Revelation 14:7 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Revelation 14:7An Angel’s Worldview

John T. BaldwinSlide2

Introduction

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 14:7Slide3

Introduction

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 14:7Slide4

Implications for UnityEight far-reaching implications of this allusion provide the basis for the possibility of unparalleled contemporary Christian

unity

.Slide5

Introduction

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 14:7Slide6

Introduction

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 14:7Slide7

Introduction

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 14:7Slide8

Introduction

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 14:7Slide9

Introduction

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 14:7Slide10

Definite allusion

Exodus 20:11

Revelation 14:7

Fourth Commandment

First Angel’s MessageSlide11

Whole Old

Testament

context

New Testament passage

Bible writers intended for allusions to send their first-century hearers back to the original Old Testament contextSlide12

Divine confirmation

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 worldviewSlide13

Points back to whole context

For in six days the Lord

Made

theHeavens

and theEarth, the

Seas and all that is in them

Worship him who

Made

the

Heavens

and

Earth

and

Sea

and Springs of watersSlide14

Implication #1

For in six days the Lord

made

the

heavens

and the

earth, the seas

and all that is in them

Worship him

who

made

the

heavens

and

earth

and

s

ea

and

springs

of watersSlide15

Implication #1

For

in six days the Lord

made

the

heavens and the e

arth

, the

s

eas

and all that is in them

Worship him

who [in six days]

made

the

heavens

and

earth

and

s

ea

and

springs

of watersSlide16

Implication #2Contemporary Relevance

Three contextual factors:

Apocalyptic end-time sweep of Rev. 12-14

Linked to 2

nd

coming of Jesus

Hour of His judgment is come—mid 19th centurySlide17

Implication #2Contemporary Relevance

God’s final appeal to humanity

To be taken as historically and scientifically trueSlide18

Possible objection

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?Slide19

Objection Answered

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 oneSlide20

Implication #3Speaks to macroevolution

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.Slide21

Implication #4A Global Flood

If a six-day creation is historically true, a corresponding historical global flood is necessary to explain the presence of the geologic column.Slide22

Prelude to #5

For in six days the Lord

Made

theHeavens

and theEarth, the

Seas and all

that is in them

Worship him who

Made

the

Heavens

and

Earth

and

Sea

and

Springs

of watersSlide23

For in six days the Lord

Made

the

Heavens and the

Earth, theSeas

and all that is in them

Worship him who

Made

the

Heavens

and

Earth

and

Sea

and

Springs [or fountains]

of watersSlide24

For in six days the Lord

Made

the

Heavens and the

Earth, theSeas

and all that is in them

Worship him who

Made

the

Heavens

and

Earth

and

Sea

and

Springs [or fountains]

of waters

?Slide25

Prelude--A Warning?

For in six days the Lord

Made

theHeavens

and theEarth

, theSeas and

all

that is in them

Worship him who

Made

the

Heavens

and

Earth

and

Sea

and

Springs [or fountains]

of waters

?Slide26

Implication #5Character of God

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.Slide27

Implication #6--Hermeneutics

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 textSlide28

Implication #7--Postmodernism

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 metanarrativeSlide29

Implication #8--Epistemology

Referential

Expressivist

Religious language refers to natural world

Conflict is possible

Religious language may not refer to the natural world.

Removes the possibility of conflictSlide30

ConclusionThe 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.Slide31

ConclusionRevelation 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.”Slide32

Epilogue

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

Adventist ReviewSlide33

EpilogueLinking 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 messageSlide34

Epilogue

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.”Slide35

EpilogueEnd-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.Slide36

Revelation 14:7An Angel’s Worldview

John T. Baldwin

Creation, Catastrophe, & Calvary

Why a Global Flood Is Vital to the Doctrine of AtonementSlide37

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