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"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, con
cerning the word of life -- the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it ...." I John 1:1-2 (RSV)

"After his resurrection the disciples saw the living Christ, whom they knew to have died, with the eyes of faith (oculata fide)." Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, III, 55, 2 ad 1, as quoted in D. M. Stanley, Jesus in Gethsemane (New York, Paulist Press 1980).

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Book of Revelation - God is Sovereign

This is the second post on Richard Bauckham's book, The Theology of the Book of Revelation. Bauckham points out that the throne on which God sits is mentioned frequently in Revelation. The throne is "one of the central symbols of the whole book. It indicates how decisive for the theological perspective of Revelation is faith in God's sovereignty over all things."
We also see the sovereignty of God in God's name.  God is the One who is and who was and who is to come, and Baucksham states that we see this designation used five times in Revelation.    This is important because  "[h]aving seen God's sovereignty in heaven, he can then see how it must come to be acknowledged on earth." In chapter 5 of Revelation John introduces "the Lamb, Jesus Christ, as the one who is to bring God's rule into effect on earth ...."

Quotes are from Bauckham, Richard. 1993. The Theology of the Book of Revelation, Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.

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