Tag: Revelation
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Thursday, Revelation 2:8-17
We have two of the Lord’s letters in today’s reading — Smyrna and Pergamum. 8. To the angel of the church in Smyrna write these things: The first and the last, the one who was dead and lived, says, 9. ‘I know your distress and poverty, but you are rich. I also know the blasphemy…
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Advent 2020: Revelation 20:1-10
During the season of Advent, I am translating from Greek to English the weekday epistle readings out of the Daily Lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer. Monday, 21 December 2020 Revelation 20:1-10 The Text Revelation 20 1. I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the abyss and a…
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Advent 1, Year C, Zechariah 14:4-9
In my opinion, there is no more Christological Old Testament book than Zechariah. Word for word, it punches way above its weight. This is especially true in the latter section of text, beginning around Chapter 9. The lectionary reading to start the advent observance doesn’t disappoint. Nestled here in the ‘fly-over country’ of the Bible…
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ADVENT 2013–WEEK THREE AND CHRISTMAS EVE
When many of us think about Christmas, music dominates. Whether it is Bing Crosby, Eartha Kitt, Messiah, or Christmas Cantatas at church we always associate the Christmas holiday with beautiful music. The third week of Advent brings us to Revelation 6, which has some of the early church’s greatest worship songs and they serve as…