Book of Revelation

humanity and the ultimate power God holds over such contemptuous and weak beings. “The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you” (Edwards 436). Though the possibility of revelation sets each person apart from one another, the collective contains a complete lack of individuality at the hands of total uniformity of moral horror. “He is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in His sight; you are ten thousand times more…

establishes assertively that their respective religious scriptures or texts are the de jure holy book because God Himself was responsible for providing it to their specific religious group. In the case of the Jews, the holy book called the Torah is asserted to be the only de jure holy book that God sanctions as God’s Own Words. Likewise, Christians assert that the Bible is the only de jure holy book that…

Revelation 21 develops and confirms the theological theme of Isa 54:11-17. First, Isaiah’s implicit portrayal of the marriage imagery in Isa 54:5-8 and the city imagery in Isa 54:11-12 is further developed and combined in Revelation 21. The new Jerusalem descending out of heaven is described as a bride adorned for her husband (Rev 21:2; cf. Rev 21:9, 10; Isa 61:10-62:5). Revelation 21 alludes to the husband-wife relationship in Isaiah’s passage…

and in-house prophet includes spirit led practices such as; the study of the written word accompanied by prayer, baptism into the ministry of teaching (theophany and witness), leadership testing (dry seasons), introductions of the inspired word (revelation), and the delivery of the word. Osmer’s also identifies such a process as what he would describe as burden, “After we have been handed over for the burden we must then begin the task of “catechesis, handing on Israel’s Scripture and early…

If one were to ask a practicing Christian what a prophet is, there is no doubt that most would be able to formulate some type of definition. However, many people’s thoughts on what a prophet is are often incomplete or even incorrect. While there are many places one could look to find an adequate definition of a prophet, Abraham Heschel provides an analysis of prophets unlike any other. Heschel’s analysis goes into great detail about what a prophet is, and what a prophet is not. After reading…

Rowland dissects the theology and apocalyptic hermeneutics of famous theologians, Thomas Muentzer and Gerrard Winstanley, so that political discourse does not make facile Biblical interpretation. The apocalyptic language of Daniel is of significant scholarly interest, especially in regards to the biblical metanarrative, but Rowland advocate for a rebalance in Danielic exegesis. Rowland poignantly comments that the scriptures are not for appropriation, political or otherwise; of this he critiques…

The Book of Daniel INTRODUCTION After reading different discussions and articles on the book of Daniel, this paper will compound the various information discovered concerning many different opinions and information regarding the book of Daniel. The various authors will be Jerry Sumney, Kathryn Lopez and NOAB bible, as well as information from the web. This will be a compilation of each author, thereby looking at the authorship, time era, and the audience. As well as events occurring and the…

Daniel utilizes a new introductory formula in this verse to focus the attention of the reader to the climax of the visions of the beasts. From this group of ten horns, comes up “another horn, a little one” which displaced three other horns. This little horn had “eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.” Nothing specifically is said about the nature of what is being said, however, within the Bible’s wisdom literature, through the eyes or speech of a person, their…

Because it has typological inferences to a historical king, Satan and The Antichrist, this chapter presents interpretive challenges. The same three-fold typology is found in Daniel chapter 8 around the character and events of Antiochus Epiphanes. The previous chapter, Ezekiel 27, contains historical information about the very wealthy King of Tyre. Located on the Mediterranean Sea, Tyre was a major trading center and jewel of the ancient world. As we segue into chapter 28, the King of Tyre is…

Introduction Isaiah, son of Amoz, was a prophet of Yahweh whose revelations to the nation of Judah are accepted as part of the biblical canon in the Old Testament. Isaiah was both a husband, and a father of at least two sons; Shear-Jashub and Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (Isaiah 8:3-4). Isaiah was commissioned by the Lord and served Yahweh faithfully as a prophet from approximately 740 B.C.- 700 B.C. Isaiah’s ministry officially began after his vision of the Throne Room of God in Isaiah 6, towards the…