We’ve reached the end of Revelation, this week we’ll be reading and discussion chapters 21 and 22.
Last week we read chapters 19 and 20 out loud before discussing them, just how Revelation was meant to be read. We went over the marriage supper of the lamb and the rider on the white horse. We noticed the similarities between this final battle and the other accounts of the final battle previously described in Revelation. Where some other battles talk about the heavenly host as all fighting against the powers of darkness, this one has the rider as the only one doing the fighting, by a double-edged sword coming out of his mouth. We went into a discussion about the power of words (to create, shape opinions, etc.) and how here the words (gospel) are what is slaying all the powers of darkness.
We also discussed a lot of the different perspectives on the thousand years (the millennium) which Vern discusses in his commentary.
This week we’ll be closing up the book by discussing the new heavens, new earth, new Jerusalem, the river of life, and some closing exhortations. Here are a couple questions to ponder:
Why all the details in describing the new heavens, earth, and Jerusalem? Do these specific descriptions have any deeper spiritual meanings?
The big theme which we’ve been discussing over and over is that God is in control of history and the future, with Christ as the ultimate triumphing lamb – the closing is full (I counted 4 references) of saying that Christ is coming again “soon.” How do we take this saying given that these words were written close to two centuries later?
Looking forward to being with you all again this Wednesday
Bryan
