiencing (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jesus tells the church at Ephesus that, despite all their good works, they have left their first love (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jesus tells the persecuted church in Smyrna the blunt truth that they can expect their suffering to get much worse, including a period of time He calls “tribulation [for] ten days” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jesus gives the believers in Pergamos a glimpse into their spiritual warfare when He tells them that Satan has his throne in their city (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jesus warns the church in Thyatira that those who follow the teachings of a false prophetess He calls “Jezebel” can expect to be “killed with death” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)