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Revelation 21:10 - 22:5
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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV. Chapter 22.
  • The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible -  KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 22
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons. Chapter 22
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Vision I.I, Vision III.2, Vision IV.1, Similitude IX.2, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
  • III.25, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 209)
  • VI.XXIII, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
  • From the Geneva Notes. Chapter 22
    • "The second form of particular description (as I said) \\see Geneva "Re 21:12"\\ from exterior and outward actions which are these, light from God himself, to this verse glory from men, Re 21:24. Finally such truth and incorruption of glory Re 21:26 as can bear and abide with it, nothing that is inglorious, Re 21:27."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary. Chapter 22
    • "Perfect and direct communion with God, will more than supply the place of gospel institutions."
  • From Wesley's Notes. Chapter 22
    • "And shall see his face - Which was not granted to Moses. They shall have the nearest access to, and thence the highest resemblance of, him. This is the highest expression in the language of scripture to denote the most perfect happiness of the heavenly state."
  • His Servants Shall Serve Him, from The Poor Man's Portions, Robert Hawker, c. 1800.
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). Chapter 22
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. Chapter 22
    • "John saw no temple in the city, such as at Jerusalem. It was all temple. God and the Lamb were present in it everywhere and every spot was holy."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Revelation 21:10, 22 - 22:5, Ronald J Allen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2019.
    • "The Book of Revelation -- and the Bible -- reaches its climax with this passage."
  • "God's Own Pocket," LeAnn Blackert, Wild Lectionary, Radical Discipleship, 2019.
    • "We who profess to be followers of Jesus are to be those who not only pray for God’s will to be done on earth. We are the ones called to continue the incarnation of God’s will on earth."
  • Commentary, Revelation 21:10, 22 - 22:5, Michael Kiel, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2016.
    • "From its beginning, Christianity has been beset with an eschatological problem. How do we reconcile a determined and unrealistic future with the need for ethical action in the present?"
  • The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2016.
  • Commentary, Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 | Ryan L. Hansen, Ph.D. | Lead Pastor, Blakemore Church of the Nazarene | A Plain Account, 2016.
    • "The theme of creation and new creation runs through chapters 21 and 22—as at the beginning of creation, so also at the end. And yet, this is not simply a return to the pre-Fall condition of things."
  • Pulpit Fiction, with podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
  • Commentary, Revelation 21:10, 22 - 22:5, Barbara Rossing, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
    • "Revelation’s vision of God’s life-giving watershed in the center of our cities renews hope for our future. We need New Jerusalem. We need the trees of life, the healing of the nations."
  • "Light," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
    • "We can’t see light itself.  We can see only what light lights up, like the little circle of night where the candle flickers--a sheen of mahogany, a wineglass, a face leaning toward us out of the shadows. When Jesus says that he is the Light of the World (John 8:12), maybe something like that is part of what he is saying."
  • "It Ends Where It All Begins," Rick Fry, 2013.
  • "Did You Dream Tonight?" Michael Coffey, 2013.
  • "The New City," Faith Element, 2013.
  • Pulpit Fiction, podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2013.
  • "The New Belfast," Colin Gale, Political Theology, 2013.
  • Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
  • "Precious in His Sight," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer.
    • "There is a tension between the biblical language of exclusion and the language of embrace--only if we 'read between the Lectionary.' But the problem is that taking God’s love and making it into something that excludes anybody means that it excludes everybody."
  • Commentary, Revelation 21:10, 22 - 22:5, Brian Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
    • "In this book of so many visions, we arrive at the final vision; final not only because it is the last in this book, but final because here we see the ultimate goal to which God will bring the world."
  • "First Thoughts on Epistle Passages in the Lectionary," Easter 6, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "Ultimate hope is to be in the presence of the God who is beyond all and in all. To speak of God's glory is to speak of God's being in all its richness."
  • Commentary, Revelation 22:1-5, Michael R. Lomax, The African American Lectionary, 2008.
    • "In the present, God gives us a 'tour of heaven' to provide strength until we are completely made whole in God?s future. But, while we are down here waiting, this tour also gives us the audacity to hope against hope and to struggle for healing to come on earth as it is in heaven."
