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Folio 45, The Fall of Babylon, Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, 11th C.
The Fall of Babylon

Earlier today I completed and uploaded Revelation: An Idealist

Angel with Millstone
Angel with Millstone

Interpretation, Episode Twenty-three in both video and podcast versions.  The topic is Revelation, Chapter 18, the Fall of Babylon.  Illustrations from the Bamberg Apocalypse include Folio 45, the Fall of Babylon and Folio 46, Angel with Millstone.    Watch the Video on You Tube   Or Listen to the Podcast version.

Chapter 18 is the second of two chapters in Act III of the Divine Drama that is the second half of Revelation.  The chapter includes a litany of condemnation and graphic depiction of the manner and mode of punishment for the spiritual Babylon (Rome), including punishment doubled consistent with her transgression.  I explain the Greek meaning of the word from which “fornication” is derived and point out that it means not only harlotry but also idolatry.

I also completed and uploaded my Podcast Homily for Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity (Ephesians 4:1-6; Luke 14:1-11).    Listen to the Podcast Homily

I have now completed all the scripts and slides for the series and will be introducing them, one per week, until the final episode, Episode Twenty-eight, is uploaded.  I have started work on the book version, which I hope will be ready for Easter 2016 A.D.

Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity

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Quite a busy week, starting with a heart catheterization on Tuesday.  I am thankful and glad to report that the test found no new blockages in my heart and no obstruction in the stent which was installed in 2013.  The most convincing theory of the moment is that my symptoms were the result of stress, lack of exercise and lack of sleep, etc.  Consequently, lifestyle changes have already been made, including regular exercise, including at least 30 minutes of walking, and regular massages at my chiropractor’s office.

There will be no new episodes in our Bible Study series on Revelation this week.  I hope to complete work on Episode 23, focused on Revelation 18, before the end of next week.  All the slides are done, as is the sound recording.  I have to coordinate the pictures and sound, tedious, time-consuming work for which had neither time nor energy for this week!  Thanks for your patience.

I am presently at work on the final Chapter of Revelation and hope to have all the episodes completed before the middle of October.

Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain, opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, James Tissot, late 19th C. Public domain by the Brooklyn Museum
Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain, opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, James Tissot, late 19th C. Public domain by the Brooklyn Museum

I did complete and upload to the AIC Web Site and Facebook my Podcast Homily for Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity.  The Gospel reading covers the Raising of the Son of the Widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-17).  The only illustration I know of is the lovely watercolor from the Life of Christ series by James Tissot at the Brooklyn Museum.

Listen to the Podcast Homily

Revelation – Episode 22 and Trinity 15

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The Whore of Babylon, from Folio 43, the Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, Germany, early 11th C.
The Whore of Babylon, from Folio 43, the Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, Germany, early 11th C.

The AIC’s Revelation series moves closer to the end of the series with Episode Twenty-two, The Harlot of Babylon and Her Beast, focused on Chapter 17.  There is only one new illustration, from Folio 43, the Bamberg Apocalypse, The Whore of Babylon.  As you see, the title follows the King James text while title follows the less inflammatory version used in the New King James Version. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 22 and Trinity 15” →

Revelation – Episode Twenty-one

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Angel with Seven Plagues, adapted from Folio 38, the Bamberg Apocalypse, early 11th Century. Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany
Angel with Seven Plagues, adapted from Folio 38, the Bamberg Apocalypse, early 11th Century. Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany

The episodes of Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation get harder to do as St. John moves toward the concluding chapters.  The subjects become more complex and include new images.  Episode Twenty-one, completed and uploaded earlier today, is focused on Chapters 15 and 16. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode Twenty-one” →