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Revelation (Paperback)
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Revelation (Paperback)
Series: Food for the Journey Keswick Devotionals, 1
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Loot Price R147
Discovery Miles 1 470
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Does the church have a future? Across the generations troubled
Christians have often asked this question. Even as early as the end
of the first century the future of the church hung in the balance.
False teaching, internal division and persecution were rife.
Emperor Domitian had exiled the apostle John, probably in his 90s,
on the island of Patmos. You can imagine John, pacing up and down
the island at night, looking across the sea to the cities on the
shore, wondering, `Does the church have a future?' Into this
situation the Lord comes and makes these glorious revelations. He
gives John this vision and tells him to write to the seven churches
of Asia Minor, in the eastern part of the Roman Empire, in what is
now called Turkey. To each of these churches Jesus says, `I know...
I know your hopes and dreams, your faults and failings, your joys
and sorrows, your temptations and frustrations.' Jesus knew each
church, and so he could speak wisely and truthfully into each
circumstance. He said some hard things to shake the believers out
of their apathy. He also spoke words of comfort. The letter ends by
pointing the believers to heaven, a reminder that despite their
present struggles, ultimately they are on the victory side. Today
the church still faces internal division, opposition and
persecution. It is understandable that some believers ask, `Does
the church have a future?' The answer is the same as it always has
been. Absolutely.
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