Understanding Revelation | New Testament | Revelation 1

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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When it comes to reading Revelation, some Christians obsess over it while others ignore it entirely. Which camp do you fall in? Whether you're excited for or dreading spending time in Revelation, Keith shares insights from Revelation 1 that will set you up well for the rest of the book. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:18.0	Hey today we're kicking off the Book of Revelation here on Tim Minne Bible Talks. Should be a good time.
0:19.0	When I think of the Book of Revelation, I think of what CS Lewis wrote about demons in the screw tape
0:24.9	letters he said that people either obsess over demons or they ignore them I think the
0:30.4	same can be said about revelation.
0:32.8	Some people obsess over this book,
0:34.9	but a lot of people ignore revelation.
0:37.7	It's hard to understand.
0:39.0	It's full of intimidating imagery.
0:41.2	Unfortunately, the people who obsess over the book are usually those who read it as a map of the future.
0:48.0	They use the Book of Revelation to make a prediction about who the anti-Christ is or when the end of the world will come.
0:55.0	Others though see how revelation is misused and so they just ignore it like don't read it.
1:00.4	It's almost as if it's not even in their Bible. Even well-respected Christians like Billy Graham
1:05.8	can get sucked into thinking they know when the end will come. In 1949, two days after it
1:11.7	become public that the Soviet Union had successfully
1:14.4	detonated a nuclear bomb, Billy Graham was speaking in Los Angeles at a big crusade.
1:20.6	He was calling people to repent.
1:22.6	He said Russia has now exploded an atomic bomb,
1:25.9	an arms race is driving us madly towards destruction.
1:29.7	I am persuaded that time is desperately short.
1:33.3	A year later, looking back on that, he said,
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