The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Chapter 1)



Submitted by JStaller on Wed, 2008-09-24 05:29.

Alright. Here we go--the first chapter of Revelation. Highly charged imagery, dense Jewish symbolism, intense cultural and religious pressure, and a rich history of literature collide, producing (in my opinion) the greatest spiritual vision in the Christian experience. If you can enter into this vision, you will see Christ.

Gospels; different meanings

Submitted by online578684@te... on Thu, 2008-10-02 03:06.

Rick, I think if you read Justin's comments, together with yours and my penny-worth of ideas together, I think Justin's post have then got real body, don't get me wrong Justin, you pointed me in a way I never thought of before. As I said I'm NOT a theologian.

Matthew saw Jesus as the long awaited Messiah/King, from there the Jewish contact. The peoples Jesus.

I liked Justin's approach of looking at Mark and Revelation both as apocalyptic with John sandwiched in between, so your comment of the disciples never really understanding Jesus's true mission (the jews and the gentiles, especially the gentile rulers never understood this new sect), that is what we are busy studying at the moment, Revelation, I have this feeling that we'll return to the gospels quite frequently.

You say Luke sees the disciples as models for the community, I said it had a racial connotation, the gospel had to get out to the gentiles, then Justin added that actually Luke and Acts should sort of be read together. That makes sense because the gospel was taken to "the whole world" after pentecost. Jesus was therefore the perfect workman of GOD, preparing the disciples for their job ahead.

Read Justin's comment to my query carefully, great stuff especially when you start reading between the lines, I liked his comments.

Rick go slow on the French, I understand here-and-there, although I'm from French blood, that was long ago. If I read you correctly, you thank me for the e-mail to your brother. I would seriously like him to find me a copy of the book I mentioned. Groete (greetings) en (and) mooi loop (walk carefully), Piérre

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