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Understanding Scripture and the role of the Church in the 21st Century. We will wrestle with the Kingdom of God, the mission of God’s people, and how this applies to the Church in the 21st Century
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie begin a look at the 7 Seals of Rev 6. Are they the "wrath of God" in the last days? Rob argues that the idea that the Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls are God's end-times wrath which is designed to bring the nations--at least those who survive--to repentance is a major misreading of the book of Revelation. Instead, he argues, the Seals (and later the Trumpets, and Bowls) represent what happens when God graciously delays the final judgment. By delaying the end, God allows human governments to remain in power. And human rulers bring deception, war, famine, pestilence, and death. Rob further argues that the devastation that results from human rule also affects the people of God. That is why, he suggests, the 5th Seal is the people of God crying out "How Long."
Show notes:
Rev 6:1-17
Gen 1
- “God said” 10x
- “Let there be” 10x
- “It was good” 7x
- “God” 35x
Gen 1:1 = 7 words
Gen 1:2 = 14 words
- Land 21x
- “And it was so” 7x
- “And God saw” 7x
- “To make” 10x
- “According to its kind” 10x
Mark 10:42-45
Mark 13:5-13
2 things
1)those who suffer the most from the destructive behaviors unleashed by human rulers and their lust for power are the poor and marginalized.
2) There is this mistaken notion that the people of God are exempt from this suffering
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie explore Rev 5. It is at this point that the main story of Revelation begins to unfold. Jesus is Lamb who was slain and He is worthy to take the Scroll and to open it! What's on the Scroll? It is God's will and His plan for redeeming the creation.
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Notes:
“strong angel” 7x (5:2; 10:1, 5, 8, 9, 10; 18:21)
Scroll: “the content of the scroll is God’s redemptive plan”
“Servant songs” Isa 42:1; 44:1; 49:1-6; Isa 52:13, 14-53:12; Acts 8:25-35
5:5-6 is critical for understanding the book of Revelation
1st John’s use of hearing and seeing
2nd Jesus is the Lamb/Lion
3rd This becomes the major source for understanding what “overcome” looks like.
4th Jesus and death and resurrection are the key!
Nations are important to the story
5:9; 7:9—the people of God come from the nations
21:24, 26; 22:2—They walk in the New Jerusalem
The people of God have been redeemed in order that we might reign!: “reign upon the earth” (5:10
Exod 19:4-6
A proper understanding of Revelation’s narrative begins with recognizing the centrality of Jesus as the slain Lamb.
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
On today's episode, Rob and Vinnie interview Nelso Kraybill, the author of Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics, and Devotion in the book of Revelation. We discuss the book of Revelation and John's use of images and what it means for the church today.
Nelson Kraybill is an ordained minister who served as President of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana (1997–2009) and President of Mennonite World Conference (2015–22). He was scholar-in-residence at Bethlehem Bible College in Palestine (2022–23) where his work included recording ten short films on peace themes related to biblical sites. Nelson received an M.Div degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D in Biblical Studies from Union Presbyterian Seminary. He was co-founder of Bridge Builders Mediation Service in Britain, and his publications range from the feature articles in Christianity Today (1999) to his book Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics, and Devotion in the Book of Revelation (Brazos Press, 2010). He has recently published a new book Stuck Together: The Hope of Christian Witness in a Polarized World (Herald Press, 2023).
His blog www.peace-pilgrim.com features popular-level articles on biblical sites, and he has led study tours to Bible lands since 2008.
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Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie interview NT scholar Alan Bandy (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary). Alan is a Professor of NT and Greek and the Associate Dean of Research and the Doctoral Programs at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Alan is the author of numerous works: including, An Illustrated Guide to the Apostle Paul
The conversation with Alan focuses on the theme of justice and the use of the Lawsuit motif in the Prophets and the book of Revelation. Much of this conversation focuses on what it means for us today.
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Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie discuss Rev 4:1-11. This scene is central to the Book of Revelation. Contrary to public opinion, it is God who sits on the throne and not Caesar.
NB: You won't want to miss the singing at the end!
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Show notes:
The first scene occurs with John “in the Spirit” on Patmos (1:9)
In the second scene, he is “in the Spirit” and taken to heaven (4:1-2)
In the third scene, John is “in the Spirit” and taken to a wilderness (17:3)
In the final scene, John is “in the Spirit” and taken to a great and high mountain (21:10)
2 keys:
- God is one the throne and not Caesar
- Throne is in heaven but it comes down in chs 21-22
Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven!
