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History’s what people are trying to hide from you, not what they’re trying to show you. You search for it in the same way you sift through landfill: for evidence of what people want to bury. — HILARY MANTEL “I
“The epistolary structure of the prologue and epilogue reinforces the principle that Revelation is Jesus' public correspondence with his churches in first-century Asia. Its message addressed the challenges confronting their life of faith, just as 1 Corinthians spoke to the issues confronting the church in Corinth”
― Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
― Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
“John's call now leads directly into the heart of the drama revealed in the visions on I'attnos (12-22): the cosmic conflict between God, the heavenly woman, and her son/groom and the dragon, the beasts, and the harlot. Everything that precedes Revelation 12 is preliminary to this central drama, preparing us to see our daily struggles as part of the great conflict of the ages.”
― Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
― Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
“the twenty-five hundred acres that comprised Cromwell Plantation. She loved the land passionately. Carrie knew all its moods—all of its secrets and hidden places.”
― Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861
― Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861
“History’s what people are trying to hide from you, not what they’re trying to show you. You search for it in the same way you sift through landfill: for evidence of what people want to bury. — HILARY MANTEL “I”
― The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
― The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
“These interludes, which impede the advance of the seal and trumpet cycles toward their climax, inject into the experience of hearing or reading the Book of Revelation a taste of the divine delay, which prolongs the time for repentance while it deters the martyrs' longed-for vindication: "How long, () Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" (6:111).”
― Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
― Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
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