Devotions 2015
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Faculty Devotions April 16, 2015 Meditations on Revelation 1 1. Temple imagery of Rev. 1:4-5 The plan of Solomon’s Temple: (For a description of Herod’s Temple, which was the temple at the time of Jesus, see http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/07 /13/what-did-the-temple-look-like-in-jesus-time/ ; or, ESV Study Bible p. 1943.) 2. Jesus, the Great High Priest: Rev. 1:5b. 3. Israel, the Seven Churches: Rev. 1:6; Exod. 19:6 4. Jesus, Great High Priest of the Seven Churches, the New Temple: Rev. 1:12-20. See also Rev. 3:12; Eph. 2:19-22;
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Faculty Devotions April 16, 2015
Meditations on Revelation 1
1. Temple imagery of Rev. 1:4-5
The plan of Solomon’s Temple:
(For a description of Herod’s Temple, which was the temple at the time of Jesus, see http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/07/13/what-did-the-temple-look-like-in-jesus-time/; or, ESV Study Bible p. 1943.)
2. Jesus, the Great High Priest: Rev. 1:5b.
3. Israel, the Seven Churches: Rev. 1:6; Exod. 19:6
4. Jesus, Great High Priest of the Seven Churches, the New Temple: Rev. 1:12-20. See also Rev. 3:12; Eph. 2:19-22; 1 Pet. 2:4-9 (note the same mixture of imagery: the church as temple and allusion to Exod. 19:6).