John Mark Hicks

 Introduction (7:1) Daniel’s Vision: The Animals Winged-Lion Its wings were plucked off Became like a human being Was given a human mind   Bear Raised up on one side (to pounce?) Three ribs in its mouth “Arise, devour many bodies.”   Leopard With four wings Four heads Was given dominion   Unidentified animal Iron teeth […]

The Son of Man, Jesus announced (Mark 8:31), must suffer, die on a cross and then be raised from the dead. The Son of Man must lose his life before it can be saved. The path of suffering (losing his life) leads to glory (saving his life). The Son of Man will appear in the […]

This will be my last installmenet on the subject of the present status of those who have died in the Lord. Grievers are usually curious about their loved ones. There is some comfort in a pastoral word about how our loved ones live in the presence of God around his throne. There is comfort in […]

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 […]