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As leaders in ministry, how do we balance Biblical truth that God's power is made perfect in our weakness with the need for trust-building and sustainable leadership, particularly in tricky times?This seminar was recorded live at VLG 2025.

Watch on YouTube In this upbeat interview, CEO Jerry Randall and CFO Danny Wells of consumer healthcare products firm Venture Life, takes me through today's in line H1'24 results & positive outlook – including: 00:00 What the company does, its key USPs and current demand picture 06:00 Financial highlights, improving gross margins and strong cash generation 10:45 M&A, efficiency and new product development opportunities 16:00 Outlook and longer term vision #VLG is a Vox Markets client.

Watch on YouTube In today's episode of Taking Stock we look at the Q1 trading update from 888 and other news releases that came out this Friday morning including Man Group, Mears, Fonix Mobile and Zotefoams. 2:05 #888  11:50 #EMG  17:20 #MER and discussion of buybacks  22:25 #FNX 26:20 #ZTF  29:15 #VLG and discussion of leverage multiples/EBITDA 37:40 #88E 41:10 #MARU

On today's Exchange, I was delighted again to speak to accomplished investor Roland Head of the Dividend Note & Stockopedia – including: 00:00 Roland's investment approach, how his portfolio fared in Q1'24 & UK banks. 06:20 Rightmove & Moneysupermarket Group 09:45 Hunting 13:25 Rio Tinto 17:35 RWS Group 22:05 Speedy Hire  27:00 TI Fluid Systems 30:10 PayPoint plc  33:30 Mears 36:15 iomart 39:50 S&U 43:55 Chemring 47:10 TP ICAP 51:50 IG Group 55:20 Avacta 57:55 Supermarket Income REIT 63:55 TI Fluid Systems – follow up question 64:50 Venture Life Group plc 69:00 Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd 73:05 LungLife AI Disclosure : I own #IOM, whilst #VLG, #AVCT & #LLAI are Vox Markets clients

The Great Commission requires disciples of Jesus to learn to observe everything that Jesus commanded. Jesus never commanded disciples to observe Advent. Jesus never commanded disciples to celebrate Christmas. But Jesus *did* command His disciples to *wait* for Him. We do a number of things that aren't prescribed by a Scripture verse that are good for us, things aimed to help us learn Christ's commands and help us build strength to follow Him. For example, we have reasons for our Sunday morning order of service, including the fact that any/every liturgy accomplishes *something*, so we might as well choose wisely. We worship as an assembly the way we do based on principles for a purpose. The five Cs are an outline that—by God's grace and through His Word and Spirit—enables each member to behold Christ and become more like Him.God calls His ministers to serve the church toward Christlikeness. We proclaim Christ, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that every man would become complete/perfect in Christ. As a minister of the Word, desiring the progress of faith and joy and obedience for the entire church, I think some meditation on advent will be good for our wisdom, along with some warning and teaching. Seasonal sermons are not a default for the holidays; I have convictions about the glories of sequential exposition. But for what *we* need in these days, a month of advent activities might just bless us more than a month of pre-Easter sermons. We have more ways to mature as disciples in terms of understanding and living in light of the incarnation than we do the resurrection, though more of the former can't help but make better the latter. Like we recognize some principles of wisdom in the sabbath without following Mosaic Law regarding the Sabbath, we recognize some principles of wisdom and faith in advent without tracing every Advent tradition. Or word advent means “the coming.” It's a derivative from the Latin word *advenire*, “to come to.” It refers to an arrival, usually the arrival of a notable person or event. Some Christians have specified the four Sundays before Christmas with distinct names and candles and colors, all to remember Christ's first advent. While that's worth celebrating itself—God come in flesh to save sinful man—it also reminds us of His second coming.There are certain activities appropriate to the advent season. I'm going to highlight four, starting with the one I think we are the worst at: 1) Waiting, 2) Feasting, 3) Singing, 4) Giving. Waiting is an appropriate subject for a heavenly host of reasons, including that this is the first Sunday of advent, so it is the furthest Sunday from Christmas.So, what are we waiting for? The key text for today is Titus 2:11-14, with special attention on verse 13.> For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, **waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ**, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (Titus 2:11–14 ESV)Grace has **appeared**, it showed up, it arrived. Grace advented. Grace was enfleshed in Jesus and has been received through Jesus for sake of salvation (John 1:14-17). That grace has gone to work, *discipling* us (**training** in verse 12 is an translation of παιδεύω - developing our abilities to make appropriate choices, providing instruction for informed and right living). Grace shapes our affirmations and denials. We **renounce**/refuse/disown **ungodliness** and we embrace lives that are **sober, righteous, and godly**. Grace develops people who adorn the doctrine of God our Savior (Titus 2:10). And that adorned, godly living requires **waiting**. The present age is good, it's not our goal. The present age is when we're being purified, but not when we're glorified. We are disciples in this present age, and He redeemed us to make us a people who are zealous for good works (Titus 2:14). Our waiting (at least in this paragraph) isn't idle; we don't sit on our hands or wait it out in an underground man cave. But it's still waiting.What is waiting? What is *godly* waiting? How can advent help us with adorned waiting? Waiting is *inevitable* in one way, because time moves forward on a line and we just can't force an upcoming point to hurry up. A future minute will become the present minute at the right time, but even Augustine can't make time go faster. As Jonathan says, “The time will pass regardless of whether or not you do the hard thing. You may as well have something to show for it." Godly waiting is more than more than a constant stand by. But it starts by submitting, with thanks, to God for His scheduling. And waiting is *required* by God. It's required not merely because of Providential timing, it's required by His command. Not only do we have a bunch of examples, we have explicit imperatives.> Wait for the LORD; > be strong, and let your heart take courage; > wait for the LORD! > (Psalm 27:14 ESV)> Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; > fret not yourself over the one who prospers > in his way, > over the man who carries out evil devices! > (Psalm 37:7 ESV)“Wait on the LORD.” So again, this has to be more than merely crossing off days on the calendar. This is knowing that He knows that He will fix the problem, but not now. He wants us to know ahead of time, and to hold onto that anticipation with the proper heart-posture. Waiting is, therefore, part of God's *purposes*. Why did the Lord “invent” waiting? It's at least to prove His own patience, and then share that attribute into us (James 1:4). It also shows His saving power; He can deliver from what is really bad. And it gives Him opportunity to highlight His promises. The thing is, He really remembers. Time doesn't make Him forget. And our faith *pleases* Him (Hebrews 11:6). It is *long*, and sometimes *brutal*. I read a story about U.S. Admiral James Stockdale who was imprisoned for eight years in Vietnam, tortured over twenty times, with no promise of release. When asked about the difference between those who did and didn't survive the war camp, Stockdale said, “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” Jim Collins called this the Stockdale Paradox:> “You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” (Collins, _Good to Great_)That said, what surprised me most while mediating on waiting and searching the Scriptures about waiting, is that those who wait well are *renewed*. > they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; > they shall mount up with wings like eagles; > they shall run and not be weary; > they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 ESV)Waiters “gain new strength” (NASB), *mutabunt fortitudinem* (VLG), that is, they are changed unto fortitude. There is fresh supply of strength in the waiting station; waiting gathers rather than drains. The place of waiting (even suffering) is the place of (endurance to character to invincible hope) blessing. # ConclusionGodly waiting is controlling how we feel, while we feel bad. Waiting is self-control while uncomfortable, knowing that it could be different, knowing that it *will be* better, but trusting God for the when. The advent principle is wait training. We get to exercise waiting muscles. It's a short season--less than a month, to practice glad, eager, anticipation that good will arrive, even though we mey hit points along the way that provoke strong feelings that we wish it were over. We teach our kids to wait, to anticipate. And we, human parents, know to give them good things. We know not just what will be better for them, we know how much they'll enjoy opening the gift. Their gratitude will be increased, not decreased, even though they will have had a couple less weeks to wear the sweater, or whatever. How much more our heavenly Father!Wait like a Boss. What does a Boss Waiter (BW) do? Renounce shortcuts, renounce cheating the discomfort. Renounce lies about the discomfort, believe that better is coming. Do all your good works now, and don't be precious about the present age except in so far as it was given by God as part of His glory-increasing project. > Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (James 5:7–8 ESV)*Fix* your hearts, with both meanings of fix. Fix, as in correct/recalibrate your expecations. And fix, as in establish, get the roots down deep. Wait like a Boss. Wait for the blessed hope, the next advent of our Lord. ----------## ChargeChristians, wait by faith not by sight. Wait by faith no matter how long the wait. Wait by faith in the one who never forgets, who never fails, who holds you fast. Wait from faith to faith in the LORD your God; He is the faithful God (see Deuteronomy 7:9). ## Benediction:> [Y]ou are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:7–9 ESV)

