February 24, 2016
This past weekend, on February 20, I was honored to participate in the memorial service of a godly woman in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Rose Marie Paden–the beloved mother of the Paden boys and girls, and the second mother of the Hicks boys and girl–passed from this life on February 12, 2016. In 1953, Rose Marie […]
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Theology, Uncategorized | Tagged: Death, Eschatology, Hymns, Intermediate State |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 29, 2013
Who can stand on the days when the wrath of God and the Lamb are poured out on empires? That is the question asked when the sixth seal is opened in Revelation 6:12-17. The shaking of the Roman empire, as with all empires, will affect everyone from rich to poor, from free to slave. Who […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: 144000, Assembly, Dead, Death, Intermediate State, Liturgy, Martyrs, Revelation 7, Worship |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 26, 2005
Revelation 20 is dangerous ground upon which to walk. To comment on it assumes so much. It assumes a particular way of reading the whole apocalyptic drama. It assumes a particular structure to the book. Consequently, there are many ambiguities, varied understandings and even some nasty polemical controversies associated with this text. Nevertheless, I will […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Bible-Revelation, Death, Eschatology, Grief, Intermediate State, Resurrection, Second Coming |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 21, 2005
However we might describe the “intermediate” state (the mode of existence for those who have died in the Lord), their sharing our sense of “waiting” for the fullness of God’s kingdom. Though they have passed from earth to the throne room of God through the portal of death, nevertheless they sense that their own journey […]
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Biblical Texts, Pastoral Care, Theology | Tagged: Bible-Revelation, Death, Grief, Hope, Intermediate State, Lament, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks