A reflection on the 2024 election through the lens of Revelation.

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Tucked in the middle of Revelation is an easy to overlook story holding one of, if not THE central message of the entire apocalypse.

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Does Revelation depict a violent, blood-thirsty, vengeful God, or is something deeper happening here?

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This is the "central and centering image, the governing metaphor, the focal point of Revelation."

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The entire book of Revelation is a message to the "seven churches in the province of Asia." To understand Revelation, we have to understand those communities.

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This is a work of art not a piece of literature you can just pick up and read without some serious study.

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Does Jesus really teach all rich people are condemned and all poor people automatically saved (Luke 16:19-31)?

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This is a really difficult parable (Matthew 22:1-14).

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God is recklessly extravagant with his grace toward us.

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Josh Pease of The Porch Church considers Jesus' metaphor likening the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed.

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