Time, Death, and Power | FOUNDRYsermon

I’m excited about kicking off this series on Revelation. I think it is one of the least read and most misunderstood books of scripture. If you missed my video on my wild Revelation story and why I think the book matters, check it out on our Facebook.

In short, Revelation matters because it is part of scripture. We get the beginning and the end, and we don’t talk nearly enough about the end. We let folk tales and Pinterest give us a theological view of the book, but many of us have never read it. Revelation has the ability to speak DEEPLY into our lives today, just as it has for thousands of years. We just need to read it and apply it.

We start off this week with the beginning of the book, the visionary experience John had with Jesus.

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4 This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia.a]">[a]

Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spiritb]">[b] before his throne; 5 and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.

All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us. 6 He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

7 Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven.
    And everyone will see him—
    even those who pierced him.
And all the nations of the world
    will mourn for him.
Yes! Amen!

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,”c]">[c] says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”

Revelation 1:4-8

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We immediately jump into a wild experience, full of details that confuse us. But we also jump into a letter written by a disciple who has spent roughly 60 years living on the earth after Jesus rose from the dead, and who was very familiar with the Old Testament, and very familiar with what the Christian life looked like in a world that wasn’t wild about Christianity. And that is where we will begin…

I’m excited about kicking off this series on Revelation. I think it is one of the least read and most misunderstood books of scripture. If you missed my video on my wild Revelation story and why I think the book matters, check it out on our Facebook.

In short, Revelation matters because it is part of scripture. We get the beginning and the end, and we don’t talk nearly enough about the end. We let folk tales and Pinterest give us a theological view of the book, but many of us have never read it. Revelation has the ability to speak DEEPLY into our lives today, just as it has for thousands of years. We just need to read it and apply it.

We start off this week with the beginning of the book, the visionary experience John had with Jesus.

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4 This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia.[a]

Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit[b] before his throne; 5 and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.

All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us. 6 He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

7 Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven.     And everyone will see him—     even those who pierced him. And all the nations of the world     will mourn for him. Yes! Amen!

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,”[c] says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”

Revelation 1:4-8

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We immediately jump into a wild experience, full of details that confuse us. But we also jump into a letter written by a disciple who has spent roughly 60 years living on the earth after Jesus rose from the dead, and who was very familiar with the Old Testament, and very familiar with what the Christian life looked like in a world that wasn’t wild about Christianity. And that is where we will begin…