Time, Cycles, and Symbols
6/17/202627 min
As the book of Revelation describes our present reality, it also calls us to present faithfulness. Today, W. Robert Godfrey discusses how this book equips us follow in the footsteps of Christ on the road from suffering to glory.
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W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.
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First 90 secondsLee Webb· Host0:00
Before we begin today's episode of Renewing Your Mind, we invite you to stay with us through the end of the program to hear how you can request today's featured resource from Ligand Ministries What John is saying to us here implicitly is the fact that I'm suffering doesn't mean that I'm not beloved.
W. Robert Godfrey· Guest0:18
And the real message of that to all the readers of this book is, and so whatever you're suffering doesn't mean you're not beloved.
Lee Webb· Host0:26
[gentle music] We live in a fallen world. Suffering, sin, disease, we're surrounded by them all, and sometimes it can feel like God has forgotten us. And there are many places in the Bible we can turn to for encouragement and hope during these times. The Psalms, Job, Romans chapter 8, for example. But today here on Renewing Your Mind, W. Robert Godfrey will show us why the Book of Revelation is another source of comfort.
W. Robert Godfrey· Guest0:59
Well, we're just beginning to get into the book itself and to look at what it teaches us, and we're looking a little bit at that introduction, the first three verses that orient us to the whole book. And you notice there in verse 3 that John tells us that this is a prophecy, a prophecy that Jesus has given to John to share with the churches. And, uh, it's important to pause and remember that prophecy throughout