THE EPISTLES REVELATION The description of the Book of Revelation as “the strangest book of the New Testament” could be the reason for the general neglect that is afforded it today. Such neglect did not characterize the earliest history of the book. Currently there is a general tendency to identify the book as Revelations as there are multiple revelations in the book. This is not the case. The book is the Revelation of Christ to John. The definition of the term “revelation” is to reveal‚
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SS 190 THE BOOK OF REVELATION Introduction The Book of Revelation has twenty-two chapters‚ four hundred and four verses‚ and about twelve thousand words. In my opinion‚ it is meant to be a guidebook with directives for the completion of our salvation journey. Revelation shows us this completion event will be more like the end of history‚ at least history as we know it. Revelation is also about the end of sin‚ death‚ the devil‚ the world economic systems‚ and world religion. From the destruction
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The Book of Revelation is the last profound book in the New Testament. It conveys the significant purpose of Christianity by describing God’s plan for the world and his final judgment of the people by reinforcing the importance of faith and the concept of Christianity as a whole. Accordingly‚ this book is the written record—not of wild dreams—but the dramatic God-sent visions given to one of God’s servants‚ John the Apostle. This book was written by John in 95 or 96 A.D. at the reign of the Roman
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“Being the light of the world is about being a broken‚ exploding‚ scarred star and shining a light of hope and inspiration to everyone around you.” This quote by Ricky Maye explains my role as a future pastor‚ and being open about experiences‚ faith‚ and God’s grace; can shine light where there is darkness.This paper will describe how I have found my divine design and the steps that need to be taken to follow my divine design. The resources used to help find my calling were Ingle‚ Kent. This
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Book of Revelation chapter 20 Ch. 20:1: The scene here is from heaven to earth as an angel comes down to earth having the key and a great chain with him; the key refers to access; to open access or to grant access to – thus access is granted to this angel to bind Satan. V. 2-3: These two verses describe the following: 1. The Description of Satan: “Dragon‚ serpent of old‚ the Devil‚ and Satan – Gen. 3:1.” 2. The Place in which Satan is bound: “the bottomless pit or abyss the place of the demon
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Revelation can be defined as “information revealed or information that is newly disclosed‚ especially surprising‚ or valuable” (www.dictionary.com). The General Revelation and the Special Revelation are two ways that God has chosen to show Himself to us. The General Revelation is the general truths that can be known about God through nature. It gives us some idea as to who our Creator is by seeing it through nature. It is a general understanding of who our Creator is and how amazing He is and we
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Divine Benevolence and Divine Brutality Divine benevolence (God as loving partner) and divine brutality (God as warrior) really are compatible. God is a warrior because he is a loving partner. Take a father and his son‚ for example. A father disciplines and corrects his child because he loves him and wants to protect him. God is the same way. Hebrews 12:6 says‚ “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.” God punishes those that he loves. Divine benevolence and diving brutality are seen in
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION This report supplies an overview of the Book of Revelation prepared by Leoner Suarez a biblical theologian with the purpose to contribute knowledge and understanding of the book of Revelation to the biblical studies program of Kean University. In general this report details (1) the vision that John saw of Jesus Christ‚ (2) the message that Jesus Christ gave to the apostle John and (3) the future events that will take place in the last days. In addition‚ general information
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Divine Command & Social Contract Brenda and Ralph are co-workers and counselors at a local high school. Ralph is a believer in Social Contract‚ while Brenda is a Divine Command strong hearted Southern Baptist woman. Brenda and Ralph are debating on the subject of students of the same sex kissing in the hallways at school. This is a touchy subject for both of them‚ since religion has been taken out of the school system in recent years. However‚ they feel the problem of students of the same sex
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Interpreting the Book of Revelation The future; a daunting subject that people over generations have fretted about and try to plan against by constructing predictions on what may happen based on what they think they know. Christians are no different. The Bible is‚ after all‚ a book has a prophetic vein running through it promising all of His people that one day He would return to save them from the evils of the earth and give them the gift of eternal life with Him. Throughout the text‚ therefore
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