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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 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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Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Rob and Vinnie continue their study of the seven messages by looking at the words of encouragement and warning in the seven messages and what it means for the church today. In this episode, they look at Ephesus, Smryna, and Pergamum.
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Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie discuss the seven messages of Rev 2-3 and why they are important for understanding the book of Revelation as a whole. Then they look at the descriptions of Jesus in each of the seven messages and how the image relates to the rest of the book of Revelation as well as its importance for understanding each of the messages.
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Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie continue to examine the seven messages of Rev 2-3 by examining the religious/cultural context behind the messages and the book of Revelation.
They examine the Roman religious system, as well as look at what living conditions were like in the Roman world.
Finally, they discuss why the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia were having trouble with the local synagogues
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David deSilva A week in the life of Ephesus:
McKnight/Matchett Revelation for the Rest of Us
David deSilva Unholy Allegiances
Michael Gorman Reading Revelation Responsibly
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie begin a look at the seven messages (letters) of Rev 2-3. Although many jump to the heavenly vision of Rev 4 and skip the seven messages, these chapters are integral to understanding the book of Revelation.
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Notes:
Prophetic messages
- Each of the seven messages begins with the prophetic formula “these are the words of” (2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14).
Apocalyptic catchphrase “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)
In the very middle of the seven messages we read, “And all the churches will know that I am the One who searches the minds and hearts” (2:23).
Three-Four pattern
the first three messages the exhortation to “the one who has an ear” (2:7, 11, 17) precedes the promise “to the one who overcomes (2:7, 11, 17).
In the last four messages, this is reversed so that the promise to the one who overcomes (26; 3:5, 12, 21) precedes the exhortation to “the one who has an ear” (2:29; 3:6, 13, 22).
The message to Smyrna and the message to Philadelphia refer to those who “say they are Jews” (2:9; 3:9) but are instead a “synagogue of Satan” (2:9; 3:9).
Thyatira is the center and the most important of the messages (2:18-29).
Rev 2:20-23
Ezek 39:23
Rom 1:18
Rom 1:24, 26, 28
Rev 3:19
Ezek 36:20-21
Rev 2:14-15
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie begin an introduction to the Seven Messages of Rev 2-3 by interviewing Mark Wilson who is the founder and director of the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya, Turkey. Mark is the premier scholar on the seven churches today.
Mark Wilson is the founder and director of the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya, Turkey, the country where he and his wife Dindy have lived since 2004. Mark received a D.Litt. et Phil. in New Testament at the University of South Africa where he is also a Research Fellow. He is also Professor Extraordinary of New Testament at Stellenbosch University. He is a member of many academic societies including the Society of Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the American Society of Overseas Research. Mark is the author of numerous books and articles including Biblical Turkey, Victory through the Lamb, and The Spirit Said Go. His particular research interests are the book of Acts and the book of Revelation. He regularly leads biblical tours in the Eastern Mediterranean. He and Dindy have been married for forty-nine years; they have four adult children, four grandsons, and four granddaughters.
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Notes:
Rev 3:17-18 background for Laodicea was their wealth?
Rev 3:15: “lukewarm”
What it would have been like for Christians in these cities?
How many Christians lived in these cities?
What were some of the pressures that the churches were facing as Christ-followers in the Roman world?
Rev 2:13 Where “Satan has his throne”?
Rev 2:6, 14-15, 20 Who are the Nicolaitans and what were the teachings of Balaam, and Jezebel?
You can follow Mark:
Link to Mark’s Revelation commentary
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
In this episode, Rob and Vinnie finish their discussion of 1:9-20 by looking at the details of John's description of Jesus. Jesus is described as the end times judge. This is directed at the people of God! In addition, the churches are reminded that Jesus is the One who was dead and is alive and He has the keys of death and Hades!
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NOTES for today's episode
Revelation uses 40+ different descriptors for Jesus
Controlling image is “Lamb”
Like “a Son of Man” (1:13)
- Ezek 2:1
- Dan 7:13-14 Clothing and personal characteristics point to his divine status; he speaks of His pre-existence
Two descriptions of his clothing
1. Dressed in a robe:
- High Priestly garments? (Exod 28:4; 29:5; 39:29; Ezek 9:2, 3, 11
- Long robes were worn by all dignitaries:
2. Girded around His chest with a golden sash: Rev 15:6
Seven features describing Christ: highlight His role as the end times judge.
1. Head and hair were white like wool: suggests wisdom
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- Ultimate judicial wisdom Lev 19:32: Prov 20:29
- Ancient of Days Dan 7:9-10
2.Eyes like blazing fire: Judgment: purifying judgment
- Rev 19:12; Dan 10:6
3. Feet like bronze: Strength/moral purity
4. Voice like sound of many waters: God’s: 3x: 1:15; 14:2; 19:6; Ezek 43:2:
5. Right hand held 7 Stars: Dan 12:3, 6-7
- Identified as Angels in 1:20
6. Mouth sharp double-edged sword: Word of God (2:12, 16; 19:15, 21)
- Isa 11:4 and 49:2.
- 2Thess 2:8 Breath of His mouth
7. Face (appearance) shining like the sun: Matt 17:2
1:17-18
John reacts to Jesus’ presence: Fell at His feet
- Isa 6:5
- Ezek 1:28
- Dan 10:10-12, 18
“I am the First and the Last”: Indicates the Absolute Sovereignty of God
- Isa 41:4; 44:6; 48:12
- Deut 32:39-40
First and last: 1:17; 2:8; 22:13—always Jesus
- 1:17: I am the first and the last: (18): and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore
- 2:8: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life
- 22:13 Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End
Beginning and end: 21:6; 22:13. (3:14 “Beginning”)
- 21:6 Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End (Father)
- 22:13 Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End (Jesus)
Alpha and Omega: 3x 1:8; 21:6; 22:13
- 1:8 Alpha and Omega (Father)
- 21:6 Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End (Father)
- 22:13 Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End (Jesus)
Keys of death and hades?
- Death: grave: death is the state of the dead
- Hades: Hebrew-Sheol place of departed spirits;
“Write what is now and what will take place later” (1:19)
“mystery” (1:20): Throughout the book, it indicates the fulfillment of what was previously veiled in an ironic fashion
- Seven stars are the angels
- Seven lampstands are the churches
Psalm 96, 98.
21:6 “I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost”
22:17 Let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost