No, in the story of everything, the world is God’s world, time is in God’s hands, history has a beginning, and God guides history toward its divine intention: the new Jerusalem or the kingdom of God. Such a worldview colors one’s perception of every moment and counters every other worldview. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
The book of Revelation is about the story of everything, and this is why we say Revelation is cosmic. Its scope is, well, everything. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
Militarism is not the way of the Lamb. Instead, the Lamb wins by losing, and his losing liberates others. The Lamb liberates by giving his life, and the Lord wins the battle with the Word, the Logos. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
Nice weather for riding this morning. My body was not very co-operative, so I didn’t do the full 40 km, but close enough. I went along Mount Kaputar Road to Morris’ hill. #narrabri #cycling #Narrabri #Biketooter
The way of the Lamb is to speak up and about Jesus in the midst of Babylon, come what may. What may come is the Lamb’s way of ultimate witness: martyrdom. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
John presents us, as Bruce Metzger once wrote, with the “choice between the power that operates through inflicting suffering, that is, the power of the beast, and the power that operates through accepting suffering, namely, the power of the Lamb.”Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
It’s easy to follow a fierce lion, but who wants to follow a lamb? The Lamb, they sing, is worthy, not because he headbutted someone off the stage. No, he is worthy because he was slain, and by being slain, the Lamb “purchased” a universal people of God, and they—not Babylon’s lords—will be a “kingdom and priests to serve our God.”Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
John is saying that Jesus is there with them, alive and speaking, and they should hear him speaking as the one true ruler of the world, the Lord of lords! They should declare allegiance to him, walk in the way of the Lamb, and resist the dragon by refusing to walk in the way of Babylon. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
A glorious morning today. Great to be out on the bike along Yarrie Lake Rd #Narrabri #cycling #biketooter
Calling someone 666 requires imagination—as well as flexibility. That number can be used for any of the anti-God beastly powers that design strategies for death and destruction. Like Babylon, 666 does not point to one person at one future moment in history but to all political tyrants who have the powers to establish the way of the dragon and oppress Team Lamb. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett
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