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The Revelation – Salutation – Rev. 1:1-1:8
It is in the opening words of the book in vv. 1-9 that tell us what the book is about and how we are to interpret the visions. Never skip over the beginning.
The Revelation – Historical Background
For John, there can only be one God Worshipful King – a man who was crucified in Jerusalem rather than the man who sits on the throne in Rome. Revelation is his teaching.
The Revelation – Interpretative Strategies
Regardless of the interpretive strategy employed or the themes recognized, Revelation, like all of the New Testament, must necessarily be read within the context of Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection. The Church’s proclamation since the day of Pentecost is Christ crucified.
The Revelation – Literary Genres
Revelation is an amalgamation of Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pastoral Letter.
Living His Story – Week 7(b) – Reaching Others
Jesus did not demand converts but disciples. Discipleship, however, takes time and is a life-long process.
The Revelation – An Introduction
I hope that you will be able to join us on our journey into St. John the Divine’s vision and partake of the most extraordinary book in all of the Scriptures.
Living His Story -Week 7(a) – Conversion Stories
Conversion stories on the Road to Damascus and the Road to Emmaus.
Living His Story – Week 6(b) – Our Stories Today
“You mean,” asked Lewis, “that the story of Christ is simply a true myth, a myth that works on us in the same way as the others, but a myth that really happened? In that case, I begin to understand.”
Living His Story – Week 6(a) – Finding Jesus in the Stories of Others
For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. Acts 17:23
Living His Story – Week 5(b) – Passing on the Story of Jesus
The first thing we should notice in the stories of Philip and the Ethiopian and Peter and Cornelius is that the Spirit drives the early church towards risk-taking and not comfort-seeking.
Living His Story – Week 5(a) – Passing on the Story of Jesus
Who is it that the Spirit places in our lives that we are to go to? Who is the chance conversation that we may have about Jesus? Who is God-fearer, the spiritual-but-not-religious, or the non-rule-follower, that we are being called to tell our story to?
Living His Story – Week 4(b) – Communicating Like Jesus
We have the example of Jesus’ ultimate vulnerability in the story of the Passion. Jesus cedes control of the situation to the other person so that he may draw them to himself.