A New Vision of Reality
Revelation 4-5
Part of Revelation
June 18, 2023
Revelation invites us into a new
and
of reality.
Revelation 4:1-4, 6b-8, 11
Revelation 5:1-4
2 scrolls that are failing us:
and
.
Moralism’s scroll says, “You must behave to be saved!”
Modernism’s scroll says, “God loves and accepts everyone just as they are!”
Revelation 5:5-10
Ultimate reality comes from
centrality.
“Failure to worship consigns us to a life of spasms and jerks, at the mercy of every advertisement, every seduction, every siren. Without worship we live manipulated and manipulating lives. We move in either frightened panic or deluded lethargy as we are, in turn, alarmed by spectres and soothed by placebos.” —Eugene Peterson
Moralism fails to see the Lamb was slaughtered
of us.
Modernism fails to see the Lamb was slaughtered
of us.
Revelation 5:11-14
If you want to see ultimate reality, you must come to the end of yourself.