Seeing God

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,  Revelation 1:1  NASB Revelation – Abraham Heschel notes a crucial distinction between the prophet and the apocalyptic visionary.  “The prophet hears, the apocalyptic visionary reads.  In apocalyptic…

Apocalyptic Visions

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,  Revelation 1:1  NASB Revelation – apokálypsis.  The Greek word translated “revelation.”  Don’t miss the fact that it is connected to kalýptō, the root that means “to cover,…

Event Horizon

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant, John; Revelation 1:1  NASB The End – There is hardly a single book in the Bible subject to greater contextual folly than…