Lewis, in the Chronicles of Narnia, describes Aslan, the Lion signifying Jesus in the story, as “good,” but not “tame.” God is good but not tameĮberhard Bethage, in his biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, reports what Bonhoeffer said in a sermon as he saw Germany and the church going in the wrong direction that ended in Nazi domination, “So the more pious we are, the less we have to tell ourselves that God is dangerous, that God is not mocked.”Ĭ.S.
His message is not polite, not throwing softballs. However, by his communicated visions in Revelation, he kept up his resistance to the oppressive state. Too often interpreters perceive John as an ivory tower mystic whose experiences gave him mostly insight about a future distant from where he lived. Rather, he was a rip-roaring Christian prophet in the Old Testament mode who confronted the powers of his day with a rip-roaring message about Jesus that got John into trouble with the authorities, which resulted in his banishment to an island. Beware the land beast it has two horns and is a lamb.” But, more importantly, he points to the “Lamb with seven horns” who is also a “Lion.” He thunders: “Beware the sea beast it has seven heads and 12 horns, and his number is 666.
John the Revelator warns about the dangers of joining church and state.
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