All perspectives recognize the unique position of Chapter 14 acting as a bridge between what has so far transpired and what is about to come. John described the Lamb of God standing upon Mount Zion, surrounded by a mighty company. #Revelation14 #144000
Revelation 14: The Final Cycle
Revelation 14 introduces the third and final cycle of sevens, which is also the fourth in a set of sevens. #Revelation14 #144thousand
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Revelation 13: The Mark of the Beast, Four Views
The Mark of the Beast is an iconic image from John’s Apocalypse, a number, or a name, etched into the hand and/or the forehead of every person living in the time of the dragon and its beasts. #Revelation13 #MarkoftheBeast
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Revelation 13: Mark of the Beast
I spent some time just sitting with this, because it is such a famous couple of lines. The Mark of the Beast! Does it not conjure up story after story of those who have tried to imagine what this would be like? #Revelation13 #MarkoftheBeast
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Revelation 13: The Second Beast, Four Views
The second beast conscripted people to create an image of the first beast, then imbued this image with a spirit that could speak. The second beast insisted – using threat of execution – that all people worship the image of this first beast. #Revelation13
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Revelation 13: The Second Beast
If the first beast is strange and frightening, the second is downright shiver-worthy. It comes as a promoter of the first beast, which is now weirdly passive, but it has far more power than the first. What does it all mean? #Revelation13 #TheSecondBeast
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Revelation 13: Four Views of the Beast
Who is this beast, exactly? What is the beast's war against the saints? Why is the length of time so specific? How are Christians supposed to respond? Four different views shed at least some light. #Revelation13 #TheBeast #Tribulation
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Revelation 13: The Beast’s Blasphemies
The original first century audience for John's Apocalypse was in the middle of some of the worst persecution Christians have endured. So this scene cut close to the bone for them. And there was also an overlay of the Temptations of Christ #Revelation13
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Revelation 13: The Beast!
All four perspectives note a conscious connection between Daniel’s and John’s visions. #Revelation13 #TheBeast #Daniel7
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Revelation 12: The Dragon Wages War
It is the final scene in the dragon’s three-act narrative, and as you might expect, there are a variety of ways to understand John’s vision. #Revelation12 #FieryDragon #WingsofanEagle
