August 10, 2013
The fifth and sixth trumpets announce the ancient world’s worst nightmares. The terrifying images of Revelation 9 are worthy of our most horrifying apocalyptic movies. It seems 21st century western culture loves apocalyptic movies, whether it is the earth destroyed by a meteor, large armies battling for Middle Earth in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, or the […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Apocalypse, Apocalyptic, Empire, Locusts, Military, Revelation, Revelation 9, Violence |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 5, 2013
When the seventh angel sounded the seventh trumpet, “voices” (note the plural) announced: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever. This, I believe, is the fundamental agenda of the Apocalypse, that is, to announce the coming of the kingdom […]
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Theology | Tagged: Apocalypse, Eschatology, Kingdom, Revelation, Revelation 4-16, Seven Bowls, Seven Seals |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 28, 2013
The Christophany–the appearance of Jesus to John–sets the tone for the letters to the churches (Revelation 2 & 3) and provides the ground for patient endurance through the dramatic conflict that the Apocalypse will unfold in the second and third visions (Revelation 4-16 and Revelation 17-21). It is, therefore, important to pay close attention to […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Apocalypse, Christology, Christophany, Death, Judgment, Resurrection, Revelation 1:9-20, Seven Churches, Theophany |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 17, 2013
The title, “Revelation of Jesus the Messiah,” is ambiguous, perhaps intentionally so. It may mean the revelation about Jesus, that is, the unveiling of the story at which Jesus stands at the center. Or, it may mean the revelation that belongs to Jesus, that is, the Father has given this story to Jesus for the […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Apocalypse, Beatitude, Prophecy, Revelation 1:1-3 |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 16, 2013
Last Sunday I began an extended study of the Apocalypse of Jesus the Messiah with a studious, gracious, and interested group of Bible students at the Woodmont Hills Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee. It will be a long journey but, I’m convinced, a fruitful one. I will post along the way as I have […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Apocalypse, Apocalyptic Literature, Continuous-Historical, Futurist, Idealist, Martyrdom, Preterist, Revelation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks