📹 11. PIO412 2025-11-14 07
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APOCALYPTIC LANGUAGE: SYMBOLS, COLORS, AND NUMBERS IN REVELATION
This lecture explains apocalyptic as hope-filled resistance, asking the core question: who is Lord of this world—God or the empire. It stresses that Revelation speaks in pictorial, symbolic language—closer to poetry than science—meant to shape experience, not just provide information. It surveys recurring images (beasts, dragon, horsemen, trumpets, New Jerusalem) and shows how animals can represent empires (as in Daniel 7). It then unpacks the meaning of colors and numbers (e.g., white, red, gold; 7, 12, 144,000, 3½, 666) and cautions against literalism so the symbols can point to real, though transcendent, realities.
This lecture explains apocalyptic as hope-filled resistance, asking the core question: who is Lord of this world—God or the empire. It stresses that Revelation speaks in pictorial, symbolic language—closer to poetry than science—meant to shape experience, not just provide information. It surveys recurring images (beasts, dragon, horsemen, trumpets, New Jerusalem) and shows how animals can represent empires (as in Daniel 7). It then unpacks the meaning of colors and numbers (e.g., white, red, gold; 7, 12, 144,000, 3½, 666) and cautions against literalism so the symbols can point to real, though transcendent, realities.