Daniel

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Daniel

• The heavenly court will sit in judgment (726)

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The Enemy

• the little horn was bragging and boasting
  (Daniel 711)
• boasting proudly (720)
• He will speak against the Supreme God and
  oppress God's people. He will try to change their
  religious laws and festivals, and Gods people
  will be under his power for three and a half
  years. (Daniel 725)

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The Enemy

• It grew strong enough to attack the army of
  heaven, the stars themselves, and it threw some
  of them to the ground and trampled on them. It
  even defied the Prince of the heavenly armytruth
  was thrown to the ground (810-13)

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Revelation

• The beast was allowed to make proud claims which
  were insulting to God, and it was permitted to
  have authority for forty-two months. It began to
  curse God, his name, the place where he lives,
  and all those who live in heaven. (Revelation
  135)

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Gods response

• This horn had human eyes and a mouth that was
  boasting proudly. While I was looking, thrones
  were put in place. One who had been living
  forever sat down on one of the thrones. His
  clothes were white as snow, and his hair was like
  pure wool. His throne, mounted on fiery wheels,
  was blazing with fire, and a stream of fire was
  pouring out from it. There were many thousands of
  people there to serve him, and millions of people
  stood before him. The court began its session,
  and the books were opened. While I was looking, I
  could still hear the little horn bragging and
  boasting.

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• As I watched, the fourth beast was killed, and
  its body was thrown into the flames and
  destroyed. The other beasts had their power taken
  away, but they were permitted to go on living for
  a limited time.

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• As I watched in the night visions, I saw one
  like a human being coming with the clouds of
  heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was
  presented before him. He was given authority,
  honor, and royal power, so that the people of all
  nations, races, and languages would serve him.
  His authority would last forever, and his kingdom
  would never end. (Daniel 78-14)

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Revelation parallels

• At this point I had another vision and saw an
  open door in heaven. And the voice that sounded
  like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me
  before, said, Come up here There in heaven was
  a throne with someone sitting on it. His face
  gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and
  carnelian, and all around the throne there was a
  rainbow the color of an emerald. (Revelation
  42-3)

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• The four living creatures sing songs of glory
  and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the
  throne, who lives forever and ever. When they do
  so, the twenty-four elders fall down before the
  one who sits on the throne, and worship him who
  lives forever and ever. They throw their crowns
  down in front of the throne and say, Our Lord
  and God! You are worthy to receive glory, honor,
  and power. For you created all things, and by
  your will they were given existence and life.
  (Revelation 49-11)

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• Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One
  who was sitting on the throne. There was writing
  on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and
  it was sealed with seven seals. And I saw a
  strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice Who
  is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and
  open it? (Revelation 51-2)

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• No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth
  was able to open the scroll and read it. Then I
  began to weep bitterly because no one was found
  worthy to open the scroll and read it.
  (Revelation 53-4)

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• But one of the twenty-four elders said to me,
  Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of
  Judah, the heir to Davids throne, has won the
  victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its
  seven seals. Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if
  it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing
  between the throne and the four living beings and
  among the twenty-four eldersHe stepped forward
  and took the scroll from the right hand of the
  One sitting on the throne. (Revelation 55-7)

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• As he did so, the four living creatures and the
  twenty-four fell down before the LambThey sang a
  new song You are worthy to take the scroll and
  to break open its seals. For you were killed, and
  by your sacrificial death you bought for God
  people from every tribe, language, nation, and
  race... Again I looked, and I heard angels,
  thousands and millions of them! They stood around
  the throne, the four living creatures, and the
  elders, and sang in a loud voice The Lamb who
  was killed is worthy to receive power, wealth,
  wisdom, and strength, honor, glory, and praise!
  And I heard every creature in heaven, on earth,
  in the world below, and in the sea---all living
  beings in the universe---and they were singing
  To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb,
  be praise and honor, glory and might, forever and
  ever! (Revelation 59-13)

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Amplification of Praise

• God on the throne holds a scroll. Surrounded by
• 4 living creatures
• 24 elders
• No one is worthy to open the scroll
• The violently slaughtered Lamb on the throne is
  worthy
• A new song Again I looked, and I heard
  angels, thousands and millions of them! They
  stood around the throne, the four living
  creatures, and the elders, and sang in a loud
  voiceAnd I heard every creature in heaven, on
  earth, in the world below, and in the sea---all
  living beings in the universe---and they were
  singing

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• Judgment, the court began its session
• what looked like a human being
• I saw one like a human being coming with the
  clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One
  and was presented before him.
• He was given authority, honor, and royal power,
  so that the people of all nations, races, and
  languages would serve him. His authority would
  last forever, and his kingdom would never end.
  (Daniel 79-13)

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Judgment
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Judgment in John

• Now is the time for this world to be judged now
  the ruler of this world will be overthrown. When
  I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw
  everyone to me. (John 1231-32)

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• NRS John 319 "And this is the judgment, that the
  light has come into the world, and people loved
  darkness rather than light because their deeds
  were evil. 20 For all who do evil hate the light
  and do not come to the light, so that their deeds
  may not be exposed. 21 But those who do what is
  true come to the light, so that it may be clearly
  seen that their deeds have been done in God."

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• Unbelief, by shutting the door on Gods love,
  turns his love into judgment. For this is the
  meaning of judgment, that man shuts himself off
  from Gods love. There would be no judgment at
  all were it not for the event of Gods love. And
  with the mission of the Son this judgment has
  become a present reality. (The Gospel of John A
  Commentary, Rudolph Bultmann, p. 154)

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• Judgment is for him nothing more nor less than
  the fact that the light, the Revealer, has come
  to the world. This saving event is turned into
  judgment, for the reason that menhave shut
  themselves off from the light. (Bultmann, p
  157)

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• Before the encounter with the Revealer the life
  of all men lies in darkness and sin. Yet this
  sin is not sin, insofar as God, by the sending of
  his Son, holds the whole past in suspenso and so
  makes the encounter with the Revealer the moment
  of true decision for men. (John 941 1524).
  (Bultmann, 159)

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• NRS John 522 The Father judges no one but has
  given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all may
  honor the Son just as they honor the Father.
  Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor
  the Father who sent him. 24 Very truly, I tell
  you, anyone who hears my word and believes him
  who sent me has eternal life, and does not come
  under judgment, but has passed from death to
  life.

