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David Maas
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The Redemption of the Nations
The book of Revelation presents images that are jarring, paradoxical
and, occasionally, subversive.They
challenge human wisdom and institutional explanations of how God will
consummate His kingdom, overthrow His enemies, and judge the nations. Just as
his contemporaries did not understand what kind of Messiah Jesus was, so interpreters
often fail to comprehend the Lamb of Revelation. The significance of the visions of this book is missed
when we lose sight of Jesus in his role as the sacrificial Lamb who came to redeem
humanity, not to destroy all but a tiny remnant of men and women. The clues are
there but are too easily overlooked. For example, in the image of Jesus riding a white horse,
some commentators see him as the agent of God’s horrific wrath, an enraged
Messiah bent on lopping heads off heads with his great sword. He is coming to
tread the wine-press God’s wrath; therefore, his robe is stained with the blood
and gore of his slaughtered enemies. Perhaps we ought to remember the…
