Monthly Archives: February 2017

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. As a professing Christian standing in the Great Tradition of the Church, I believe that the faith and practices of early followers of Jesus form an important authority for contemporary expressions of Christianity. Regarding devotional practice, worship of JesusContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part I)”

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. While early Christian literature remains maddeningly obscure in its identification of source texts, theological influences, and employment of traditional materials—thereby rendering futile many attempts at identifying a single source as the genesis for any given idea or practice—Revelation’s generalContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Early Christianity (Part III)”

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Of course, the profusion of Jesus devotion in Revelation is not unique to the Apocalypse alone, but rather stands in continuity with other now–New Testament literature. John’s Christology—especially the implicit recognition of the divinity of Jesus, his identification withContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Early Christianity (Part II)”

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. It is now the place to examine the implications for early Christianity derived from this study of Revelation. Before proceeding, this project would be remiss to extract the Christology of Revelation from its larger rhetorical and theological aims, whichContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Early Christianity (Part I)”

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Revelation’s Christological portrait paints Jesus as Lord through a variety of descriptors—names, images, and actions—but also through devotional identification of Jesus with Yahweh. Jesus functions as the visible form of Yahweh, the eternal God of Israel, whose redemptive workContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Christological Findings”

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Consideration of additional hymnic evidence in Revelation confirms the appropriateness of Jesus’ worship alongside God. While Revelation’s hymns are sometimes less directly Christological than Paul’s adaptations and sometimes are argued to be literary transformation of Ephesian liturgical hymns,[1] theContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Hymnic Devotion”