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Finale Revelation and Imagination Daily Devotional- 2

by David Joynt on June 07, 2021


REVELATION 1:10 | 10 I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet.

One reason for including different genres is the complex and complementary make-up of human beings. God needs to appeal to and to engage with our wills, our hearts, our intellects, and our imaginations. His commandments speak to the point of us that makes decisions and wills us toward purposes and actions. His tender stories, compassionate deeds, and poetic psalms touch our emotions. His deep teachings and revelatory actions engage our minds. The startling visions and images of the apocalyptic sections, like Revelation, awaken our imaginations.

John saw visions, some on earth and some in heaven, which he describes in vivid detail. But the symbols in the vision are like the donkey and the elephant, representing the Democratic and Republican parties (these symbols originate in political cartoons from the 19th century). They have meaning but cannot be taken literally. 

What is your favorite kind of literature in the bible?

 

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About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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