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August 16, 2023
I appreciate Greg Albrecht. I emailed him years ago; at that time I had thankfully extricated myself from the throes of a religious system and was stumbling closer to an encounter of God’s unconditional love and grace. Greg always thoughtfully answered my emails, and with great detail.
I also appreciate this book. I don’t agree with all of it, but I like how Revelation Revolution stresses that the Book of Revelation is not about “when”, but about “who”. It’s the Revelation about Jesus Christ. And it’s a Good News story!!!
One point that I want to remember and so I will describe in my review is when Greg writes about Revelation’s letters to the seven churches, Laodicea in particular. I was having a disagreement with a friend about the famous quote by Jesus: “I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” (Revelation 3) My friend said that the hot and cold was reference to law vs grace. I disagreed. I feel that oftentimes we try to interpret the Bible to our own narrative, rather than try to understand what is being said at the time, and to whom it is written. Laodicea’s water supply was “lukewarm”, unlike the water in Colossae, which was cold, pure, and delicious. In Hieropolos, another town near Laodicea, the residents enjoyed therapeutic hot mineral springs. Jesus said the spiritual condition of Laodicea was like their water - lukewarm. Because of this, He wanted to spit them out. Laodicea also considered itself to be self-sufficient, in need of nothing. But Jesus said they were actually “wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked” (v 17), a severe commentary about their pride in being physically self-sufficient. The commentary about being blind and naked also is specific to the Laodiceans because they were famous for manufacturing a world famous eye salve, and they were known for their textile industry.
Performance-based religion tells us that if all is well outwardly, then we “pass”. But Jesus says that in spite of the eye salve, the Laodiceans fail to recognize their standing with God is not based on externals.
I recommend this book.
I also appreciate this book. I don’t agree with all of it, but I like how Revelation Revolution stresses that the Book of Revelation is not about “when”, but about “who”. It’s the Revelation about Jesus Christ. And it’s a Good News story!!!
One point that I want to remember and so I will describe in my review is when Greg writes about Revelation’s letters to the seven churches, Laodicea in particular. I was having a disagreement with a friend about the famous quote by Jesus: “I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” (Revelation 3) My friend said that the hot and cold was reference to law vs grace. I disagreed. I feel that oftentimes we try to interpret the Bible to our own narrative, rather than try to understand what is being said at the time, and to whom it is written. Laodicea’s water supply was “lukewarm”, unlike the water in Colossae, which was cold, pure, and delicious. In Hieropolos, another town near Laodicea, the residents enjoyed therapeutic hot mineral springs. Jesus said the spiritual condition of Laodicea was like their water - lukewarm. Because of this, He wanted to spit them out. Laodicea also considered itself to be self-sufficient, in need of nothing. But Jesus said they were actually “wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked” (v 17), a severe commentary about their pride in being physically self-sufficient. The commentary about being blind and naked also is specific to the Laodiceans because they were famous for manufacturing a world famous eye salve, and they were known for their textile industry.
Performance-based religion tells us that if all is well outwardly, then we “pass”. But Jesus says that in spite of the eye salve, the Laodiceans fail to recognize their standing with God is not based on externals.
I recommend this book.
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