Just as John's first oracle had an intermission, so now this second one hits pause as well. But this pause is a lot longer, leading some interpreters to suggest it is its own oracle.
Revelation 10: Eat It Up
What is the little opened book John was told to eat? How could it taste so good, yet make him sick to his stomach? What John eats he must now prophecy, concerning the whole world, it seems.
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Meditation for the Lenten Season: Loving from the Heart
Let mutual affection continue. (Hebrews 13:1 (NRSV)
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Isaiah: A Second Chance
Their only consolation came through this word from God to them, through Isaiah’s ancient prophecy.
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Isaiah 40: God’s Enabling Grace
Knowing earthly glory does not last gives you and me the greater perspective that only eternal things are worth investing our hearts in. So we ask ourselves: What priorities might need to change in order to reflect a more eternal perspective?
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Revelation 10: The Mystery of God Come to Completion
the prophets of old. When the seventh trumpet is sounded, the whole thing will have been revealed. What a way to rivet our attention!
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Revelation 10: The Little Scroll
As soon as I read John was not to reveal what the seven thunders had spoken, that became the one thing I wanted to know most. What did they say? Why tantalize with this astonishing scene, but deny the pronouncement framed within it?
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Meditation for the Lenten Season: Seeking Righteousness
Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11, NRSV)
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Isaiah 40: The King is Coming!
If you listened to the recitative in yesterday’s post, “Comfort Ye My People,” then you will instantly recognize today’s passage.
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Isaiah 40: The Comfort of God’s Grace
This passage was made famous by George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, “Comfort Ye My People,” the second piece heard in Part I. In this recitative, God gives comfort and promises salvation.