# IntroductionA good story doesn't give everything away on the first page, not even in chapter 3. As Scripture records God's dealings with man, even as Scripture records God's promise that He will send a Man, the revelation progresses. We're in a blessed position, and can work our way back (and forward) from many spots on the timeline. We know more about the Christ in Christmas than anyone in the Bible (mostly because we have our own complete copies unlike any of them), but that doesn't mean we long for His coming as we should. This year as we head toward Christmas day in a advent season series of sermons, I am taking us back to the Old Testament. We're getting a prophetic start, a progressive anticipation.Last Lord's Day we started at the beginning of mankind, and with what has been called the * protoevangelium*, the “first gospel,” in Genesis 3:15. Christmas is the celebration that the Dragon-Slayer Seed was born. It was going to be a man, which is important for sake of Him identifying with our sins, but it's also the promise to bruise the head of the serpent. We who believe in the Son of Man are also offspring of the woman. The devil is defeated in principle, but mad, and the ongoing spiritual battle between his offspring and the woman's offspring is everything that is wrong with Christmas. A lot has happened between Genesis 3 and our text for today, Isaiah 9. The flood, Babel, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Joseph, Egypt, Exodus, and back into the Promised Land to Abraham. The Lord chose a family to become a nation which He would love and from which would come the Man. He lead them *personally*, He led them *successfully* (even miraculously), He led them *mercifully*, and they didn't think it was enough. They wanted to be like other nations (1 Samuel 8:6). They wanted an embodied ruler, one who could take them into battle and govern their land (1 Samuel 8:19-20). They rejected the Lord as king (1 Samuel 8:7). The Lord gave them Saul, whose resume stood a head above the rest, for a while. Then the Lord gave them David, and to David the Lord promised a son who would sit on the throne and rule forever (2 Samuel 7:14-16).But even though we know the petty and disobedient and divided and in some cases tyrannical history of Israel's kings after Solomon, note that the original desire for a king was *right*. It was not right in terms of how the people went about it, says God Himself. But as He reveals His purpose for the offspring of the woman, the particulars include the Seed's coming as a Man-King.# Post Tenebras, Rex (After Darkness, a King)Things were in a bad way near the end of Isaiah 8. Things were *dark*. The people of Israel were looking to spiritual mediums (Isaiah 8:19), they weren't looking to God's Word and so they had “no dawn” (8:20), the earth was “distress and darkness,” they were thrust into “thick darkness” (8:22). The people walk in darkness, “in a land of deep darkness” (9:2). Isaiah sees the Assyrian army under Tiglath-pileser taking over the northern part of Israel, “the land of Zebulun and…Naphtali” (9:1, see also 2 Kings 15:29), who are a burden of oppression (9:4). Ahaz was the king at the time, and his kingdom was full of distress and war. But the prophecy doesn't end with the blackness of night, it looks forward to a better king. After darkness, a King. > For to us a child is born, > to us a son is given; > and the government shall be upon his shoulder, > and his name shall be called > Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, > Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. > Of the increase of his government and of peace > there will be no end, > on the throne of David and over his kingdom, > to establish it and to uphold it > with justice and with righteousness > from this time forth and forevermore. > The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. > (Isaiah 9:6–7 ESV)The "child born" picks up a previous word from the Lord in Isaiah 7:14 about a son born of a virgin named Immanuel. It's a man, who is God, and who takes dominion. **The government shall be upon his shoulder**, and **of the increase of his government...there will be no end**. The word "government" is good, but the Hebrew word (pronounced *miś·rā(h)*) means *domination* . The LXX translates as ἀρχὴ (*arche*), the meeting point/corner of authority and power. The VLG has *principatus*, the first or eminent one. But *domination* works, even as it is related to *Dominus*, the Lord. This is the Lord of lords, the King on the throne of David. He can shoulder the responsibility of rule. There are four titles for Him.1. **Wonderful Counselor**. There have been wise rulers, but the vast majority throughout history must certainly be considered policy half-wits and political jesters. They get promoted, they get to inherit what daddy built. This coming King will know what to do; think of Joseph's solutions to African famine but applied to *every issue* for *every nation*. His decisions will inspire delight and admiration. 2. **Mighty God**. More than a Man, more than the divine right of rule, He will be the *Divine* Ruler, again related to Isaiah 7:14. He is strength incarnate, a Warrior King. 3. **Everlasting Father**. This is not a confusion of Trinitarian persons or relationships, it's a typical, figurative usage of “father” (see Job 29:16 and Isaiah 22:21). It is the King who cares for and protects His people, and this role will be His forever. 4. **Prince of Peace**. Prince here isn't second in line, but emphasizing his royalty. Peace is the thing men want. Peace is the thing nations fight about. Peace is the thing the serpent and his offspring hate and disrupt. Peace in safety and prosperity define this King's kingdom. Four more things describe the King's accomplishments in verse 7.- **Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end**. His rule expands in space and time, dominion grows. - **On the throne of David and over his kingdom**. His rule fulfills the longstanding promise. - **To establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness.** No dishonesty or corruption, no delinquency or compromise. - **From this time forth and forevermore**. See “Everlasting” and “no end” above. This isn't speculation of outcome based on exit polls, this is God's commitment. **The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.***God sent a King.* # Hostile to (Royal) HierarchyThe wise men from the east came because they saw the sign of whom? “Where” is he who has been born king of the Jews?” (Matthew 2:1-2). When Herod realized the wise men weren't coming back with a report of this baby's location, he ordered the murder of all the boys two and under because his throne, his dominion was being threatened. Jesus was killed for His claim to be King (Matthew 27:11, 29). *God sent a King*, and “the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against His Anointed” (Psalm 2:2). This is the problem with domination, or attempts at it, among men. It's a constant fight to be top dawg. This is the way it was since the serpent, this is the way *of* the serpent himself (compare with Isaiah 14:12-14). This is the way among the "rulers and authorities, the principalities and powers." This is the way of all those who typify the Beast of the Apocalypse. This is what's wrong with politics, with governors, with *men* in power. The levels of incompetence among our rulers are higher than Snohomish County flood warnings. And I get that being anti-authority is cool. But that is mostly a show.While there is a tendency of hostility toward hierarchy, something about a King *appeals* to men because of God's regality. Give me a good king to submit to. Deep in their hearts men *want* a King, at least one like Isaiah's prophecy. God established this desire. We have a king-shaped whole in our hearts, not separate from the God-shaped hole, but the archetype of a magnanimous king is universal and eternal. It is divine. God set up and progressively revealed the glory of His kingship. The Christ as Messiah, the Anointed One, is Priest but also King. If you are at the top of your hierarchy, you don't understand Christmas. Those hostile to King Jesus are just mini-Herods. Wise men bow down.# ConclusionThis King has sons, not just servants. And He glorifies His court.> What king surrounds himself with warped, dwarfish, worthless creatures? The most glorious king, the more glorious the titles and honors he bestows. … He is a very great king to have figures of such immense dignity in his train, or even better, to have raised them to such dignity. … All glory to him, and in him, glory and honor to these others. (Thomas Howard, _Evangelical is Not Enough_, 87)His glory is never threatened, His glory is heightened by raising us up. Jesus said, that all authority in heaven and on earth was given to Him, and we represent Him. > Born They people to deliver, > Born a child and yet a King, > Born to reign in us forever, > Now Thy gracious kingdom bring. > By Thine own eternal Spirit > Rule in all our hearts alone; > By Thine all sufficient merit, > Raise us to Thy glorious throne. > —Charles Wesley, “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus”Joy to the world! The Lord is come; let earth receive her **King**!----------## ChargeBeloved, you must give as those who have received, you must forgive as those who have been justified by grace, and you must use your authority as those who are under the dominion of the Dominus, the Lord Jesus. God sent a King, and God has delivered you from the domain of darkness and transferred you into the Kingdom of His beloved Son. Adore the King, adorn His ways. ## Benediction:> I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. (1 Timothy 6:13–16, ESV)

