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Revelation 14:7 An Angel’s Worldview

Revelation 14:7 An Angel’s Worldview. John T. Baldwin. Revelation 14:7. “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7. Introduction. Exodus 20:11. Revelation 14:7.

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Revelation 14:7 An Angel’s Worldview

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  1. Revelation 14:7An Angel’s Worldview John T. Baldwin

  2. Revelation 14:7 • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 Introduction

  3. Exodus 20:11 Revelation 14:7 • “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11 • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 Introduction

  4. Eight far-reaching implications of this allusion provide the basis for the possibility of unparalleled contemporary Christian unity. Implications for Unity

  5. Exodus 20:11 Revelation 14:7 • “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11 • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 Introduction

  6. Exodus 20:11 Revelation 14:7 • “For in six days the Lord madethe heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11 • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who madeheaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 Introduction

  7. Exodus 20:11 Revelation 14:7 • “For in six days the Lord madethe heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11 • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who madeheaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 Introduction

  8. Exodus 20:11 Revelation 14:7 • “For in six days the Lord madethe heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11 • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who madeheaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 Introduction

  9. Exodus 20:11 Revelation 14:7 • “For in six days the Lord madethe heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11 • “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who madeheaven and earth, the seaand springs of water.” Revelation 14:7 Introduction

  10. Exodus 20:11 Revelation 14:7 • Fourth Commandment • First Angel’s Message Definite allusion

  11. Whole Old Testament context New Testament passage Bible writers intended for allusions to send their first-century hearers back to the original Old Testament context

  12. Applied to Revelation 14:7, this idea means that this allusion seeks to direct the reader to a whole textual context • The fourth commandment AND the concept of creation in six days • Divinely intended first-century confirmation of the six-day creation worldview Divine confirmation

  13. For in six days the Lord • Madethe • Heavensand the • Earth, the • Seasand all that is in them • Worship him who • Madethe • Heavensand • Earth and • Sea and Springs of waters Points back to whole context

  14. For in six days the Lord made the heavensand the earth, the seasand all that is in them • Worship him who madetheheavensand earth andsea and springs of waters Implication #1

  15. Forin six days the Lord madetheheavensand the earth, the seasand all that is in them • Worship him who [in six days] madetheheavensand earth andsea and springs of waters Implication #1

  16. Three contextual factors: • Apocalyptic end-time sweep of Rev. 12-14 • Linked to 2nd coming of Jesus • Hour of His judgment is come—mid 19th century Implication #2Contemporary Relevance

  17. God’s final appeal to humanity To be taken as historically and scientifically true Implication #2Contemporary Relevance

  18. Does the absence of the words “in six days” in Revelation 14:7 suggest that God is in some way implying that we should, in fact, no longer regard a six-day creation as historically true? Otherwise, would God not have explicitly said “in six days” in the first angel’s message? Possible objection

  19. It would make Jesus contradict what He spoke from Sinai. • Rev. 14:7 approvingly alludes to Ex. 20:11 endorsing the seventh-day Sabbath and by implication the reason for it • An allusion is a shorthand way of endorsing an entire passage • Would force a later portion of Scripture to directly contradict an earlier one Objection Answered

  20. According to historicist interpretation, during the same year that “Darwin’s 1844 Sketch” was completed, God sent a special message to the world saying that He created the basic life-forms in six days, not millions of years. Implication #3Speaks to macroevolution

  21. If a six-day creation is historically true, a corresponding historical global flood is necessary to explain the presence of the geologic column. Implication #4A Global Flood

  22. For in six days the Lord • Madethe • Heavensand the • Earth, the • Seasand • all that is in them • Worship him who • Madethe • Heavensand • Earth and • Sea and • Springs of waters Prelude to #5

  23. For in six days the Lord • Madethe • Heavensand the • Earth, the • Seasand • all that is in them • Worship him who • Madethe • Heavensand • Earth and • Sea and • Springs [or fountains] of waters

  24. For in six days the Lord • Madethe • Heavensand the • Earth, the • Seasand • all that is in them • Worship him who • Madethe • Heavensand • Earth and • Sea and • Springs [or fountains] of waters ?

  25. For in six days the Lord • Madethe • Heavensand the • Earth, the • Seasand • all that is in them • Worship him who • Madethe • Heavensand • Earth and • Sea and • Springs [or fountains] of waters ? Prelude--A Warning?

  26. A rapid creation and a global flood directly safeguard God’s goodness by removing from Him any responsibility for producing life-forms through an evolutionary process. Implication #5Character of God

  27. None other than the resurrected Lord, Himself, interprets Genesis 1 literally. This reminds us of an important hermeneutical principle—interpret the Bible literally and historically when called for by the text Implication #6--Hermeneutics

  28. Postmodernism—objective, unchanging truth might not exist. A single six-contiguous-creative-day creation worldview is valid to the coming of Christ and beyond. Overarching truth—unchanging metanarrative Implication #7--Postmodernism

  29. Referential Expressivist Religious language refers to natural world Conflict is possible Religious language may not refer to the natural world. Removes the possibility of conflict Implication #8--Epistemology

  30. The eight implications show how verse 7 provides a powerful basis for a new, unparalleled Christian unity of several dimensions. • The acceptance and implementation of these implications can unify Christian theology and scientific research in profound and healing ways. Conclusion

  31. Revelation 14:7 can serve as the cosmological North Star for Christian theological, scientific, and spiritual unity in a postmodern era. The passage enables us to know, trust, and worship the immeasurably loving God who in six days created the “heaven, and earth, the sea, and the fountains of water.” Conclusion

  32. “The Final Deception: An Evil, Counterfeit Trinity Is Now Making Ready for War,” by Jon Paulien in the Adventist Review Epilogue

  33. Linking the plague of frogs in Egypt (the magician’s final deception) with Revelation 16, Pauline suggests that an end-time trio will seek to counterfeit God’s end-time message Epilogue

  34. Paulien suggests that the end-time encounter between the two groups of ideas will be “a battle between the Scriptures and perception, between reality as experienced by the five senses, and ultimate reality as revealed by God Himself.” It “will be a battle between two truth systems: one will be confirmed scientifically; the other will be confirmed only by Scripture.” Epilogue

  35. End-time believers may have to rely wholly upon the Word of God not only regarding matters such as the state of the dead, but also to a wider circle of issues such as the method of creation and the historicity of the biblical flood. Epilogue

  36. Revelation 14:7An Angel’s Worldview John T. Baldwin Creation, Catastrophe, & Calvary Why a Global Flood Is Vital to the Doctrine of Atonement

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