may not be sufficient to convince dispensationalists (or others) that that kind of approach to Revelation is misguided and irresponsible. After all, Revelation, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, right? At that moment, we may draw on the wisdom of Christopher Rowland: The nature of Revelation’s polyvalent imagery means that there is at the end of the day no refuting of readings like this [escapist dispensationalism]. One can only appeal to consistency with the wider demand of the gospel and its application by generations of men and women in lives of service and involvement with the
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