Altbewährtes wieder aufleben lassen – am 09.10.2022 findet der 18. Magdeburg Marathon statt. Erwartet werden um die 3500 Läufer. In dieser Folge erzählt Ralf Eger, Vorstandsvorsitzender vom VLG 1991 Magdeburg, über die Faszination von Laufveranstaltungen: Ganz gleich, ob Volkslauf oder Profiläufe, Weltrekorde und Tempomacher, Motivationsplaylisten und/oder richtiges Schuhwerk – Laufen verbindet auf vielen Ebenen. Herr Eger gibt Tipps ums Lauftraining und einen Ausblick, wie das Team vom Magdeburg Marathon in nachhaltige Projekte für ein grünes Magdeburg investiert. Motivierend und informativ. Wie immer, reinhören lohnt sich!

Dr. Klaus-Dieter Platsch ist Arzt für Innere Medizin, Chinesische Medizin, Psychotherapie und Naturheilverfahren. Seit langer Zeit widmet er sich den Fragen von Heilung, Spiritualität und Meditation, hält Seminare und Vorträge und schrieb vier Bücher zu den Themen einer heilsamen Medizin und des Heilens. Nach dreißig Jahren spiritueller Schulung vertritt er eine freie, traditionsübergreifende Spiritualität. Er leitet das Institut für Integrale Medizin mit dem er die Ausbildung Heilende Medizin - ein integraler Entwicklungsweg für Menschen im Heilberuf entwickelte und anbietet sowie das Begleitstudium Caring and Healing in Kooperation mit der Bayreuther Akademie für Gesundheitswissensschaften.Das kannst du aus dieser Folge mitnehmen:• Was ist Gesundheit für Dr. med. Platsch?• Wie sieht seine spirituelle Praxis aus, und wie kam er damit in Kontakt?• Wie kann man mit psychosomatischen Symptomen und Patient*innen umgehen?• Wie können verschiedene Arten der Medizin zusammenarbeiten?• Was sind Inhalte des Studiengangs Caring and Healing – Entwicklung ärztlicher Kernkompetenz?• Welche Erfahrungen und Rückmeldungen bestehen von Absolvent*innen des Studiengangs?• Welche Rolle spielt die persönliche Beziehung zum Arzt im Heilungsprozess?• Was bedeutet Spiritualität (für Dr. med. Platsch)?• Erfahrungen von Patient*innen bei Problemen auf spiritueller Ebene• Inhalte der Bewusstseinsentwicklung im zukünftigen Katalog für Mediziner*innenMehr über Dr. med. Platschs Arbeit kannst Du hier erfahren:www.drplatsch.dewww.caringandhealing.dewww.heilendesfeld.deSeine Bücher:www.drplatsch.de/buecher.html• Heilung als schöpferischer Prozess - wo Körper und Geist sich treffen. 280 S., Fischer&Gann, 2020• Das Heilende Feld - was Sie selbst für Ihre Heilung tun können, 302 S., Mens Sana-Knaur (Taschenbuch), 2013• Was heilt- die tieferen Dimensionen im Heilprozess, 272 S., Mens Sana-Knauer (Taschenbuch), 2009• Die Medizin heilen - an der Schwelle einer neuen Gesundheitskultur, 252 S., Vlg. Systemische Medizin, 2014Für Kontakt zu Seminaren und dem Begleitstudium "Caring and Healing - Entwicklung ärztlicher Kernkompetenz":Institut für Integrale Medizin info@integrale-medizin.net------------------------------------------Die Folge hat dir Lust auf mehr gegeben? Dann abonniere unseren Youtube Kanal oder Podcast auf Spotify oder iTunes, um keine Folge mehr zu verpassen.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFg1XNY1KVcb1WQWbcKCmOQ/featuredhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3cb6oX8P5mCRogDS4NxRx5?si=0d49ad7a52c948aahttps://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1554729756Du willst selbst mit dem Meditieren beginnen? Mindfulife bietet wissenschaftlich fundierte wöchentliche Online-Meditationsessions an – schau‘ gerne vorbei bei unserem Online Meditationsstudio vorbei: https://www.mindfulife.de/online-meditation-studio/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulife.de/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulife.de/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfulife/

Paul Hill, full time investor and equity analyst talks about how the markets seem to be focusing on all the bad news but very little of the good news, which is a good risk, reward set up. Plus we talk about some stocks to follow including: Purplebricks #PURP, Lords Group #LORD, Revolution Beauty #REVB, eEnergy #EAAS, Moneysupermarket #MONY, Manolete #MANO, Sourcebio #SBI, Belluscura #BELL, Venture Life #VLG, Aveva #AVV & Biome Tech #BIOM

Paul Hill, full time investor and equity analyst discusses whether the stock market is 'bottoming'? Stocks ot follow include: Revolution Beauty #REVB Belluscura #BELL Trufin #TRU Purplebricks #PURP Lords Group Trading #LORD What might China reopening do for equities? Activeops #AOM Equals #EQLS Getech #GTC Northbridge Industrial #NBI Venture Life #VLG Verici DX #VRCI Avacta #AVCT Volatility associated with smallcap investing

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The team that went to the Vineyard Leaders Gathering at Trent Vineyard in Nottingham feed back to the church some of what they received from being at the VLG.

