No Fear of an Apocalypse

About this episode

This episode explores the meaning of the term apocalypse in the context of the book of Revelation and the portrayal of Jesus as the Lamb of God.

In 1859, the largest solar storm in recorded history took place. Known as the Carrington Event, it produced a massive geomagnetic disturbance blamed for disrupting the telegraph system. The website Space.com says, “It’s been conjectured that a storm on the scale of the Carrington event, if it happened today, could cause an internet apocalypse.” The ominous word apocalypse intrigues us. It’s the Greek title of the book of Revelation ( apokalupsis ). But the word doesn’t only mean a catastrophe or the end of the world. As the title Revelation implies, it also refers to an unveiling, a revealing. The book opens, “The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place” (Revelation 1:1). Revelation reveals Jesus as the Lamb of God, a term John uses more than twenty-five times in Revelation to describe Him. The book also reveals Christ as one whose “eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters” (vv. 14-15). When John first saw the Lamb of God, he “fell at his feet as though dead” (v. 17)…

Topics covered

• apocalypse
• Revelation
• Jesus Christ
• faith
• spirituality

Keywords

• apocalypse
• Carrington Event
• Revelation
• Jesus
• Lamb of God
• spirituality
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Revelation

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