GARDEN CHURCH Podcast

Revelation 14 breaks in like a cosmic alarm, interrupting the chaos of empire with heaven’s final word. In this message, Pastor Darren Rouanzoin unpacks how God’s mercy confronts idolatry, political deception, and religious compromise with truth and justice.We’ll explore:• What the mark of the beast really means and how it’s shaping people today• Why Revelation 14 isn’t about fear, but about urgent mercy• What the three angels reveal about allegiance, worship, and judgment• The two end-time harvests and how your daily life is forming your eternal futureWith wisdom from Michael Gorman, Eugene Peterson, Richard Bauckham, Darrell Johnson, and G.K. Beale, this teaching invites us to ask:Are you becoming like the Lamb or like the beast?

This Sunday we explore how the Book of Revelation functions as a guide for spiritual resilience in the face of cultural compromise. It invites listeners to wake up to the spiritual realities around them, embrace worship as an act of resistance, and remain faithful witnesses even in difficult circumstances.Purpose of Revelation: Presented as a discipleship manual, not a timeline of the end times.Call to Awareness: A wake-up call from spiritual complacency into active spiritual vigilance.Worship as Resistance: Worship reoriented as a counter-cultural act that declares allegiance to God.Bearing Witness: Encouragement to live out faith publicly and courageously in adversity.Focus on Jesus: Emphasis on centering life and hope around the person of Jesus.

How do you read the most misunderstood book of the Bible? Revelation isn’t a code to crack or a doomsday manual—it’s a call to courageous discipleship. In this message, we reintroduce our series on Revelation by uncovering how the Bible—especially this wild, hope-filled book—was meant to be read, heard, and lived.We explore:    •    Why teaching entire books of the Bible shapes our faith and worldview.    •    How Revelation is not about fear, but about forming faithful witnesses.    •    How genre, history, and symbolism reveal a deeper reality behind the chaos of culture.    •    How Revelation calls us to “see” clearly and live with radical loyalty to Jesus in the middle of empire.The book of Revelation unveils the victorious Lamb at the center of history—and calls us to be sealed by His love rather than marked by the Beast.Get ready to see beyond the chaos, anchor your life in Jesus, and live faithfully until He returns.