Der 24. Februar hat unser Leben auf den Kopf gestellt! Was tun, wenn der erste Schock vorbei ist? Selbstfürsorge und Hilfsbereitschaft im Zeichen von Trauma, Trauer und Verlust... SHOWNOTES: Mehr zum Thema Selbstfürsorge: In der Folge verweisen wir auch auf unser Interview mit Dr. Tatjana Reichhart -@tatjana_reichhart FRAUENLEBN FOLGE #41 - DAS PRINZIP SELBSTFÜRSORGE und wiederholen aus gegebenem Anlass nochmal unsere FRAUENLEBEN-BUCHEMPFEHLUNG: „Das Prinzip SELBST FÜR SORGE – Wie wir Verantwortung für uns übernehmen und gelassen und frei leben“, Dr. med. Tatjana Reichhart, Kösel Vlg. Wir, das sind Judith Pieroth-Neef, Ärztin und Marion Bredl, Heilpraktikerin und Frauengesundheit ist unsere Leidenschaft. Hast Du Fragen, Kommentare, Anregungen oder ein Wunschthema? Dann schreib uns! Über Instagram @jpierothneef, @praxis_marion_bredl oder @marion.bredl.kinderwunsch oder per Email an frauenleben@marion-bredl.de

‘'Festival de Musiques Country Unies'', c'est sur une idée de Romuald Kosmidrowiez agent artistique (France) pour des artistes tels que : Luc Tremblay, Anick Gagnon, Hervey Hovington, Manon Bédard, Ben Bostick, Marc Tex' O, à VLG production, Attaché de presse de M. Denis Vauzelle,. Etc…C' est donc sur cette idée de Romuald, que ce Festival Radiophonique et Média a été mis en œuvre. Un événement qui n'aurait pu avoir lieu sans la participation de nombreux artistes, à savoir : Aie Cobaye, Amélie Hall, Anick Gagnon, Brigitte Leblanc, Camille Rose, Carol Ann King, Dani Daraiche, Daniel Bertrand, Daniel Dan, Daniel Goguen, Danny Sylvestre, Eddy Butler, Emilie Landry, Fredy Bill, Hervey ,Hovington, Jean-Luc Bujold, Karo Laurendeau, Katty Bessette, Laurie Leblanc, Luc Tremblay, Mack et Ro, Moyenne Rig, Rheal Leblanc, Stéphanie Labbé, Tchad, Véronique Labbé, Zachary Richard ;qu'ils en soient ici remerciés. N'oublions pas Josée Girard pour l'introduction et Angélique Martin Daigle, la jeune fille qui a réalisé l'affiche.

‘'Festival de Musiques Country Unies'', c'est sur une idée de Romuald Kosmidrowiez agent artistique (France) pour des artistes tels que : Luc Tremblay, Anick Gagnon, Hervey Hovington, Manon Bédard, Ben Bostick, Marc Tex' O, à VLG production, Attaché de presse de M. Denis Vauzelle,. Etc…C' est donc sur cette idée de Romuald, que ce Festival Radiophonique et Média a été mis en œuvre. Un événement qui n'aurait pu avoir lieu sans la participation de nombreux artistes, à savoir : Aie Cobaye, Amélie Hall, Anick Gagnon, Brigitte Leblanc, Camille Rose, Carol Ann King, Dani Daraiche, Daniel Bertrand, Daniel Dan, Daniel Goguen, Danny Sylvestre, Eddy Butler, Emilie Landry, Fredy Bill, Hervey ,Hovington, Jean-Luc Bujold, Karo Laurendeau, Katty Bessette, Laurie Leblanc, Luc Tremblay, Mack et Ro, Moyenne Rig, Rheal Leblanc, Stéphanie Labbé, Tchad, Véronique Labbé, Zachary Richard ;qu'ils en soient ici remerciés. N'oublions pas Josée Girard pour l'introduction et Angélique Martin Daigle, la jeune fille qui a réalisé l'affiche.

#41 – DAS PRINZIP SELBSTFÜRSORGE mit Dr. med Tatjana Reichhart Ist Selbstfürsorge egoistisch? Muss ich ein schlechtes Gewissen haben, wenn ich etwas für mich selbst tue? Nein, sagt Dr. med Tatjana Reichhart! Menschen, die sich nichts gönnen, nicht gut für sich sorgen, haben auch nichts zu geben. Wenn ich keine Energie habe, kann ich nicht nur anderen nichts weitergeben, sondern werde unter Umständen selbst zur Belastung. Die approbierte Ärztin und Fachärztin für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie hat nach vielen Jahren als Oberärztin an der Klinik der TU München ihren Arztkittel an den Nagel gehängt und gemeinsam mit ihrer Schulfreundin das Coaching- und Seminarcafé Kitchen2Soul in München gegründet. Dort hilft sie Menschen Selbstfürsorge zu betreiben um ein selbstbestimmtes, glückliches und erfülltes Leben aktiv zu gestalten. In Folge #39 haben wir mit ihr über ihren eigenen Mut zur Veränderung und das spannende und erfolgreiche Projekt Kitchen2Soul gesprochen. Heute gibt es einen kleinen Einblick in ihr Buch „Das Prinzip SELBST FÜR SORGE“, Inklusive Gratis-Soforttipp um gleich damit anzufangen… SHOWNOTES: Kitchen2Soul – Webseite: https://www.kitchen2soul.com/ FRAUENLEBEN-BUCHEMPFEHLUNG: „Das Prinzip SELBST FÜR SORGE – Wie wir Verantwortung für uns übernehmen und gelassen und frei leben“, Dr. med. Tatjana Reichhart, Kösel Vlg. Wir, das sind Judith Pieroth-Neef, Ärztin und Marion Bredl, Heilpraktikerin und Frauengesundheit ist unsere Leidenschaft. Hast Du Fragen, Kommentare, Anregungen oder ein Wunschthema? Dann schreib uns! Über Instagram @jpierothneef, @praxis_marion_bredl oder @marion.bredl.kinderwunsch oder per Email an frauenleben@marion-bredl.de

‘'Festival de Musiques Country Unies'', c'est sur une idée de Romuald Kosmidrowiez agent artistique (France) pour des artistes tels que : Luc Tremblay, Anick Gagnon, Hervey Hovington, Manon Bédard, Ben Bostick, Marc Tex' O, à VLG production, Attaché de presse de M. Denis Vauzelle,. Etc…C' est donc sur cette idée de Romuald, que ce Festival Radiophonique et Média a été mis en œuvre. Un événement qui n'aurait pu avoir lieu sans la participation de nombreux artistes, à savoir : Aie Cobaye, Amélie Hall, Anick Gagnon, Brigitte Leblanc, Camille Rose, Carol Ann King, Dani Daraiche, Daniel Bertrand, Daniel Dan, Daniel , Goguen, Danny Sylvestre, Eddy Butler, Emilie Landry, Fredy Bill, Hervey ,Hovington, Jean-Luc Bujold, Karo Laurendeau, Katty Bessette, Laurie Leblanc, Luc Tremblay, Mack et Ro, Moyenne Rig, Rheal Leblanc, Stéphanie Labbé, Tchad, Véronique Labbé, Zachary Richard ;qu'ils en soient ici remerciés. N'oublions pas Josée Girard pour l'introduction et Angélique Martin Daigle,la jeune fille qui a réalisé l'affiche.

