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Apocalypse And Allegiance
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Author : J. Nelson Kraybill
language : en
Publisher: Brazos Press
Release Date : 2010-04-01
Apocalypse And Allegiance written by J. Nelson Kraybill and has been published by Brazos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-01 with Religion categories.
In this lively introduction, J. Nelson Kraybill shows how the book of Revelation was understood by its original readers and what it means for Christians today. Kraybill places Revelation in its first-century context, opening a window into the political, economic, and social realities of the early church. His fresh interpretation highlights Revelation's liturgical structure and directs readers' attentions to twenty-first-century issues of empire, worship, and allegiance, showing how John's apocalypse is relevant to the spiritual life of believers today. The book includes maps, timelines, photos, a glossary, discussion questions, and stories of modern Christians who live out John's vision of a New Jerusalem.
Allegiance
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Author : Shawn Chesser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-06
Allegiance written by Shawn Chesser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06 with categories.
Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services 122,990 words. Approximately 490 pages Allegiance, Book 5 in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up two days after "A Pound of Flesh: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse" left off. Outbreak - Day 1. Like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane, Presidents, Premiers, entire governments and their ruling bodies disappeared instantly. Some had ensconced themselves in deep underground bunkers or remained holed up in fortified strongholds, but history would tell that most had been swallowed up by the dead - never to be heard from again. Infection rates skyrocketed in the United States' largest cities the first days of the outbreak, as the rapacious dead delivered the Omega virus with emotionless efficiency. During the ensuing days, the rest of the country and the world shared the same fate as Omega spread exponentially from within the mega population centers, pulsing into the countryside, a rotten, shambling diaspora. It had taken 3.7 billion years for man to evolve from a universal common ancestor - to stop dragging his collective knuckles - finally to emerge the dominant species, complete with shiny new iPads, Smartphones, worldwide non-stop air travel, and all manner of high tech war machines. Yet it had taken one microscopic man-made virus only three days to deliver mankind, on its collective knees, to the doorstep of extinction. WARNING - SPOILERS AHEAD Outbreak - Day 15. With an estimated ninety-nine percent of the United States' population having already succumbed to the rapidly spreading Omega virus, and countries and cities worldwide teeming with the dead, the struggle to survive the zombie apocalypse continues unabated in the high desert of Colorado. Having just returned from a hastily thrown together secret mission that saw Robert Christian-the self-proclaimed President of his "New America"-snatched from his mountain redoubt and delivered kicking and screaming to the justice awaiting him at Schriever Air Force Base, Cade Grayson, father, husband, and Delta Force operator is horrified to learn that during his absence the base had been compromised, putting his family in harm's way. Its inhabitants still reeling from Pug's act of terror, and recently rocked by an undead outbreak inside the wire, Schriever no longer seems an island of safety surrounded by a sea of dead, but more like a shadowy prison, danger lurking within its walls. So, with the Z-infested cities of Denver and Aurora to the north and a hundred thousand flesh eaters inhabiting Pueblo to the south, and all hope of a cure for Omega dwindling faster than the world's population, Cade uses a mandated two-day stand down to fully weigh out his options. With each passing day, he finds himself warming to Brook's stance that they pull up stakes and put the acres of squat buildings and fenced-in concrete in their rearview mirror for good. With his allegiance walking a tightrope between family and flag, will Cade appease Brook and move the family to Logan Winter's compound outside of Eden, Utah? Or will he lobby her to allow the family to stay at on Schriever, so that his Delta Team-still recovering from the recent loss of soft-spoken Sergeant Darwin Maddox and the Unit's longtime commander General Mike Desantos-will not find themselves undermanned and outgunned should another important mission crop up? Or will the talented Mister Murphy-of Murphy's Law fame-throw a monkey wrench into the equation and alter the best laid plans of mice and men?
Apocalypse And Allegiance
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Author : J. Nelson Kraybill
language : en
Publisher: Brazos Press
Release Date : 2010-04
Apocalypse And Allegiance written by J. Nelson Kraybill and has been published by Brazos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04 with Religion categories.
A respected biblical scholar shows how the Book of Revelation made sense to its first readers and what it really means for Christians today.
Imperial Cult And Commerce In John S Apocalypse
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Author : J. Nelson Kraybill
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1996-06-01
Imperial Cult And Commerce In John S Apocalypse written by J. Nelson Kraybill and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-01 with Religion categories.
Drawing evidence from ancient literature, coins, inscriptions and artwork, Kraybill points to the penetration of the Roman imperial cult (emperor worship) into commercial settings as a primary concern of the Apocalypse. By the time John was on Patmos, people in Asia Minor could not 'buy or sell' without giving idolatrous allegiance to Rome. Imperial cult and commerce blended in guild halls, the banking industry and the market place. John calls readers to 'come out from' pagan loyalties of Roman imperial society and give full allegiance to a New Jerusalem of justice and equality under the rule of Christ.
Uncovering The Treasures Of The Apocalypse
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Author : David L. Mathewson
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-07-15
Uncovering The Treasures Of The Apocalypse written by David L. Mathewson and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-15 with Religion categories.
The book of Revelation continues to baffle and confound present-day readers. Its strange imagery and the bewildering number of interpretations of the book have left most readers paralyzed with fear. What is needed is a book that introduces the reader to the most important keys to keep in mind when interpreting the last book of the Bible. This book provides just that: it offers, explains, and illustrates five of the most crucial keys for unlocking the message of the Apocalypse. These keys grow directly out of the kind of book Revelation is and reads it as the word of God for the church. It leads the reader to take Revelation seriously as a message first addressed to seven historical churches in the first century, before reading it as the word of God for today. These five keys can instill greater confidence in understanding the book that has always been out of the reach of most readers.
