What we're doing
A few weeks ago two preachers had a pint at the local pub, and talk turned to the future. I mean, the fuuuuture. One of us was planning a study of The Revelation of John for an adult Sunday School class, and was seeking the counsel of his friend and colleague. The conversation carried on for a long while, and what emerged through the smoke and Smithwicks was a collaborative seven-week sermon series on eschatology, that branch of systematic theology concerned with the future, particularly with God's future and God's purposes for it.
We agreed to start this week, January 7th, 2007, with the opening of Revelation. After that, we'll each alternate in selecting a text, until there are six total, sort of like a draft. Some of these texts, like the one from Revelation 1, will be apocalyptic; others won't. Because eschatology is a fairly wide river with a number of tributaries running into it, only one of which is apocalyptic literature like that found in Revelation and Daniel.
Ablogalypto will be a space for our week-to-week conversation about this project. We'll discuss exegesis and sermon preparation, and hopefully post audio for each sermon. We're hoping to generate a conversation between friends, which is what started this thing to begin with. But we also are hoping that the conversation spreads to not-yet friends, even to never-gonna-be friends, so that some kind of growth and transformation may be generated.
Welcome to the conversation.
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In preparation of the exegesis of Revelations, one must first purchase a bakers dozen of Smithwicks and a canoe. You will then paddle to the Island of Patmos. Under the third coconut tree on the right, will be a man in a yellow sweatervest named Nodnal, who in broken Cantonese, will give you these final instructions. "As you begin your journey in the final chapter of the best selling book in history, rejoice in the awesome power of Christ, and remember that regardless of what happens now or in the future, nothing can ever seperate you from his love!"
That's absolutely beautiful.
Looking forward to the rest of the series - thanks for pointing this out on my blog.
FYI
For anyone interested in knowing, "Revelation" comes from the Greek word apokalypsis and means "an uncovering", an unveiling" or "a disclosure".
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