‘'Festival de Musiques Country Unies'', c'est sur une idée de Romuald Kosmidrowiez agent artistique (France) pour des artistes tels que : Luc Tremblay, Anick Gagnon, Hervey Hovington, Manon Bédard, Ben Bostick, Marc Tex' O, à VLG production, Attaché de presse de M. Denis Vauzelle,. Etc…C' est donc sur cette idée de Romuald, que ce Festival Radiophonique et Média a été mis en œuvre. Un événement qui n'aurait pu avoir lieu sans la participation de nombreux artistes, à savoir : Aie Cobaye, Amélie Hall, Anick Gagnon, Brigitte Leblanc, Camille Rose, Carol Ann King, Dani Daraiche, Daniel Bertrand, Daniel Dan, Daniel Goguen, Danny Sylvestre, Eddy Butler, Emilie Landry, Fredy Bill, Hervey ,Hovington, Jean-Luc Bujold, Karo Laurendeau, Katty Bessette, Laurie Leblanc, Luc Tremblay, Mack et Ro, Moyenne Rig, Rheal Leblanc, Stéphanie Labbé, Tchad, Véronique Labbé, Zachary Richard ;qu'ils en soient ici remerciés. N'oublions pas Josée Girard pour l'introduction et Angélique Martin Daigle, la jeune fille qui a réalisé l'affiche.

„Wenn es mit der Medizin nicht klappt, dann wäre der Plan B ein Buchladen mit Café!“,hat sich Judith einst gedacht… Dr. med. Tatjana Reichhart hat alles 3 kombiniert! Die approbierte Ärztin und Fachärztin für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie hat nach vielen Jahren als Oberärztin an der Klinik der TU München ihren Arztkittel an den Nagel gehängt und gemeinsam mit ihrer Schulfreundin das Coaching- und Seminarcafé Kitchen2Soul in München gegründet. Dort hilft sie Menschen Selbstfürsorge zu betreiben, um ein selbstbestimmtes, glückliches und erfülltes Leben aktiv zu gestalten. Wir sprechen mit ihr über ihren eigenen Mut zur Veränderung, über das spannende und erfolgreiche Projekt Kitchen2Soul und darüber, warum Selbstfürsorge aktive und wichtige Prävention vor psychischer Erkrankung ist. SHOWNOTES: Kitchen2Soul – Webseite: https://www.kitchen2soul.com/ FRAUENLEBEN-BUCHEMPFEHLUNG: „Das Prinzip Selbst Für Sorge - Wie wir Verantwortung für uns übernehmen und gelassen und frei leben“, Dr. med. Tatjana Reichhart, Kösel Vlg. Wir, das sind Judith Pieroth-Neef, Ärztin und Marion Bredl, Heilpraktikerin und Frauengesundheit ist unsere Leidenschaft. Hast Du Fragen, Kommentare, Anregungen oder ein Wunschthema? Dann schreib uns! Über Instagram @jpierothneef, @praxis_marion_bredl oder @marion.bredl.kinderwunsch oder per Email an frauenleben@marion-bredl.de

