[Revelation 7] The plot thickens in the seventh chapter. A superficial reading could be confusing and discouraging. Winds and angels, numbers and multitudes, marks and seals, loud voices and worship songs are all combined to describe cosmic history in a few words. Hang in there, go slowly and grasp the metaphors and symbols to understand…
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289. Trust the Seed
The metaphorical patterns in Scripture are a majestic network of hope, salvation, and the guarantee of God living up to His Word over thousands of years. It is a discovery to notice it, a revelation to understand it, and a source of strength to study it. Just as the seasons and the rainbow confirm to me the…
84. There is a man.
St Augustine said in everything he ever knew about the world, everything he read and regarded as worth studying, he had never heard of a word becoming a man. It is exactly what John conveys in the first chapter of his Gospel. The mind of God is spoken into life with a body. It is…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 