In our culture we seek God on our own terms and for our own reasons. Seeking God has become a self-salvation project, another assertion that we are the standard that judges all things – including God. Against this John tells … Read more
Tag: Revelation
Revelation 20 and 21. The Lamb and his Bride
In these chapters all the promises of God are finding their “YES” in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 1:20). All the promise of Eden of eternal life, of the open presence of God, of shameless community, of nature and humanity at … Read more
Revelation 19 and 20. The end of time
The book of Revelation teaches that either Christ bears our penalty or we do. Our natural state is a state of condemnation but that is a state we can, by various means, desire as preferable to a life in God. … Read more
Revelation 17 and 18. Money, power and ideals
In chapters 17 & 18 of Revelation there are allusions to many empires: Rome, Persia, Babylon, Greece and perhaps more. As we have seen before (e.g. 11:8), this is how this genre of visionary writing expresses general truths that are … Read more
Revelation 13. Power and beasts
The Dragon does not give up making war on the woman’s offspring (chapter 12) but calls out of the sea or abyss (Uncreation – see Genesis 1:1) a monster in his own image. The powers that still shape our world; … Read more
Revelation 12. The woman and the dragon
Chapter 12 of the book of Revelation revisits the story of the church by going back to creation with allusions to the first mother – Eve (her name means: Mother of the Living, the woman, in Revelation 12:17, is also … Read more
Revelation 6 and 7. History and its reasons
The work of the church, the work of Christ continues today in the middle of epidemics, war and famines. A world where some have too much and many have too little. Yet the end, the point of history is coming … Read more