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• NRS John 939 Jesus said, "I came into this world
  for judgment so that those who do not see may
  see, and those who do see may become blind." 40
  Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and
  said to him, "Surely we are not blind, are we?"
  41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you
  would not have sin. But now that you say, 'We
  see,' your sin remains.

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• Once again the coming of the Revealer into this
  world is described as judgment. And according to
  this saying the judgment consists in a radical
  reversal of the human condition the blind will
  receive sight and the seeing will become blind.
  (Bultmann, 340)

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• NRS John 1244 Then Jesus cried aloud "Whoever
  believes in me believes not in me but in him who
  sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent
  me. 46 I have come as light into the world, so
  that everyone who believes in me should not
  remain in the darkness. 47 I do not judge anyone
  who hears my words and does not keep them, for I
  came not to judge the world, but to save the
  world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not
  receive my word has a judge on the last day the
  word that I have spoken will serve as judge, 49
  for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father
  who sent me has himself given me a commandment
  about what to say and what to speak.

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• What is the word that will be the judge on the
  last day?
• In context
• Believing Jesus revelation of the Father

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• Now that you have known me, he said to them,
  you will know my Father also, and from now on
  you do know him and you have seen him. Philip
  said to him, Lord, show us the Father that is
  all we need. Jesus answered, For a long time I
  have been with you all yet you do not know me,
  Philip? If you have seen me, you have seen the
  Father. Why, then, do you say, 'Show us the
  Father'? (John 147-9)

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The Word in John

• In the beginning the Word already existed the
  Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John
  11)
• So the Word became human and made His home among
  us. He was full of unfailing love and
  faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the
  glory of the Father's one and only Son. (John
  114)
• No one has ever seen God. But the unique One,
  who is Himself God, is near to the Father's
  heart. He has revealed God to us. (John 118)

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• This is eternal life to know you, the only true
  God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent. On earth I
  have given you glory by finishing the work you
  gave me to doI made your name known to the
  people you gave me. (John 173-6)

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• NRS John 1522 If I had not come and spoken to
  them, they would not have sin but now they have
  no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me
  hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among
  them the works that no one else did, they would
  not have sin. But now they have seen and hated
  both me and my Father. 25

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• Sin therefore is not primarily immoral behavior
  it does not consist in any particular action, but
  it is unbelief, and it will be defined as such
  explicitly in 168. (Bultmann, 551).

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• I will ask the Father, and he will give you
  another Helper, who will stay with you forever.
  He is the Spirit, who reveals the truth about
  God. (John 1416-17)
• The Helper will come---the Spirit, who reveals
  the truth about God and who comes from the
  Father. I will send him to you from the Father,
  and he will speak about me. (John 1526)
• When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the
  truth about God, he will lead you into all the
  truth. (John 1613)

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• Revelation becomes judgment by exposing the
  individuals response to Jesusto remain in the
  darkness means the darkness of misperception of
  God. Sigve Tonstad

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Examples of Judgment

• But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail
  and the thunder had ceased, he sinned once more
  and he hardened his heart, he and his officials.
  So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he
  would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD
  had spoken through Moses. Then the LORD said to
  Moses, "Go to Pharaoh for I have hardened his
  heart... (Exodus 934-35 101)

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Examples of Judgment

• An argument broke out among the disciples as to
  which one of them should be thought of as the
  greatest. (Luke 2224)

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• Jesus knew that the Father had given him
  complete power he knew that he had come from God
  and was going to God. So
• he rose from the table, took off his outer
  garment, and tied a towel around his waist.
  (John 133-4)

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• After Jesus had washed their feet, he put his
  outer garment back on and returned to his place
  at the table. Do you understand what I have just
  done to you? he asked. You call me Teacher and
  Lord, and it is right that you do so, because
  that is what I am. I, your Lord and Teacher, have
  just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one
  another's feet. I have set an example for you, so
  that you will do just what I have done for you. I
  am telling you the truth no slaves are greater
  than their master, and no messengers are greater
  than the one who sent them. Now that you know
  this truth, how happy you will be if you put it
  into practice! (John 1312-17)

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• As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered
  into him. Jesus said to him, "Hurry and do what
  you must!" None of the others at the table
  understood why Jesus said this to him. Since
  Judas was in charge of the money bag, some of the
  disciples thought that Jesus had told him to go
  and buy what they needed for the festival, or to
  give something to the poor. (John 1327-29)

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• But Peter answered, Man, I don't know what you
  are talking about! At once, while he was still
  speaking, a rooster crowed. The Lord turned
  around and looked straight at Peter, and Peter
  remembered that the Lord had said to him, Before
  the rooster crows tonight, you will say three
  times that you do not know me. Peter went out
  and wept bitterly. (Luke2260-62)
• to gaze intently at

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• Judgment is the evaluation of evidence in making
  a decision (Wikipedia)
• The character of the judgment is revelatory, not
  judicial...When revelation can do no more, it is
  over it is finished the Revealer is not a judge
  but the Revealer, and when he can do no more as
  Revealer, he must cease and desist. - Sigve
  Tonstad

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• The more often a man feels without acting the
  less he will ever be able to act, and in the long
  run, the less he will be able to feel.
• - CS Lewis