Revelation 15–16 (The Seven Bowls) with Jamie Davies
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Dr. Jamie Davies (Trinity College Bristol) guides us through Revelation 15–16 (the Seven Bowls). We discuss:
- God’s wrath coming to end (15:1)
- The sea of glass mixed with fire (15:2)
- Those who conquer sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb (15:3–4)
- The temple of the tent of witness in heaven (15:5)
- The bowls being poured into the earth and the sea and the resulting “ecological collateral damage,” and the altar crying out (16:1–3)
- The people cursing God for his judgments (16:9, 11, 21)
- The interlude of Jesus coming like a thief (16:15)
- The beast, the prophet, and the dragon from whose mouths comes three frogs who gather the kings of the earth for the final battle of Armageddon (16:10–16)
- The final angel pours the bowl that splits Babylon in three parts, and the islands fleeing and the mountains disappearing (16:17–21)
Relevant Works by Jamie Davies
- Reading Revelation: A Literary and Theological Commentary, Smyth & Helwys, 2023
- The Apocalyptic Paul, Cascade, 2022
- Paul Among the Apocalypses? An Evaluation of the ‘Apocalyptic Paul’ in the Context of Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature, LNTS 562, T&T Clark, 2016
Jamie Davies Recommends
- Saint Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions, Books 10 and 11.
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