Resisting Trump with Revelation (25)
The Lamb confronts the beasts (Rev.14-15) John has seen two dreadful Beasts who embody the power and practice of the Dragon (ch.13). Between them they rule the earth, the bodies, minds, and hearts of its inhabitants. Well, not quite all. There are still those pesky “seven” churches (ch.2-3). Some of them are under attack because they have been faithful to Jesus the Lamb and have refused to play by the Beasts’ rules. The others have in some measure or other have given up, given in, or given out and adopted or adapted Beastly mindsets and ways. It is these churches (all of us), both kinds, that Jesus speaks to in his sermon with increasing urgency as we move toward its climax. Jesus labors in this sermon to call his churches to what Walter Brueggemann has aptly called “disciplines of readiness.” [1] These are tools for resistance to Empire and Jesus calls his people to embrace them in the struggle. · DANGEROUS MEMORIE...