Understanding the scope of God’s redemptive purposes – From Genesis to Revelation
Please Note: This is a lengthy article (It summarizes 4 sermons and over 40 hours of work). I humbly ask you to read the entire piece as it is an attempt to bring these 4 messages together. I have included a throne-room-review, with all the art work embedded in the file if you would rather print it out and read it away from the computer screen.
I want to tie together the messages of the last four weeks. This is very important to me, and I think its something important to us as a church. I actually have a very specific intention – I am trying to be faithful to a strong sense that I have (that I believe is from the Lord), that our shared vision needs to be renewed. I thought about this, prayed and studied a great deal while I was on sabbatical and I believe the Lord spoke to me in wonderful ways from my study of the book of Revelation. I am convinced that the vision of Christ’s exaltation presented to the church in this extraordinary book brings redemptive history together in a way that can energize the church in a time of great need. I am convinced that ours is a time where we need to see Jesus as preeminent, enthroned and with a dominion that is everlasting and ever expanding. (more…)