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Revelation 14:1-5 & 15:1-4. Will I be a disciple? Or Whose disciple will I be?. Things are not what they seem!. How are things different than they appear? What is the nature of reality as this vision describes it?
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Revelation 14:1-5 & 15:1-4 Will I be a disciple? Or Whose disciple will I be?
Things are not what they seem! • How are things different than they appear? • What is the nature of reality as this vision describes it? • The call to discipleship is a call to live in and by a radically alternative vision of reality.
Two Related Scenes Revelation 14a Revelation 15a
Mt. Zion: Rev 14a • The LAMB and NOT theLION. • Mt. Zion • 144,000 • Are You among them?
7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 1. The Lamb's people know that they are not their own any more.
7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 2. They know they are an offering, a sacrifice to God.
7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 3. They know they are engaged to the Lamb. Three Options: Celibacy. Holy Warriors Metaphorically: betrothed to Jesus!
7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 4. They want to be like the Lamb! How?: No lying. Blameless
7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 5. They are Followers, NOT Leaders.
7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 6. They win the victory over the beast. OVERCOMING: Ostricization. Financially excluded. Starved. Threatened with death. Killed.
7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 7. They are known by the song they sing. The Song they sing is: Saturated with scripture. Radically God-oriented!
Its Not About ME! The “horizontilization of the holy”
Sing the Song Standing on the Sea • From Mountain to Sea • Sea equals trouble/chaos. • A disciple is one faithful in the midst of the mess, not safe on the mountain.