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Clear searchEarth-dwellers, heaven-dwellers, and the literary structure of the Apocalypse
Where Is the Church during Revelation's Judgements? Earth-dwellers, heaven-dwellers, and the literary structure of the Apocalypse The argument that the word church disappears after Revelation 3 is often stated as though silence alone proves a…
Read article →Divine judgement, the character of God, and the promise of escape
…y is given to the riders. Heaven sends trumpet and bowl judgements. By the sixth seal the earth-dwellers recognise "the wrath of the Lamb" and announce that "the great day of his wrath is come" (Revelation 6:16-17). The period is therefore more than Christians being persecuted by…
Read article →The event is explicit; the real dispute is its timing
…s when that event occurs in relation to the Tribulation and Christ's public return to the earth. Christians may disagree seriously about the second question. The first should not be controversial. Paul describes the event directly. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven…
Read article →The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…evelation describes an hour coming upon the whole world to test "them that dwell upon the earth" and promises Philadelphia, "I also will keep thee from the hour" (Revelation 3:10). The earth-dwellers form a consistent moral company throughout the book: they rejoice over God's sla…
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