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Five Strategies for Reading Revelation - Apocalyptic E6

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

4.818.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The book of Revelation is full of symbols and images that are confusing when we remove them from the context of the Hebrew Bible. But if we understand the context, community, and nature of apocalyptic literature, the text can reshape the way we see the world. In this final episode of our series How to Read Apocalyptic Literature, Tim and Jon look at the book of Revelation.

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0:00.0

In the first century, a man named John had a prolonged vision.

0:09.1

After experiencing it and pondering it, he wrote it down in the form of a carefully crafted

0:15.1

letter.

0:16.1

A letter we call the Revelation.

0:18.7

It's the last book in the Bible.

0:20.6

It's a confusing book.

0:21.9

It's full of symbols.

0:23.7

But these symbols aren't random.

0:26.2

In a way, the book of Revelation is the culmination of all the design patterns in the Hebrew

0:30.6

Bible.

0:31.6

And then it gives you the reader the commission to go look at your reality through the lens

0:37.3

of the design patterns.

0:38.7

The reality is to understand the book of Revelation.

0:42.9

You kind of need to understand the entire biblical story and be fluent in the images that

0:50.1

begin from the very first pages of the Bible and weave all the way through it.

0:55.1

If you've been following along with us, this might become an easier task for you.

1:00.4

It requires a lifelong of meditation and you shouldn't do it alone.

1:03.9

By far, the Revelation is off the charts.

1:06.8

The most dance illusions to the most different number of books.

1:10.8

Whatever you need to read this book, you're going to need the insights of other people

1:15.8

in present and past.

1:17.8

So today we're going to get practical.

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