418 - Revelation - Part Fifteen: The Throne at the Center of the Universe

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🗓️ 28 August 2023

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Revelation - Part Fifteen: The Throne at the Center of the Universe. Epic title. Back to Revelation and a look into the Emperor Domitian, who reigned from 81-96. When Domitian (81-96 AD) became emperor there was significant change in the demand for deification. Domitian was obsessed with his own (and his brother Titus' and father Vespasian's) deity. Augustus once explicitly forbade his fellow citizens to address him with the title “Lord.” He did not want to be master of slaves, but first citizen of the empire. But Domitian ignored his forefather and followed in the ways of Nero….He did not wish to be a citizen among his fellow citizens, but a superhuman being in charge of the destiny of humanity. Coins of the era call Domitian the father of the gods... Domitian insisted on being called "Lord and God" whenever he was mentioned or addressed.

How does John address this? What are we to take away?

First, Tim shares some troubled times with how our language and words can incite violence against the LGBTQ community and how everyone, regardless of your opinion, needs to choose words more wisely. Laura Ann Carleton was murdered in Lake Arrowhead California for displaying a pride flag outside her shop. People can become militarized and violent by language they hear from the pulpit, news etc. Words carry power.

Also, Mike and Tim discuss an email about therapy. Should you seek a Christian therapist or does it matter?

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0:00.0	Oh, All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Voxology Podcast.
0:19.8	Mike and Tim, I am in Nashville, Tennessee where I don't have words to describe the heat.
0:28.4	It is going to be over 100 degrees, but it's the humidity, and I know that's the Midwest joke.
0:34.8	But when you walk out and it's like someone throws an electric blanket over you and
0:41.6	that's heated. electric blanket over you. Yeah.
0:43.0	And that's heated without electrocuting you of course.
0:48.0	But it's just, it's that, not just any electric blanket, but a wet one,
0:52.0	which of course would electrocute you but I just mean like it's
0:56.1	its metaphors falling apart and so am I I try to go out and kind of walk you know know, do my little dad walk every day.
1:05.2	Bro, it's awful. It is awful. How warm is it where you are?
1:09.7	Where you are in Northern Cal?
1:11.6	High 90s into the hundreds, but yesterday it was, we've had a little weird,
1:16.2	I don't know if it's hurricane fringes, but we've had a little cloudy, spotty rainy, and then so yesterday it was muggy nowhere near
1:26.8	southern muggy yeah man I'm just like I can never look you get a taste of it yeah
1:32.3	I can't I cannot operate. I feel miserable.
1:36.3	Yeah, yeah. I went out and I did a two and a half mile walk yesterday and like the rest of the day I was just recovering. You know what I mean?
1:46.3	The loss of body fluids was so dramatic. It's so gross. I don't know and so so anyway enough of our weather talk guys I know you're
1:57.4	interested to know it's a dry heat for those of you in Phoenix it is not a
2:02.0	dry heat for those of you in the south right now.
2:04.4	That's very different.
2:06.7	It is and they're both awful.
2:09.6	The Midwest, the Midwest, I follow this account on Twitter called Midwest Versus Everybody, and every change of
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