Author(s): Rob Dalrymple
Publisher: Cascade Books
Price: $2.99       (Ends May 31)

Could the cry “Come out of her My people” (Rev 18:4) not be needed more today than it was when John penned the Apocalypse?

The book of Revelation begins and ends with the affirmation that God is the world’s true Lord, not Caesar. In telling this story, John lays out for us the fact that Christ’s kingdom is not like the kingdoms of the world. The kingdoms of the world rule by force and at the expense of the masses and for the benefit of those in power. Jesus’s kingdom, however, comes through love. In Christ’s kingdom, power is demonstrated by laying down one’s life for one’s enemies. Jesus, of course, demonstrated this kind of love on the cross, and he (more…)