Breaking the Cycles of Babylon: Embracing Curiosity and Wonder (Revelation Series)

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Discover how embracing curiosity and humility can help us recognize and break free from the cycles of oppression represented by Babylon in the Bible. Mike Erre and Tim Stafford delve into the motif of Babylon as an archetype for violent and oppressive empires, exploring how these patterns manifest in Scripture and continue in our world today. They discuss the importance of standing under the text rather than over it, fostering a sense of wonder and enchantment in our approach to Scripture.

Key Takeaways:

Embracing Curiosity and Humility – Approaching the Bible with a sense of wonder, allowing it to disrupt our preconceived notions and open us to deeper understanding.
Understanding the Motif of Babylon – Tracing how Babylon represents oppressive power structures and cycles of violence throughout biblical history, from Genesis to Revelation.
Recognizing Our Own Complicity – Examining how we might participate in Babylonian dynamics in our personal lives and society, and the importance of self-reflection.
Breaking Cycles of Oppression – Discussing how individuals and communities can act as speed bumps to interrupt harmful patterns and foster transformation.
Deconstruction as Repentance and Reorientation – Viewing deconstruction not as loss but as an invitation to rediscover wonder and mystery in our faith journey.

Resources Mentioned:

Matthew 5-7 – The Sermon on the Mount.
First Nations Version by Terry Wildman – Link
The Book of Revelation

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Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, hello, happy post-Halloyine, or as we say in our house, Merry Christmas.
0:25.9	The worst time of, oh, sorry.
0:29.7	I want to hear all about it because you had kind of an epic.
0:34.5	So I want to hear about the costume.
0:36.4	I want to hear about the celebration. And then I want to hear about the costume. I want to hear about the celebration.
0:38.4	And then I want to hear about the post-Hlloween trip to Las Vegas. So just fire away. This was,
0:45.4	this is, this is Stafford's favorite time of year. And, and, you know, like, now we get into
0:52.9	lights and positivity and hope and sentimentality.
0:57.1	And Tim is, Tim is totally depressed.
0:59.1	Well, first of all, let me push back on all of that.
1:02.0	Oh.
1:02.4	You know what I thought about when I was walking around, trick-or-treating?
1:05.1	So every year we open up our house and we have three big pots of chili and people bring extra stuff and we have like so we probably
1:12.1	had like 60 70 people here I mean like of full families with one working bathroom which is
1:20.1	correct awesome and chili just let and then we went and then we just trick we leave from our house
1:25.2	and we trick-or-treat our neighborhood. So it's magical. Yeah. Yeah.
1:28.3	And then I was walking around and I was just like, you know, how rad is this holiday?
1:31.9	All these adults get dressed up in their houses.
1:34.4	They're so positive.
1:35.7	They get candy.
1:36.9	They decorate a little bit.
1:38.2	They wait for kids to come up.
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