Ezek 1:4-14, 26-28
Isa 6:1-8
Ezek 1-3 & Isa 6 are commissioning passages
24 Elders: (12x) 4:4, 10; 5:5, 6, 8, 11, 14; 7:11, 13; 11:16; 14:3; 19:4
Zech 4:2, 3, 6, 10: in Zech it is the Spirit! (4:6)
“Earthquake” Exod 19:16-25
‘The one who sits on the Throne’ (7x: 4:9; 5:1, 7, 13; 6:16; 7:10; 21:5)
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie finish their study of the 7 messages by looking at the closing exhortation "to those who have ears to hear" the promises of blessing to those who "overcome."
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Notes for today's podcast:
“Let the one who has an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches” (2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22).
- Ezek 3:27; Jer 5:21
- Mark 4:3, 9 Hear
“To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven” (Mark 4:11)
John 6:66-68
“to the one who overcomes” (2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21)
- Thyatira: includes an additional phrase: “the one who overcomes and the one who keeps my works until the end” (2:26).
Psalm 2:8-9
- Jesus is twice described as the one who will “rule” the nations (12:5; 19:15).
Dan 7:18-25
Luke 22:24-30
Morning star is a messianic term
- Num 24:17
3:4 “they will “walk” with me”
- Lev 26:12
- Gen 3:8
Garments are “white” suggests moral purity.
- 4:4
- 6:11
- 7:9, 14
- 16:15
I will not erase their name from BOL
- Dan 12:1-2
- OT –notion of a registry: Ps 87:6; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1
- Erasing of names: Exod 32:32-33 Ps 69:28
Compare 3:3 and 3:5 in Greek “certainly”
I will confess their name
- Matt 10:32
Name of my God: corresponds with Seal of God in 7:1-8; 14:1: 22:4
Name of the city of My God: Ezek 48:35
My new name: 19:12
Sit on His throne
- What does it mean to overcome?
-What is it that we overcome?
We will/do rule with Christ: 1:6; 2:26; 3:21; 5:10; 20:4, 6; 22:5
- 2 Tim 2:12
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie one of the leading NT Scholars and a leading authority on the book of Revelation, David deSilva.
David is a New Testament scholar and a professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio. He received his PhD in Religion from Emory University and has authored numerous books and articles on the New Testament, including:
An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation
Commentary on Galatians
Commentary on Ephesians
Seeing Things John's Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation
Unholy Allegiances: Heeding Revelation's Warning
Discovering Revelation: Context, Interpretation, Reception
deSilva is also an ordained elder in the Florida Conference of the Global Methodist Church.
Here is the link to Rob's blogs on Rev 6 and the 3rd Seal
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Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie continue their discussion of the seven messages by looking at the messages to Philadelphia & Laodicea. The church in Philadelphia was small and of little power yet it is 1 of the 2 churches with only positive features. The church in Laodicea was very wealthy yet it had no positive features.
Rob and Vinnie then spend a lot of time discussing the importance of all this for the church today.
Here is a link to an older podcast in which Rob discusses the Rapture
Here is a link to Rob's book on the end times
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Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
In this powerful episode, Rob and Vinnie interview two women who have extensive backgrounds in ministry to hear their stories. They share the struggles that they have had to endure in order to use the gifts they have been given and to fulfill God's call upon their lives.
The gravity of the situation is evidenced by the fact that we are unable to use the real names and we have had to mask their voices.
"Kim" and "Liz" share their stories of trauma and the daily struggles they encounter in church ministry.
Regardless of one's view of women in leadership, this episode is a must-listen. We ask that you prayerfully listen and contemplate the real struggles that most women face working in the church.
Podcast Interview with Mimi Haddad
Podcast on 1 Cor 11:2-16
Podcast on Women in the Church
Here are the links to Rob’s blogs on women
Women and Justice (There are 15 posts from Mar - July 2021)
Are women to be Subordinate? #4
Male Headship as Apartheid Gal 5
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Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Rob and Vinnie continue their discussion of the seven messages of Rev 2-3. In this episode, they discuss the contents of the messages to the churches in Thyatira and Sardis.
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