6/ Revelation divides not by violence, but by illumination. Flowing from this is the prophets' witness: the eschatological event is inevitable. What is not inevitable is how it will be received. Our response determines whether the fire refines us or reduces us to ash.
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25/ Put plainly, true resurrection isn’t atmospheric—it’s geographic. It isn’t announced from clouds but from fields, kitchens and in the weave. It comes to ground through kinship and service, in the act of loving one’s neighbor. Every eschaton is local—or it is nothing at all.
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Copy of tweet here: 25/ Put plainly, true resurrection isn’t atmospheric—it’s geographic. It isn’t announced from clouds but from fields, kitchens and in the weave. It comes to ground through kinship and service, in the act of loving one’s neighbor. Every eschaton is local—or it is nothing at all. Image of tweet here: [Image consists of a graphic rebuild of the original tweet, maintaining content integrity while improving legibility. A common image-enhancement approach of mine]
Out walking this morning, a few thoughts on the shocking apocalyptic hopefulness of Rev. 21. @brianmclaren: "That's why Revelation ends with a single word. That word is not WAIT! Nor is NOT YET! or SOMEDAY! It is a word not of ending, but of #NewBeginning. That one word is COME!"