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What does the book of Revelation mean by “conquer” and how can Christians conquer with all the challenges we face? “The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son” (Rev. 21:7). As we said before, the book of Revelation is in three literary categories. […]
Who or what is the beast and what is the mark of the beast? And in the midst of the challenges of Babylon, what hope do we have? Remember, the symbols of Revelation show us the truth, important things we wouldn’t see otherwise. It reminds me of The Lord of the Rings. Sin is bad […]
Why Read Revelation? Reading and heeding Revelation brings blessing: “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near” (1:3).[1] So, why read? Why care? Because it is what is. And it tells us […]
What is Revelation? If Revelation were a movie what genre would it be? Comedy? Nope. Definitely not. What kind of movie?… It would be in the genre of apocalyptic. The apocalyptic genre is about disaster and destruction. As far as movies go, it’s kind of a serious and science-fiction-ish genre. Interestingly, these types of movies […]
Here are ten quotes from Richard Bauckham’s book, The Theology of the Book of Revelation, that especially stuck out to me. And if you’re interested in eschatology (the doctrine of last things) you can also see my post “Eschatology and Ethics.” “Revelation provides a set of Christian prophetic counter-images which impress on its readers a […]
In the book of Revelation the Church is not called to react to the End or the antichrist by moralistic, militaristic, or political means. The Church is called to return to Messiah Jesus, remembering that those who continue faithful to the End will receive the “crown of life.” The way of resistance of evil, is […]
Dennis E. Johnson’s book, Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation, has a lot of important and relevant things to teach us. Here are a few highlights from the introduction… 1. Revelation Is Given to Reveal. 2. Revelation Is a Book to Be Seen. “One of the key themes of the book is that […]
