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Revelation for the Rest of Us

A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple

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Revelation for the Rest of Us

Written by: Scot McKnight, Cody Matchett
Narrated by: Wayne Campbell
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The biblical Book of Revelation frustrates and fascinates many people with its imagery and apocalyptic tone. Most popular interpretations of the book rely on a perspective known as dispensationalism, popularized by the Scofield Bible and more recently the Left Behind series of novels. Yet there are many problems with this popular way of reading Revelation, and until now, few alternatives have been available that were easy to understand.

In Revelation for the Rest of Us, Scot McKnight with Cody Matchett explore the timeless message of Revelation and how it speaks to us today with a courageous challenge to be faithful witnesses to Jesus while standing against the ever-present reality of worldly authorities. The writer, John, stimulates the imagination to see the world differently, through the eyes of God, presenting a "divine politic" that subverts the anti-god patterns of governments, empires, and those in power.

McKnight addresses the popular misconceptions about the book, explaining what John means in his use of the images of dragons, lambs, and beasts, and how the symbolism of Revelation speaks powerfully to the present day—though not in the way most people think. Drawing from the latest scholarship, they present an understanding of Revelation for anyone interested in deepening their personal study of the Bible as well as preachers looking to communicate this timeless message today.

McKnight offers in this book a discipleship manual for discerning the immoralities of political powers and how the church can be both an agent of resistance and transformation.

John designed his Book of Revelation to disciple readers into dissidents of the ways of the world and empire. John describes that empire with the term "Babylon." Babylon is a timeless image of empire, militarism, economic exploitation, injustice, and oppression. The Book of Revelation disciples Christians through worship and the courageous challenge of faithful, or allegiant, witness to the slaughtered-Lamb. John's dissident disciples can discern the presence of "Babylon" in our world and learn to speak up, speak out, and walk in the way of the Lamb. He disciples us by stimulating our imaginations to see the world and "Babylon" through the eyes of God, and in so doing John presents a "divine politic," a view of government and power that subverts the anti-god patterns of "Babylon" today.

Graphics, appendices, recommended resources, and notes are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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©2023 Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett (P)2023 Zondervan
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He is quite arrogant to think that he has the correct interpretation

Worth listening to as it jars your world view and thoughts on the book of Revelation. But the arrogance in this writers tone is quite revealing. There is truth in this for sure, but also much I disagree with. There are things that McKnight talks about could be turned around in his face and shown as a mirror to critic his hermeneutic and political belief. He has many anti conservative and pro liberal views that inform his opinion on interpreting The book of Revelations. Enjoy!

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