Book of life Quote by David A. Desilva

“The cities of Asia Minor were as enthusiastic and as invested in hosting the imperial cult as modern cities are about convincing a major…

— David A. Desilva

“This tenet, however, ignores the primary purpose of prophecy, which is not to give hard and fast statements about an unchangeable future, but to…

— David A. Desilva

“While such prophecy could include a predictive element, it was also—and perhaps primarily—a declaration of God’s action in the present or an announcement of…

— David A. Desilva

“The title “Lord of lords,” for example, was ascribed to the emperor; the acclamations of God and Christ as “worthy” (4:11; 5:9) echo the…

— David A. Desilva

“John exposes Pax Romana and Pax Augusta to be bald-faced lies. He does not allow his hearers to ignore the fact that a great…

— David A. Desilva

“John would have disciples in every age understand—and live like they understand—that they exist to do God’s bidding, because God created all things for…

— David A. Desilva

“A grounded and responsible reading of Revelation begins with reading it first as we would read Paul’s Letters to the Galatians or Philippians or…

— David A. Desilva

“In John’s vision of the cosmos, there is no room for gathering around God’s throne at one time as one’s cosmic center and at…

— David A. Desilva

“Thus apocalypses set an audience’s space within the context of a larger, invisible world, and they set the audience’s time in the context of…

— David A. Desilva

“We have sought to read Revelation less as a coded text to be interpreted, and more as a text that imposed a Christ-centered interpretation…

— David A. Desilva

“In many instances, however, I would expect such instances of discomfort to draw our attention to the ways in which we have drunk deep…

— David A. Desilva

“Like Jonah’s word, Revelation as prophecy seeks mainly to stimulate faithful response among John’s audience, not to provide an absolute blueprint for an uncertain…

— David A. Desilva