Revelation: Hope in Chaos
Notes
Transcript
Revelation as canon
Wrapping up the Story - Tying the loose ends together
vs 1-3 Prologue
vs 4-7 Greeting and Dedication
vs 8 God’s Pronouncement
vs 9-11 John’s commission
vs 12-16 John’s commissioner
vs 17- The Commissioner’s Explanation
His Authority
His Plan
His Care
We have hope because:
We have hope because:
The Trinity is involved in the end goal of creation as well as its beginning
The Trinity is involved in the end goal of creation as well as its beginning
Not deism
Not traditionalism
Not consumerism
All of these depend on our ability to make life into what we expect
The Trinity is dynamically involved with one another in ruling our world
The Trinity is dynamically involved with one another in ruling our world
The Father is emphasized as always existing, all-powerful and involved.
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
The Spirit is emphasized as actively accomplishing God’s will and rule on the earth
“hovering over the face of the waters”
2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.
3 And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
10 For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.”
Jesus is described as
faithfully witness regarding who God is
conquering death
ruler of the earth
ultimately executing God’s judgment and rule on the earth
Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith. Which faith unless every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
And the Catholic faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Essence.
For there is one Person of the Father; another of the Son; and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one; the Glory equal, the Majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is; such is the Son; and such is the Holy Ghost.
The Father uncreated; the Son uncreated; and the Holy Ghost uncreated. The Father unlimited; the Son unlimited; and the Holy Ghost unlimited. The Father eternal; the Son eternal; and the Holy Ghost eternal.
And yet they are not three eternals; but one eternal. As also there are not three uncreated; nor three infinites, but one uncreated; and one infinite. So likewise the Father is Almighty; the Son Almighty; and the Holy Ghost Almighty. And yet they are not three Almighties; but one Almighty.
So the Father is God; the Son is God; and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods; but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord; the Son Lord; and the Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords; but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity; to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord; So are we forbidden by the Catholic religion; to say, There are three Gods, or three Lords.
The Father is made of none; neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone; not made, nor created; but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten; but proceeding.
So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is before, or after another; none is greater, or less than another. But the whole three Persons are coeternal, and coequal.
So that in all things, as aforesaid; the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity, is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved, let him thus think of the Trinity.
The Trinity remade us into His kingdom and will judge those who reject His rule
The Trinity remade us into His kingdom and will judge those who reject His rule
Remaking - Notre Dame Cathedral
Priests to God
Judgment over evil
1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
Gen 1 - made/remade
God as one/3
Image of God
What do you hope in?
Do you see the grace of knowing where we are headed?
Do you believe he has made you a priest? Are you growing in understanding and living that out?
Do you believe judgement is coming? How should you live if the things everyone else lives for don’t ultimately matter?
Community Group questions
What worries you about our world today? What feels depressing and hopeless about the news you feel?
How does knowing that God is fully involved in His world shape your hearing of the news?
How does knowing God is fully unified in setting things right give comfort? If God the Father is fully in control of history how does that comfort? If the Spirit is fully involved in accomplishing God’s rule on earth how does that comfort? If Jesus will fully accomplish God’s rule over all people (dead and alive as well as the powerful) how does that comfort?
How do you react when you hear that judgment is coming? What fears arise? What confidence springs forth?
How will you talk about the future knowing God is fully involved in making things right?