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THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Overview: First Vision This is a clip from the Bible Study - The Book of Revelation Overview: Week 1. To watch the whole session please go to this link: https://youtu.be/6HOtiLXMgGE THE FIRST VISION [cf. Rev. 1:9-20] - Hand out link: https://1drv.ms/w/s!ArmkO6MTZ061pzgJJPRYkTRjnx8i

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Overview: End Times and Tribulations? This is a clip from the Bible Study - The Book of Revelation Overview: Week 1. To watch the whole session please go to this link: https://youtu.be/6HOtiLXMgGE

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Overview: Greeting This is a clip from the Bible Study - The Book of Revelation Overview: Week 1. To watch the whole session please go to this link: https://youtu.be/6HOtiLXMgGE GREETING [cf. Rev. 1:4-8] Saint John then immediately moves from the prologue into a general greeting “to the seven churches in Asia” who are the recipients of this revelation from Christ. He begins with a Trinitarian blessing over them arranged in the order of their positioning in the heavenly sanctuary: - God the Father (= “Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come”): John highlights God’s unchanging power and eternity. - God the Holy Spirit (= “the seven spirits before His throne”): John describes the Spirit in terms of the menorah which highlights His seven-fold gifts. - God the Son (= “Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth”): John highlights three specific aspects of Jesus’ work and identity as the one who reveals God (= “faithful witness”), as the one who is the beginning of a new creation (= “firstborn of the dead”), and as the one who is the sovereign Master of the world (= “ruler of the kings of the earth”). The next part of the greeting is extremely important for understanding the rest of the book of Revelation. John tells the seven churches that Jesus Christ is the Savior who “loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood.” The atoning and precious Blood of Christ is a central teaching of the Gospel message. And Jesus had not only saved us but has shared his very status as the Son of God with every Christian: “who has made us into a kingdom of priests for his God and Father.” The promise of becoming “a kingdom of priests” The Beloved Disciple then praises Christ in the same manner as that of YHWH, the God of Israel, proclaiming that “to him be glory and power forever and ever.” Then Saint John ends his part of the greeting by promising the return of Christ on the “day of the Lord”: “Behold, he is coming amid the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. All the peoples of the earth will lament him. Yes. Amen.” Saint John’s prayer is made up of two prophetic texts from the Old Testament that point towards the main point of the book of Revelation: that of the coming of Christ in judgment upon apostate Israel. Together the two texts highlight Jesus’ salvific death and his power as the Messiah-King: - “He is coming amid the clouds”: This imagery comes from the prophet Daniel’s description of the coming Messiah-King who receives universal sovereignty from YHWH: “As the visions during the night continued, I saw coming with the clouds of heaven. One like a son of man. When he reached the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. He received dominion, splendor, and kingship; all nations, peoples and tongues will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, his kingship, one that shall not be destroyed.” Jesus acknowledged that he is, in fact, the coming messianic Son of Man. - “Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”: This imagery comes from the prophet Zechariah’s description of YHWH’s salvation of Judah by the Messiah: “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of mercy and supplication, so that when they look on him whom they have thrust through, they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and they will grieve for him as one grieves over a firstborn.” John interprets these Old Testament prophecies as describing the glorious return of the Risen Jesus as Judge. This idea goes back to Christ himself who taught his apostles that: Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. The greeting ends with YHWH Himself proclaiming His identity to the Apostle John’s readers: “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘the One Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty.’” YHWH is the Source of all things, from Whom everything that exists is created (= “the Alpha”); and He is also the Goal of all creation, to Whom everything is called (= “the Omega”). And God the Father is the “Almighty”—the Omnipotent One Who guides all of human history and events within creation, past (= “Who was”), present (= “Who is”), and future (= “Who is to come”).

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Overview: Prologue This is a clip from the Bible Study - The Book of Revelation Overview: Week 1. To watch the whole session please go to this link: https://youtu.be/6HOtiLXMgGE The book of Revelation (also known as the Apocalypse) are the visions that the Apostle John the Beloved Disciple receives from Christ and his angel that show forth the whole plan of salvation, focusing primarily upon the passing of the Old Covenant community and the definitive establishment of the New Covenant—the Church. PROLOGUE [cf. Rev. 1:1-3] The sacred author proclaims that this document is “the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must happen soon.” The term for “revelation” is apokaleupsis in Greek which means ‘unveiling.’ Apokaleupsis has a specific cultural meaning in describing when the wife ‘un-veiled’ herself completely to unite with her husband. The word is an intimate, marital term. It always refers to a disclosure of something that was previously unknown but is now made known in the present. The book of Revelation “removes the veil from God’s plan…drawing back the curtain that hides Christ’s glory, kingship, and control over history from the naked eye.” In the same way, the phrase “he made it known” is semaino in Greek which literally means ‘to signify,’ meaning that the entire book of Revelation is a symbolic vision of salvation history. The message is divine, coming from YHWH Himself, and not of human origin. Although the earthly Jesus did not know the timing of the tribulation, the glorified Risen Christ does by virtue of his divine identity. There is a chain of transmission of this divine revelation as the description of the process given by the Sacred author. The Father revealed it to the Son (= “God gave it to him”) who sent “his angel to his servant John” who, in turn, is to communicate it “by reporting what he saw” to seven churches in the Roman province of Asia: God  Jesus Christ  angel  Saint John  seven churches By preaching this divine revelation to others John “gives witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ.” So powerful is the message of this book that it comes with a blessing: “Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who listen to this prophetic message and heed what is written in it.” These are the first of seven (7) beatitudes that occur throughout the book of Revelation. Saint John is clear that his message is referring to things that will be occurring imminently to the churches whom he is communicating with. The things revealed by the angelic servant of Jesus the Christ “must happen soon…for the appointed time is near.” Seven times throughout the book of Revelation is it indicated that the Lord’s return is coming quickly.

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Come and enjoy an exciting overview of the entire Book of Revelation at San Rafael parish, taught by our Director of Catechetical Ministry, Chris O’Donnell, bsp. Come and learn about: the history of the Roman Empire’s persecution of the Church and the Jewish War; the pattern of divine blessing and judgment; the numbers, symbols, and images found in Revelation and what they mean; the connection between the book of Revelation and the liturgy; the events of the last days, and much, much more!!!

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!elation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

Brother Chris presents - The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Click on the link to get the full video: https://rumble.com/v2g2543-the-book-of-revelation-the-seven-churches-and-their-meanings.html

The Book of Revelation: The Seven Churches & Their Meanings Learn about the book of Revelation, the meaning of prophecy, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, how to interpret symbols in the the Bible and much more!

Br Chris, Br Justin, and Sr Quyen discuss how our modern vampire lore (including Dracula) is actually Irish! Learn more about the Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis: https://stfrancisbsp.com/ Support us by buying some swag: https://www.etsy.com/shop/OneHolyCatholic

Brothers Chris and Justin talk about the current state of the Church and society in general. Is 2023 the year that Br Justin ends his Disney Plus subscription? Where have all the good stories gone!?? Is the Church in Germany going to separate from Rome??