October 4, 2026 - The temple is measured, the holy city is trampled, and two witnesses prophesy in the pattern of Moses and Elijah. They represent the church in its prophetic vocation. The witnesses do not possess conventional power. They testify, suffer, die, and appear defeated. Babylon celebrates over their bodies. Yet God raises them. The church’s apparent vulnerability is not evidence of its failure. Its vocation is not to preserve itself at every cost but to bear faithful witness to the kingdom. The world may silence witnesses, but it cannot prevent God from vindicating their testimony. The seventh trumpet announces the destination of history: the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of God and his Christ.

September 27, 2026 - John receives a scroll and is commanded not merely to read it but to eat it. God’s word is sweet because it announces the reign and renewal of God. It is bitter because bearing that word means confronting evil, suffering with the world, and speaking truths people may resist. The prophet cannot remain outside the message as an observer. The word must enter his body. Christian witness comes from a people who have metabolized the gospel—whose imaginations, speech, desires, finances, relationships, and bodies have been shaped by what they announce. This is especially important in an age of constant information. We can consume words without being formed by wisdom. Revelation calls the church to a slower, embodied reception of Scripture.

After Hours is a series from Redeemer Presbyterian Church that serves as a space to continue discussion or thoughts from that weeks sermon. You'll hear from our pastors as they dive deeper into the text and reflect on the passage in a deeper and more focused way.

This episode reviews the sermon "Earthbound" on Sept. 20, 2026 from our sermon series "Awaiting the King".

September 20, 2026 - The trumpet judgments intensify, and destructive powers emerge from the abyss. The imagery is nightmarish because idolatry is nightmarish. What human beings worship eventually begins to deform and consume them. The demonic armies promise power but produce torment. Humanity’s idols—violence, wealth, control, and false worship—cannot see, hear, walk, or give life. Those who make and trust them become similarly unresponsive. Yet the chapter ends with humanity refusing to repent. Judgment alone does not automatically soften the heart. Pain can expose us, but it cannot by itself recreate us. The church must resist using Revelation’s imagery to identify other people as monsters while leaving its own idols unnamed. The abyss is not merely “out there.” Destructive desire seeks openings in every human heart and community.

After Hours is a series from Redeemer Presbyterian Church that serves as a space to continue discussion or thoughts from that weeks sermon. You'll hear from our pastors as they dive deeper into the text and reflect on the passage in a deeper and more focused way.

This episode reviews the sermon "Reversed Thunder" on Sept. 13, 2026 from our sermon series "Awaiting the King".

September 13, 2026 - When the seventh seal opens, heaven falls silent. The silence creates space for the prayers of the saints. Their prayers rise with incense before God and are then thrown back toward the earth. What looked like weak, unheard prayer participates in the movement of heaven. The trumpets echo the plagues of Egypt and warn creation’s oppressors. The judgments are partial rather than final. They function as alarms, exposing the destructive consequences of idolatry and calling humanity to repentance. The church may believe prayer is what we do when we cannot do anything meaningful. Revelation presents prayer as one of the most politically consequential acts of the church. Prayer refuses the apparent ultimacy of visible powers and brings the suffering of the world into the presence of the true King.

September 6, 2026 - Revelation 6 asks who can stand. Revelation 7 answers: those sealed by God and sheltered by the Lamb.
John hears the numbered tribes of Israel and then sees an innumerable multitude from every nation. The people of God are both a divinely ordered army and a worshiping multicultural multitude. Their white robes have been washed in the blood of the Lamb—a paradox of cleansing through sacrifice. They have come through tribulation, but suffering does not possess or define them. God spreads his presence over them like a shelter. Hunger, thirst, scorching heat, and tears come to an end. The Lamb becomes their shepherd and guides them to living water. The King at the center of the throne is also the shepherd who bends toward his suffering people.

After Hours is a series from Redeemer Presbyterian Church that serves as a space to continue discussion or thoughts from that weeks sermon. You'll hear from our pastors as they dive deeper into the text and reflect on the passage in a deeper and more focused way.

This episode reviews the sermon "When the World Comes Apart" on August 30, 2026 from our sermon series "Awaiting the King".