# Introduction While we talk a lot about circumcision this morning, which is not a frequent sermon topic, remember that sinners excel at missing the point. There is a lot of iceberg underneath the tip of this paragraph. We see what's above the surface, we see what Paul actually wrote to the Romans, and the problem isn't as much which parts Paul left out but how much the Jews had left out. Circumcision wasn't only a practice in Israel, but the Israelites came to define themselves by it, even more than by their geopolitical boundaries. (Judaizers didn't push every man to move into the land, but they did pressure every man to be circumcised, see Galatians 6:12.) Circumcision was a sign, given to Abraham by Yahweh, as a reminder of the LORD's covenant to Abraham (Genesis 17). All Abraham's male offspring were to be circumcised (including Ishmael). The law given by God to Israel required it; any uncircumcised male would be “cut off from his people” (Genesis 17:14). It was more than a medicinal and hygienic blessing, it was a covenant blessing. But it became a sign of sanctimony. There aren't many synonyms for sanctimony, but it can be defined, and even more so it can be seen. Sanctimony refers to an affected or hypocritical holiness, it means acting as if one were morally superior. It comes from *sanctus*, a holy thing, but it's a labored pretense over something sacred, a pietistic posture. Sanctified is good, sanctimonious is *acting* proud as if one were sanctified. Paul started poking at Jewish pretense in verse 17. They boasted about their identity, about their possession of the law and how they could give light to those in darkness. But Paul confronted the hypocrisy of how this kind of Jew taught everyone but himself. This kind of Jew boasted in the law that he kept breaking, and God was *blasphemed* by the pagans who watched the hypocrisy. In verses 25-29 Paul takes the sign of circumcision, a requirement of the law, and, as with a knife, cuts off their sanctimonious entitlement. Here we see what really counts to God. # The Value Proposition (verse 25) Circumcision is the subject of the first verse in the paragraph, and it's referenced ten times in these five verses. Since the subject changes from the standard of the law to the sign of circumcision, a new paragraph is appropriate. At the same time it extends Paul's confrontation to the man calling himself a Jew (verse 17) and has an additional explanation (beginning with "For") after the hypocrisy of the law-breakers. The law commanded every male in Israel be circumcised (Genesis 17:10). Paul doesn't say who asked about circumcision, but it's easy to imagine that a Jew could have heard the part about his law-breaking and *still* felt secure because of his circumcision. This sign was the Jews' citadel. > **For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.** Circumcision was a physical act of cutting the foreskin, easiest when a boy was eight days old (Leviticus 12:3), and requiring more recovery when a man was full grown (hence how Simeon and Levi routed a whole town when the men were sore, Genesis 34:13-25). God almost killed Moses for failing to circumcise his son, and Zipporah was none too happy about it (Exodus 4:24-26). Circumcision was a sign of sonship, a sign of belonging to the covenant that God made with Abraham to bless him. The cutting off of skin was always meant as a reminder about cutting off of sin. That is so much so that circumcision became a metaphor, “Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn” (Deuteronomy 10:16). Physical circumcision wasn't the *end*, circumcision was a means to the end. The sign was *not* meaningless, but it wasn't magic. It was not useless, but **is of value** with *obedience*. That obedience had to come from faith. That faith was in God, relying on God's mercy and God's provision of sacrifices to cover sin. The sign meant that a Jew was obligated to love God with all his heart, it did not get him off the hook from his obligations to the Lord. Without this obedience of faith and love, circumcision might as well have never happened. Unlike in English, there are two unrelated words in Greek (circumcision - περιτομή and uncircumcision - ἀκροβυστία). Being "uncircumcised" wasn't just a fact in one's medical chart, it was a derogatory category. Uncircumcised was synonym for the unrighteous, the ungodly, and ἀκροβυστία is not found outside of the Bible and Greek ecclesiastical literature (per BAGD); it was a way the *religious* looked down on the irreligious. Identifying others as Gentiles/Greeks was one thing, it wasn't really polite to identify the uncircumcised as such. When Paul wrote that "your circumcision becomes circumcision," he was saying about the worst thing he could. What counts to God is not the sign by itself. # The Consequential Implications (verses 26-27) Here is a “therefore,” a “so,” with the consequences. Verse 26 is recognized as a question in almost all the Greek texts with punctuation and English translations, while verse 27 is also understood as a question in the VLG, KJV, and NASB. I think based on the syntax of the verse, it is better taken as a question, which means these are two questions, both of which are about the uncircumcised. Here is the first question: > **If, therefore, the uncircumcised (man) keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?** This is a question to convict the Jew, not an invite to the Gentiles. Paul never preached the good news of circumcision to the uncircumcised, he actually argued against it, even against other apostles (Galatians 2:12; 5:2-3, 11). The question is, what counts to God? The Jew thought the sign itself counted for something, but “neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation” (Galatians 6:15). The form of this question in Romans 2:26 is a third class condition, if...then? Unlike a first class condition which assumes the truth of the “if”/protasis, this type of third class condition puts forward a hypothetical. The confrontation goes one way to show that obedience from the heart matters more than a cut on the skin. This is *not* saying that Gentiles who obey the law are then a *true* Israel. The biggest reason is that *no one keeps the law*. John Calvin wrote that Paul: > “simply intended to lay down a supposed case—that if any Gentile could be found who kept the law, his righteousness would be of more value without circumcision, than the circumcision of the Jew without righteousness.” If obedience could happen (and that is hypothetical, since Paul's point is that *faith* is required), then it would prove what counts to God. Verse 27 asks: > **Won't the physically uncircumcised (man) keeping the law condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law?** Obviously, yes. God cares about humble obedience, and anyone, including the possibility of a pagan who came to see the righteousness of God in the law, could see the blatant hypocrisy of those who claimed that they knew better. Of course, circumcision *was* a matter of obedience for the Jew. A Jewish male was breaking God's law by not being circumcised. So in Israel there was not a "spiritual" circumcision-only sort of righteousness, but also righteousness was not only in the “physical" circumcision. # The Applied Evaluation (verses 28-29) The ESV adds some words to try to make the translation of these verses more smooth to read, which is fine. It also divides the two verses into two sentences, though it's really one long sentence with two clearly different parts, external and internal. It explains what counts (most) to God. > **For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.** (Romans 2:28–29, ESV) This is true, *sort of*. There are Jews who are not Jews *like this*, but they are still Jews. There are those who are not circumcised like this, but they have still been circumcised. This might be a clearer way to read it: “For a Jew is not (only) one outwardly, nor is circumcision (only) outward and physical, but a Jew is (also) one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit.” There isn't anything about *true* Jew or *true* circumcision without any reference to the external, its saying that the external is not enough. What counts to God is not only **outward and physical**, what is seen in public, and that has *always been the case*. At no point in the Old Testament has being in the right family, in the covenant, been *sufficient*. From the time of Abraham, those who are justified with God and have peace with Him are those who believe (see Romans 4:3). In fact, in Romans 4 Paul points out that Abraham's circumcision came *after* his faith "as a seal of the righteousness he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised" (Romans 4:11). Jewish parents were to circumcise their sons, as a matter of obedience to the law, but that brought obligations to fear the LORD (Deuteronomy 6:2), by keeping all His commandments (also Deuteronomy 6:2), and love the LORD God with all their hearts and souls and might (Deuteronomy 6:5). Circumcision, which was just the most personal, but including all forms of sacrifices and ceremonies in the law, could not replace the *heart*. What is needed is God's own **Spirit**, His supernatural and *internal* work. Too many Jews loved the (superficial) status. They loved their presumed position of superiority, a constant state of humblebrag, and circumcision was a sign of their sanctimony. They loved the **praise**, whether from others or even from their own wrongly informed consciences. This praise is ironic. The name “Jew” comes from the name “Judah,” and Judah means “praise,” which is why Leah named him so (Genesis 29:35), and why Jacob's blessing involved praise (Genesis 49:8). Praise is a not whether but which. Every man wants praise, it's a question of for what and from whom. Too many Jews were satisfied with being praised by men for the sign, when they should have wanted the praise that comes from God for their obedience of faith. They cut themselves off from what counted most: praise from God. # Conclusion The message of Paul to Jews in Rome was not that they could *do better*. He wasn't exhorting them to start obeying the law, and obey perfectly, and then everything would be alright again. He was pointing them to Christ by faith. This is actually what the law, and even circumcision, was intended to do all along. By way of application baptism, as an external sign of identification, *does not count as righteousness*, though it is commanded for those who believe. > And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6) Religious things, including the ones commanded by God Himself, that are boasted about to get praise from men are *millstones* hung around our necks, without living from faith to faith. ---------- ## Charge If there is any excellence in our liturgy, if there is anything worthy of praise about our worship, it is in the Father's peace that fills and guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. And as you are charged to go obey, part of your obedience is to *believe*. Your tested/genuine *faith* will result in praise and glory from God (1 Peter 1:7). ## Benediction: > The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us, that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. (1 Kings 8:57–58, ESV)

