Subverting Empire: Revelation's Throne Room Vision (Revelation Series)

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🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Tim explore how Revelation chapters 4 and 5 present a subversive vision of God's throne room that challenges the imperial claims of Domitian and the Roman Empire. Unpacking the historical context of the imperial cult, they reveal how early Christians would have understood this prophetic imagery as a bold declaration that God, not Caesar, is the true Lord and God. Discover how this ancient text offers a powerful message of hope and resistance for believers today.

Key Takeaways:

Revelation's Contextual Background – Understanding the historical setting during Emperor Domitian's reign and the significance of the imperial cult in Asia Minor.
Subverting Imperial Imagery – How the throne room scenes in Revelation use the language and symbols of the empire to proclaim God's ultimate sovereignty.
The Power of Worship as Resistance – Recognizing worship in Revelation as a counter-narrative that empowers believers to resist oppressive systems.
Applying the Message Today – Reflecting on how we might identify and resist "Babylon" in our own context and avoid aligning with oppressive structures.

Resources Mentioned:

Book of Revelation Chapters 4 and 5 – Read here
Historical Accounts of Emperor Domitian – [Link]
Shane Claiborne's "Jesus for President" – [Link]

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0:00.0	All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Voxology podcast. Mike and Tim, I am in Nashville, Tennessee, where I don't have words to describe the heat. It is going to be over 100 degrees, but it's the humidity. And I know that's the Midwest joke. But when you walk out and it's like someone throws an electric blanket over
0:41.0	you. Yeah. And that's heated without electrocute, you know, electrocuting you, of course.
0:48.3	But it's just, it's that, not just any electric blanket, but a wet one, which of course would
0:53.2	electrocute you. But I just mean like, it's...
0:55.7	It's metaphor's falling apart.
0:58.6	And so am I.
0:59.7	I try to go out and kind of walk, you know, do my little, my little dad walk every day.
1:05.2	Bro, it's awful.
1:07.2	It is awful.
1:07.7	How warm is it where you are? Where you are in Northern Cal.
1:11.5	High 90s into the hundreds. Yesterday it was, we've had a little weird, 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.
1:25.2	Nowhere near southern muggy.
1:29.3	But man, I'm just like, I can never live in this house.
1:31.2	You get a taste of it.
1:32.2	Yeah.
1:32.4	And I can't, I cannot operate.
1:34.6	I feel miserable.
1:36.4	Yeah.
1:37.1	Yeah.
1:37.4	I went out and I did a two and a half mile walk yesterday.
1:41.5	And like the rest of the day I was just recovering.
1:47.0	You know what I mean? The loss of body fluids was so dramatic. It's so gross. I don't know. And so anyway, enough of our
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