tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post1744759118733188284..comments2023-07-19T18:07:56.603-04:00Comments on Progressive Christian Reflections by Chris Glaser: Fear, Flight, Fight, and Fancy--A RevelationChris Glaserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-6810742215124239722013-01-31T17:14:18.428-05:002013-01-31T17:14:18.428-05:00We are currently working with Revelation in our Lu...We are currently working with Revelation in our Lutheran Congregation's Study Group. We read "The Rapture Exposed" by Barbara Rossing. What I've come away with is that Revelation is a very complex and highly allegorical piece of prose. There are plenty of people that are more than willing to tell us that they have unscrambled the mystery and are willing to let us in on it. If we could just send a love gift along to support their efforts to "warn" the world. It is our fault, we set Revelation apart because it requires some time and it requires some prayer. In setting it apart though we forget the same rule we apply to the rest of Scripture and that is to view it through the lens of the Cross. If we can accomplish that then the image of the Lamb, slain for us reemerges as the center of the story. God is not taking back the business he completed on Calvary but is refocussing a still militant world using militant language. But look deeper, the Lamb always the Lamb, the sword is situated in the mouth, we are to use the story of God's triumph by our mouths not our arms. We are going to reclaim Revelation as a message of Hope which runs radically against the powers of this world.Steve Olsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-20822370849770988292013-01-31T15:14:38.365-05:002013-01-31T15:14:38.365-05:00I've been leading a study through Revelation, ...I've been leading a study through Revelation, now going on for 37 weeks, and a few more to go. We've been reading it as drama (or "fancy" as you describe it). There is a great deal of overlap in the truths that you listed and what we've discovered in our study. <br /><br />Our group, too, comes from a background predominated by a fear and fury reading of Revelation, and find this different way of reading more consistent with the God that is described in the Gospels.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00511409510281960927noreply@blogger.com