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Nmon Ford With multiple Grammy-winning albums to his credit, Nmon Ford began his musical journey at age three as a piano prodigy, moving quickly to the study of multiple other instruments and, ultimately, singing. He started the season as the composer and librettist (and title-role singer) of Orfeus, A House Music Opera, which was scheduled for its world premiere at London's Young Vic Theatre (postponed due to Covid19). Nmon has appeared with the major orchestras of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis, as well as Mostly Mozart Festival (Lincoln Center), San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, English National Opera, Hamburg State Opera, and Teatro Comunale di Bologna, with conductors including Robert Spano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kent Nagano, John Adams, and Marin Alsop. He has recorded for Universal Decca, Naxos (Songs of Innocence and Experience, winner of 4 Grammy Awards), Telarc (Transmigrations, Grammy Award winner), Concord, and Koch International. Additionally, Nmon is Managing Director of Branding, Marketing Strategy, and A&R for Lune Rouge Entertainment, a corporation started by Guy Laliberté, the founder and creative force behind Cirque du Soleil. Prior to Lune Rouge, Nmon was Vice President and Head of A&R at Universal Music Group's Verve Label Group (VLG), where he oversaw U.S. media and creative projects for Verve, Decca Gold, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Mercury KX and Paragon, in addition to collaborations with artists signed to Republic, Interscope, Capitol, Warner, and Sony. In this role he also directly managed the Decca Gold and Paragon labels, for which he led global initiatives and partnerships. During his tenure at Universal, VLG earned an Oscar, a Golden Globe, 10 Grammys, 18 Grammy nominations, and Billboard #1 rankings on multiple charts. Nmon joined Universal after having made a name for himself internationally as an artist and consultant. Prior to Universal, he was Co-Founder and Senior Director of Media and Communications at MATSTAT Consulting. In this position he led creative development and integrated marketing strategy for global clients including recording artists signed to Universal, Sony, Warner, and Live Nation; Target's Community Initiatives; TED Talks; Gujarat Raffia LTD (NGO partnerships with United Nations, UNICEF, and American Red Cross); and Scallywag Productions (Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Awards from Los Angeles Independent, Berlin, Chicago, London, and Serbian Film Festivals). Nmon is a Voting Member of the Recording Academy, a Contributing Member of the USC Alumni Association, and a Member of ASCAP. He earned his MBA in Marketing Management and Corporate Strategy and Entrepreneurship from California State University San Bernardino, and his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music—both with honors—from the University of Southern California, with additional studies in Journalism and Arts Administration.   Time Line 0.00 - 00.45 Intro Theme 00.46 - 4.49 Introducing Nmon 5.00 - 7.45 Nmon on being an artist 8.08 - 10.10 Detesting inconvenience 10.36 - 11.43 Practicality and evenness 12.48 - 14.30 The multiplicity of working roles 14.36 - 16.50 Self reflection and absence of self consciousness 17.08 - 21.08 Starting life as a performer - performing in church 23.40 - 24.40 Working at Universal Music 24.41 - 28.40 All artists have a twinge of crazy 28.51 - 35.57 Orpheus Production 37.32 - 41.00 The postponement of Orpheus 42.17 - 43.24 Star quality 43.25 - 47.12 Being the star of your own movie 47.30 - 50.28 Reflecting on the ‘exercise' 50.30 - 51.13 Outro   Quotes “So much of what I do as an artist is a function of practical necessity.” (Nmon) “Being an artist isn't really difficult.. .the difficulty comes in trying to make the learning curve for new avenues of creativity as short as possible.” (Nmon) “If there is a reasonable amount of time to get from one point to another and there's something in the way, I don't really have much patience for the thing that gets in the way. If it gets in the way of my structure… then it has to move. (Nmon) “If the one thing I thought I wanted to do had worked out the way I thought I wanted it to work out, I probably would never have progressed to the other stuff I have done, because  there would have been no need to.” (Nmon) “I can either stick with this one thing and just keep hammering away at it and trying to force it into something else or I can simply do all of these things, which are presenting themselves as opportunities and see where they go.” (Nmon) “Have you ever worked with an artist who is marginally sane or are they all a little crazy?” (Nmon) “Orpheus is so simple; presented so simply; what ended up being archetypes were so clear; there was no misunderstanding… “ (Nmon) “If I could have flicked the switch and turned off the pandemic for anything it would have been for going back to the communal experience of 'we're all connecting on a certain level' … and I felt blessed that the connective material was this thing… was Orpheus.” (Nmon)   References Orpheus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus Nmon performs ‘Slow Burn' from Orfeus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCN1oxPc9-Y   Further information Nmon Ford http://www.nmonford.com/ Twitter: @nmonford Instagram: @nmonford David Pearl Twitter: @davidpearlhere Instagram: @davidpearl_here Andrew Paine Twitter: @ItPainesMe                          