  • "The Vision of the Lamb's Bride," God's Song of Revelation: From Easter to Pentecost in the Apocalypse, Wendell W. Frerichs , Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1986.
  • "Heaven Is Our Home," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Heaven and Hell," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2002.
  • "'The Lamb Who Was Slain Has Begun His Reign. Amen!' Texts from the Revelation to John for the Sundays of Easter," James H. Burtness, Word & World, 1992.
  • "Albrecht Dürer's New Jerusalem: Revelation 21 - 22," Robert H. Smith, Volume XV, Number 2, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1995.
  • Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, Wesley White. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
  • "The Holy City," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
  • "The New Heaven and the New Earth," from The Most Revealing Book of the Bible, Vernard Eller.
  • "The Eternal State (Revelation 21:1 - 22:5)," by J. Hampton Keathley III at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
    • "Today, focusing our hearts and minds on the Lord is a wonderful potential through eyes of faith and confidence in the promises of the Word, but it is still full of the ?ifs? of whether or not we will look unto Jesus, keep our eyes on Him. But not in eternity. With our service then, there will always be the smiling and loving face of the Savior."
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
  • Beale, Gregory K., "Eden, the Temple, and the Church's Mission in the New Creation," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Burtness, James H., "'The Lamb Who Was Slain Has Begun His Reign. Amen!' Texts from the Revelation to John for the Sundays of Easter," Word & World, 1992.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Charles, Gary W., "Diving into Wonderland: Preaching Revelation in the Mainline Pulpit," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Frerichs, Wendell W., "God's Song of Revelation: From Easter to Pentecost in the Apocalypse," Word & World, 1986.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Grab, Ginger, "Books and Articles on the Theme of Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Gundry, Robert H., "The New Jerusalem: People As Place, Not Place for People," Novum Testamentum, 1987.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Macchia, Frank D., "The Covenant of the Lamb's Bride: A Subversive Paradigm," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Mathewson, David, "The Destiny of the Nations in Revelation 21:1-22:5: A Reconsideration," Tyndale Bulletin, 2002.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Mathewson, David, "A Note on the Foundation Stones in Revelation 21.14, 19-20," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2003.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Miller, Kevin, "The Nuptial Eschatology of Revelation 19-22," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1998.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Nielsen, Glenn, "Homiletical Helps on LW Series B - Epistles," Concordia Journal, 2007.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Pippin, Tina, "The Heroine and the Whore: Fantasy and the Female in the Apocalypse of John," Semeia, 1992.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Poling, Travis Edward Turner, "Every Time the World Ends, John 21:1-25; Revelation 21:1-4, 22:1-5," Brethren Life and Thought, 2006.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Ricciuti, Gail A., "Between Text and Sermon: Revelation 21:22-22:5," Interpretation, 1999.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Roose, Hanna, "Sharing in Christ's Rule: Tracing a Debate in Earliest Christianity," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2004.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Russell, Keith A., "At One with the Power: Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for May," The Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also "Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Schellenberg, Ryan S., "Seeing the World Whole: Intertextuality and the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21-22)," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2006.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Smit, Laura, "The Image of Home," Theology Today, 1988.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Smith, Robert H., "Albrecht Dürer's New Jerusalem: Revelation 21-22," Word & World, 1995.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Thompson, James W., "Revelation 21:9-27, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 2009.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Williams, Delores S., "'Rub Poor Lil' Judas's Head," The Christian Century, 1990.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
• Sermons:
  • "The Grace of the City of God," Dr. Jan Love, Day 1, 2010.
• With Children:
  • Worshiping with Children, Easter 6C, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2016.
  • Storypath, Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 2016.
  • "Heaven," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
  • "Those Whose Names Are Written in the Book of Life Will Be in the City," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
  • "City of God," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
  • "The New Jerusalem," "The River of Life," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
• Drama:
  • "Holiday of a Lifetime," Grace Cowley, Milton Parish Church Drama Resources.
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Revelation 21:10, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27; 22:1, 2, 4, 5. The Cyber Hymnal.
  • Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
  • Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
    • Face to Face
    • Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
    • God of our Fathers
    • Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices
    • I Need Thee, Precious Jesus
    • In a Little While We're Going Home
    • Shall We Gather at the River
• Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
• Study Links and Resources for the Book of Revelation

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