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#116. 2024 Countdown #2 - Uncovering Revelation: It's in the Old Testament Code
Episode 116 • 17th December 2024 • Our Urban Voices • Dr. Alfonse Javed
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Rev Dr Duane Alexander Miller, an Anglican author, pastor, and professor, discusses interpreting the book of Revelation.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

  • Genre of Revelation and Its Importance
  • Old Testament and Revelation link
  • Host's & Guest's Interpretation Example

ABOUT THE GUEST: 

Rev Dr Duane Alexander Miller was born in Montana and grew up in Colorado and Puebla (in Mexico). He completed a BA in philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and then an MA in theology at St Mary's University (also in San Antonio). Later, life took him to Jordan where he and his wife studied Arabic, to Israel where he helped found a seminary, and to Scotland for doctoral work, among other places.

He is highly interested in the interactions of Islam, Christianity and secularism in modern contexts. His main areas of research for his PhD in divinity were religious conversion from Islam to Christianity, contextual theology, and the shari'a's treatment of apostates. He has also published research on global Anglicanism and the history of Anglican mission in the Ottoman Empire.

He has had the pleasure of teaching in many places over the years: from Costa Rica to Turkey, and Kenya to Tunisia. Presently, he lives in Madrid where he is on the pastoral staff at the Anglican Cathedral of the Redeemer and associate professor at the Protestant Faculty of Theology at Madrid (UEBE).

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TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:

00:37 - Introducing Rev Dr Duane Alexander Miller

02:55 - Preaching through the Book of Revelation

03:29 - Dr Javed takes a literal interpretation and dispensationalist view of Revelation

04:18 - What is the type of genre of literature is Revelation?

04:59 - ... Apocalyptic literature

05:22 - apocalyptic = unveiling - take away something that is covering something else

06:00 - Four methods : preterist, historicist, idealist, futurist

06:41 - Preparing messages : informational, instructional, and inspirational

07:33 - Epistle to the Seven Churches

07:47 - Why did the people of Israel develop this genre of literature?

08:46 - Speaking in code...

09:53 - So much of Revelation is taking ideas from the Old Testament and reformulating it

10:35 - Analogy with a theater production

11:18 - Going back behind the scenes in a world where we have limited vision of what is going on

11:41 - John is getting the behind the scenes tour and telling us in symbolic language what' s going on

13:31 - Importance of Old Testament and connection to Revelation

13:56 - The code is in the Old Testament

15:16 - Helping students understand Revelation

15:20 - Who is the audience for Revelation?

15:36 - Who is writing?

16:32 - America-centric interpretation of Revelation?

18:35 - For example, preaching on the number / mark of the beast

19:09 - Dr Javed on the mark of the beast

20:32 - A little dangerous to over-analyze

20:46 - Rev Dr Miller on the mark of the beast

20:56 - ...Revelation 13:16-17

21:55 - ...Deuteronomy 6:6-9

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