Quotes About Revelation

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightening.

I opened my eyes and saw the dark in all its original color.

Observe the great Advantage and Benefit, the Privilege and Prerogative that Christ's Servants have beyond all others; Christ writes his Letters to them; there is not a word written to Kings and great Men; but it is to shew his Servants things to come to pass

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.'—Psalms 25:14.

Life is like an onion; you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.

You don't see something until you have the right metaphor to let you perceive it

But there is no perfect guide for discerning God's movement in the world, Contrary to what many conservatives say, the Bible is not a blueprint on this matter. It is a valuable symbol for point to God's revelation in Jesus, but it is not self-interpreting. We are thus place in an existential situation of freedom in which the burden is on us to make decisions without a guaranteed ethical guide.

If we cannot recognize the truth, then it cannot liberate us from untruth.

History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken.

Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned.

if you stay still for long enough, the universe whispers its secrets to you.

don't want to be revealed as a source of suffering and misery, preferring to see men and women directing their anger at one another or blaming God. On

Amos describes transmitting God's message as a kind of knee-jerk reaction: "If a lion roars, who isn't afraid? And if God speaks, who doesn't prophesy?" What could have been the lived reality behind such assertions?

The first work of revealed truth is to secure an unconditional surrender of the sinner to the will of God. Until this has been accomplished, nothing really lasting has been done at all. The reader may admire the rich imagery of the Bible, its bold figures and impassioned flights of eloquence; he may enjoy its tender musical passages, and revel in its strong homely wisdom; but until he has submitted to its full authority over his life, he has secured no good from it yet.

As the blood flowed back to his brain, he turned back into the rather formal young man I had worked so hard to corrupt.

The padlock popped open and I almost FAINTED. 11

Sometimes it's more painful to know the truth than not to know it." -Han Solo

It's funny the way things work out. You go in search of one thing and end up finding something else. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was the Force at work." -Han Solo

Yes, I have actually mined coal, and distilled liquor, as well as seen a girl in a pink dress, and seen her take it off. I am 54 years old, weigh 220 pounds, and look like the chief dispatcher of a long-distance driving concern. I am a registered Democrat. I drink.

The transformation the church needs is the kind that results from beholding the glory of God in the face of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18–4:6).

if we will listen carefully to the Bible, it will proclaim to us the glory of God. If we do not hear this, the problem is with us, not the Bible.

Though God is beyond our comprehension, we can know him and speak meaningfully about him because he has revealed himself to us in the written and living word.

The body of Christ is about doing life together, and by doing life together sin is revealed.

When we experience God for who He really is, we suddenly see ourselves for who we are.