The End Of The World As You Know It
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Author : Matthew L. Halsted
language : en
Publisher: Lexham Press
Release Date : 2024-02-07
The End Of The World As You Know It written by Matthew L. Halsted and has been published by Lexham Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-07 with Religion categories.
Thinking about the end times isn't supposed to terrify you Christians rightly turn to the Bible to make sense of our times. But so often we get the wrong answers because we ask the wrong questions. In The End of the World as You Know It, Matthew L. Halsted challenges common end-times assumptions and points us back to Scripture. Each chapter reevaluates a popular question in light of the Bible's own concerns: Will Christians be raptured? What is the mark of the beast? When we let Scripture direct our questions, we get better—and more hopeful—answers. The Bible was written for us, but not to us. We must bridge the gap between Scripture's ancient context and our own. Reading end-times texts in their ancient context helps us understand our present and future. And when we do, we find that God's word brings peace, not fear and confusion.
The Balance
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Author : Allan Stoddart
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2016-12-05
The Balance written by Allan Stoddart and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with Fiction categories.
In this first of three novels of the ultimate battle between good and evil, we discover mans original creation of sin through evolution and the conflictions and manifestations that come with it. Mankinds survival has been left to his own means to defend in the absence of God and in the influence of evil. Not only does the devil himself and all sin wish to devour and enslave all of mankinds souls but even more so does Michael. Forced to rebel against God by Gabriels ultimate betrayal, the archangel Michael, who once fought for man, intends to create an army of purgatory from the very souls he takes. An allegiance of man must be called forth as a last and final defense for survival against this dark apocalypse. Mankind must protect and prevail if another day of light is to be seen, but can all men be trusted to protect?
Comfort And Protest
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Author : Allan Aubrey Boesak
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2015-07-17
Comfort And Protest written by Allan Aubrey Boesak and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-17 with Religion categories.
By the time Comfort and Protest was completed, South Africa was in a declared state of emergency. Within the context of the ongoing struggle in his country, Allan Boesak has written a powerful and urgent commentary on the Book of Revelation. He provides scriptural and historical interpretations, emphasizing that the drama which unfolds in the Apocalypse is played out in history whenever a political ruler claims the allegiance that belongs to God alone. Amid persecution and temptations to despair, Boesak provides a message of hope. He sees that, in the Apocalypse, "John longs passionately for another day, another world. He feels it so keenly that he writes: "That day has come. The church shares this longing, for the tent of God to be among the people. This is what the church has lived and died for, worked and struggled for: justice and humanity and peace and fullness of life."
Waiting For Antichrist
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Author : Damian Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2005-04-21
Waiting For Antichrist written by Damian Thompson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-21 with Religion categories.
How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong? Some scholars argue that millenarians are psychologically disturbed; others maintain that their dreams of paradise on earth reflect a nascent political awareness. In this book Damian Thompson looks at the members of one religious group with a strong apocalyptic tradition--Kensington Temple, a large Pentecostal church in London--and attempts to understand how they reconcile doctrines of the end of the world with the demands of their everyday lives. He asks such questions as: Who is making the argument that the world is about to end, and on whose authority? How is it communicated? Which members are persuaded by it? What are the practical consequences for them? How do they rationalize their position? Based on extensive interviews as well as a survey of almost 3000 members, Thompson finds existing explanations of apocalyptic belief inadequate. Although they profess allegiance to millennial doctrine, he discovers, members actually assign a low priority to the "End Times." The history of millenarianism is littered with disappointment, Thompson notes, and the lesson has largely been learned: "predictive" millenarianism--with its risky time-specific predictions of the end--has been substantially supplanted by "explanatory" millenarianism, which uses apocalyptic narratives to explain features of the contemporary world. Most apocalyptic believers, he finds, are comfortable with these lower-cost explanatory narratives that do not require them to sell their houses and head for the hills. He does uncover a handful of "textbook" millenarians in the congregation--people who are confident that Jesus will return in their lifetimes. He concludes that their atypical beliefs were influenced by their conversion experiences, individual psychology, and degree of subcultural immersion. Although much has been written about apocalyptic belief, Thompson's empirically-based study is unprecedented. It constitutes an important step forward in our understanding of this puzzling feature of contemporary religious life.
Lyric Apocalypse
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Author : Ryan Netzley
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2015-01-22
Lyric Apocalypse written by Ryan Netzley and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
What’s new about the apocalypse? Revelation does not allow us to look back after the end and enumerate pivotal turning points. It happens in an immediate encounter with the transformatively new. John Milton’s and Andrew Marvell’s lyrics attempt to render the experience of such an apocalyptic change in the present. In this respect they take seriously the Reformation’s insistence that eschatology is a historical phenomenon. Yet these poets are also reacting to the Regicide, and, as a result, their works explore very modern questions about the nature of events, what it means for a significant historical occasion to happen. Lyric Apocalypse argues that Milton’s and Marvell’s lyrics challenge any retrospective understanding of events, including one built on a theory of revolution. Instead, these poems show that there is no “after” to the apocalypse, that if we are going to talk about change, we should do so in the present, when there is still time to do something about it. For both of these poets, lyric becomes a way to imagine an apocalyptic event that would be both hopeful and new.