Revelation

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Revelation
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What have you heard?
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Apocalyptic Writings

• Often speak for people for people who are
  oppressed, especially by political power that
  cannot be controlled.
• Revelation has three themes
• Suffering
• Kingdom
• Patience/Endurance

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Apocalypse

• Greek for Revelation
• Apocalypses in the first century
• Used every day and often referred to wedding
  ceremonies
• Meaning the unveilingwhen two become ONE

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Not a cipher or a riddle

• Significance of revelation
• Profound Statement
• All revelation comes from Jesus Christ.
• John 11,14

• Jesus, the Word made flesh, is the revelation of
  the Father His very person

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Who is persecuting?

• Jews
• Rev. 39
• Remnant of 144,000
• Rome
• Code name Babylon
• Rev. 1318
• Honoring the Emperor?
• Rev. 134,8,15

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Left Behind???

• Dr. Tim LaHaye Renowned prophecy scholar among
  Protestants
• The book of Revelation is easily the most
  fascinating book in the Bible, for it gives a
  detailed description of the future" (Revelation
  Unveiled, p. 9)
• Jerry B. Jenkins Co-author
• Writers of the Left Behind Series.
• Over 50 Million sold in series.
• Literal Interpretation

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Mathew 2436 But of that day and hour no one
knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son,
but the Father alone.
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Vision of Christ.

• I can only imagine
• Holy, Righteous, St. John
• Rev. 117

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Revelation and the Mass

• Christ is celebrating Mass
• Rev. centers its confidence on Christ
• Transports the hearer into the heavenly court
• Victory of the Lamb is proclaimed
• Jesus is Lord over the kings of the earth

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Apocalyptic Mass

• In the earthly liturgy we share a foretaste of
  that heavenly liturgy. --CCC 1090
• Jesus is called the Lamb of God no less than 28
  times in 22 chapters of Rev.
• Jesus is only called the Lamb in one book in
  the NT the Gospel of John twice.

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A glimpse of Heavens Mass

• Sunday Worship
• White robed priests
• Lamp stands
• An altar
• Holy Holy Holy
• The alleluias
• The amen
• Golden chalices

• Invocation of angels and saints
• Incense
• Lift up your hearts!
• Sign of the cross
• Power of the Liturgy
• Scroll

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A glimpse of Heavens Mass

• Revelation 320
• Jesus wants to share the hidden manna with us and
  He is that hidden manna
• The Eucharist celebrated at every Mass.
• Revelation 41
• John opens the door and sees priests, martyrs,
  and angels gathered around heavens throne
• More than an intimate dinner for two as there is
  a heavenly banquet.

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In case of rapture, this vehicle will be unmanned
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The Rapture

• Derived from the text of the Latin Vulgate we
  will be caught up.
• 1 Thess. 417
• The Millennium
• Rev. 20 1-3, 7-8
• Foreshadow the end of the world
• The reign of Christ 1000 years

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Pre, Mid, or Post?

• Postmillennialism
• Belief of relatively complete Christianization
  before the Second Coming.
• Believe the millennium is figurative.
• Premillennialism
• Believe a earthly golden age will happen
• Will occur after the Second Coming
• Christ reigns physically the Final Judgment
• Uncritically accepted never heard of in 1800
  years of Church history.

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The Catholic Position

• The rapture hinges on three key verses
• Mathew 241-44
• 1 Thess. 413-18
• Rev. 20 1-15
• Tend to agree with the amillenniaslists
• Rev. 20 is symbolic

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Catholic Churchs teaching

• Jesus will return in these end times
• (Heb.11-2)
• unmistakably, not in a hidden manner,
• (1 Thess. 416)
• but unexpectedly and suddenly
• (1 Thess. 52-3, Luke 2134-35)
• at a time which only God the Father knows.
• (Matt 2436)

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• Any apparent delay is a result of Gods mercy
• (2 Peter 37-10)
• because after the final historic battle between
  good and evil,
• (2 Thess. 21-10)
• all will be resurrected and judged.
• (2 Thess. 15-10)
• The good will have glorified bodies
• (1 Cor. 1542-55)

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• and experience no more death and enjoy the
  beatific vision forever.
• (Rev. 211-5, 1 Cor. 13 8-13)
• This should cause us to be hopeful, watchfully
  prepared,
• (Romans 51-2, Matt. 2442-44)
• and faithful in the Eucharistic celebration.
• (Rev. 191-9)

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• Do you not know that the runners in the stadium
  all run in the race, but only one wins the prize?
  Run so as to win. Every athlete exercises
  discipline in every way. They do it to win a
  perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
  Thus I do not run aimlessly I do not fight as if
  I were shadowboxing. No, I drive my body and
  train it, for fear that, after having preached to
  others, I myself should be disqualified.

- 1 Corinthians 924-27