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Revelation 20:1-3 Series: Just Conquer #54 # Introduction Of the reasons that I chose to preach through the book of Revelation, a fair summary would be that I thought it would be good for us. It's not that I have end-times fever. There was a decent amount of eschatology talk among us *before* 2020, and it's easy to see how numerous events, and some of the commentary on those events, have promoted heightened apocalyptic awareness. I thought Revelation would be good before all of that. I thought it would be good because many Christians disagree about the end-times within orthodoxy, among denominations, and even within our relatively small flock. That is *fine* because it is good practice to lock arms with some with whom we may lock heads. The way we learn to get along is not by ignoring all the tricky or difficult or personal subjects. This mindset is out of step the society around us, which makes it unique and important, even if not easy. Another reason it's good practice is to read the book of Revelation itself. It is possible to have very strong convictions based on very little details like those "without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions" (1 Timothy 1:7). Evolution is a great story, until you have to answer all the questions. COVID-19 has a higher survival rate than the COVID vaccine promises, and the prevalence of masks means that our culture has a high immunity from paying attention. My point is that it's easy to get uptight about eschatology without wrestling with the inspired prophecy. Maybe we can't answer every question, but we ought to try our best. We also want to practice not being embarrassed. Revelation is revelation for our blessing and for our *boldness*. It is written that we might see the parody and envy of the false trinity, that we might recognize the tactics of deceit that are already at work today, let alone that will dominate in the Great Tribulation, and that we might *love* the Lamb and spend our lives for Him, even if it costs us our temporal comfort. The book of Revelation corroborates from beginning to end that we have no need to be embarrassed about holding fast to Christ, to the Word of God, and to all that He has told us. His first coming scandalized the expectations of many, it won't be surprising if the details about His second coming do likewise. So I'm about to get us to look together at the Millennium. Of the 22 chapters in the Apocalypse, chapter 20 may provoke the most emotions (though the 666 and mark of the beast are particular attractions). There are camps based on the Millennium, and you should have an idea about them, not because this is a seminary class, but because we should all want the profit from this part of God's inspired word, equipping us for every good work in *our part* of God's story. It's okay that people have questions, and there will be more questions about the Millennium answered in the upcoming paragraphs. Also some of the difficulty comes from a failure of asking enough questions or being satisfied to easily with a "sense" or a system rather than what can be seen. Let's read verses 1-3, observe what is written, then see if we can interpret what sort of bind the dragon gets into and what the thousand years means. > Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. (Revelation 20:1–3) Verse one introduces the prophet's vision, **And I saw**, that introduces us to the first main character, another **angel**. Though we are not told his name, the descriptions of where he came from, what he carries, followed by his conduct in verses 2-3, show him to be a supernatural individual. He's not a human messenger, and nothing suggests that he represents a human or a collective group (especially of humans). He is **coming down from heaven**. Scenes have shifted between earth and heaven in Revelation. We are getting another act on earth, even as the flesh on earth was eaten by the birds in the previous paragraph (19:17-21). The angel is holding two things: a **key** and a **chain**. The key opens and closes the “abyss” (NASB), the **bottomless pit**, from which demons came out in Revelation 9:1. The chain is used in the next verse. The second character is re-introduced in verse 2, with all the names and descriptions used for him previously in the book: **the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan**. The **dragon** is his most frequent title in Revelation (Thomas), a devouring creature, having lost a war in heaven to Michael and been thrown down to earth (Revelation 12:7-8). The **ancient serpent** identifies him as the creature as far back as Genesis 3 in the Garden of Eden, also the one who has tried to sweep away the Messianic people (Revelation 12:15). The **devil** is the accuser (Revelation 12:10), and **Satan** is his name. Jesus was tempted by the devil; God's people have been hunted by the devil (Revelation 12:15). The devil is “the deceiver of the whole world” (Revelation 12:9), and he gives his delegated power to the beast in order to deceive the nations (Revelation 13:2). He is also a supernatural individual, connected to lies and sinful rebellion, not merely a figure of an evil force. He is the ultimate face of evil, and he does not easily give up. There are five things the angel does to the devil: 1) seized, 2) bound, 3) threw, 4) shut, and 5) sealed. A couple things come together here that need to be considered. Is this binding a symbol? If yes, a symbol of what? If Satan is not a symbol, then why would his being bound be a symbol? The objection is that angels are spiritual beings, including Satan, so some interpreters say that clearly an actual **chain** wouldn't be effective; chain must not refer to a chain. And likewise, pit can't be a place that contains spiritual beings, and there would be no door to shut and a seal would be useless. As for the binding, does the angel *limit* the dragon's influence, or *eliminate* the dragon's influence? Some interpreters think Satan is like a dog on a long chain, even if the chain is metaphorical. But seized, bound, threw, shut, and sealed are too graphic and emphatic to apply to today or even to be satisfied as putting a damper on his deceiving. The location is different than earth, the locking keeps him away from the nations on earth; shut de door on the devil. “The text does not say that Satan will deceive the nations *less* than he did in the past—it says that he will deceive the nations *no longer*” (Waymeyer). This is a real bind, as in, the dragon seems to be in a real bind, and the descriptions put the interpreter who takes it all as symbols in a real bind. Look at the purpose of the binding and im-pit-ting: **so that he might not deceive the nations any longer**. Deceiving the nations has been part of Satan's work through the beast and false prophet since he was thrown down from heaven (chapter 12:9). That deception has taken a variety of forms, and had varying levels of success. But those who read the binding as limiting, rather than eliminating, either think that we are currently enjoying this reality (most amillennialists) or that this will be a gradually recognized state on earth as the gospel spreads with success (postmillennialists). Here's a postmillennial example: > “The devil was the spiritual being that gave the beast its great power. So when he was bound, this meant that he would not be able to prevent the successful evangelization of the Empire, which in fact he was unable to prevent.” (Douglas Wilson. _When the Man Comes Around_) While there is no doubt that the world was changed in radical ways when Jesus took on flesh, and when He dies and rose from the grave, Easter was not the angel's chaining of the dragon. The apostles continued to acknowledge Satan's authority and work on earth post-Jesus' resurrection (Satan is “the god of this world” 2 Corinthians 4:4; “the prince of the power of the air” Ephesians 2:2, “the evil one” with “flaming darts” Ephesians 6:16, and more). How can Satan be bound and in the pit now, and prowling about like a lion seeking prey (1 Peter 5:8)? Is it simply that he can't deceive "the nations"? Are we supposed to think that he can't deceive governments but he can deceive persons? That would give us a new way of presenting the gospel and a new word: an angel-who is Jesus-chained up Satan so that Congress won't believe lies, though, of course, *you* still might. The end of verse 3 adds a limit to the binding: **After that he must be released for a little while**. To do what? If he's merely restricted, we're supposed to believe that **released** is merely a dramatic word for less restricted. We find out in verse 7-8 that he is released to deceive the nations again. The dragon's time in the pit didn't diminish his wrath. It's more interesting to think about *why* this is *necessary* (that **he *must* be released**), but before that theological question, we're supposed to think that the first coming of Jesus changed the devil's deceptive global influence and also that this happened chronologically before all the problems of chapters 6-19 (since they all happened post-resurrection)? The kings had just gathered to make war against the Rider. They had been deceived into it, so chapter 16:13-16. How did that happen, though, since chapter 20 says Satan *couldn't* do that very thing? Or, the alternative is that this binding by an angel Satan hasn't happened yet. We are still anticipating it. Which gets us to a phrase used six times in the chapter. It is a piece of eschatology that's only found in Revelation 20, at least in these specific terms: **the thousand years**. - bound (the dragon) for a thousand years (verse 2) - until the thousand years were ended (verse 3) - reigned with Christ for a thousand years (verse 4) - until the thousand years were ended (verse 5) - reign with him for a thousand years (verse 6) - when the thousand years were ended (verse 7) The Latin word for *thousand* is * mille* (the VLG has *per annos mille*). The Greek word is χίλια (*chilia*), which gave rise to the pejorative term Chialists. The meaning of the 1,000 years is where Premillennial, Postmillennial, and Amillennial (or “inaugurated millennialism” Beale) come from. There are sub categories and nuances within each, but broadly, a Premillennialist believes that Christ returns in the final parts described in chapter 19 and reigns for a thousand years on earth. A Postmillennialist thinks that the return and reign of Christ happens after the millennium, which probably just means a long time. An amillennialist understands the time between the first coming and the second coming as the millennium, no matter how many calendar years it ends up being. Here is an amillennialist explanation: > “the descending angel in 20:1 introduces a vision in vv 1–6 going back before the time of the final judgment in history, which was just narrated in 19:11–21. The time span of the vision will be seen to extend from Christ's resurrection until his final parousia.” (Beale) Christ restrained Satan at His resurrection and is reigning *now* in heaven in the spiritual realm and the saints with Him, and to a lesser extent through Christians in the church on earth. The binding of Satan is a reduction on his work, but not a removal of his presence, because evil increases alongside the spread of the gospel. Usually Post- and A- have a symbolic reading of 1,000 and the Pre- usually understand it as measurable by the almanac. If it is symbolic, **the thousand years** could actually mean *thousands* of years (as Beale), or it could mean a few days (Kuyper, see his quote below). We will need to deal with the millennial implications of resurrection and reigning as well as location of that reign in the next paragraph (verses 4-6). But for now, consider, is every number in Revelation literally useless, as in, no use for the cardinal number? Many (beloved) interpreters point to Psalm 90:4 (and 2 Peter 3:8) to show that a thousand years is figurative. > For a thousand years in your sight > are but as yesterday when it is past, > or as a watch in the night. > (Psalm 90:4) But that observation about God's eternal nature is impressive *because* the 1,000 years is a knowable, countable time. It takes over 14 lifetimes to get that far (unless you lived before the flood like Methuselah). To God's existence it is a drop in the bucket. That is not the same thing as saying that God doesn't count. Numeric prophecies about sojourning in Egypt, exile in Babylon, were true in years. Specific details about the first coming of Jesus were demonstrable (even if confusing to the first ones who heard), why not His next coming? What is absurd about an actual millennial binding of Satan and ruling of Jesus? --- Before I finish for today, I thought I would take opportunity to point out that two of the men who God has used most to help me understand the world are decidedly opposed to what I've said already about what will happen in the world. I've already given one alternative provided by Doug Wilson, here's another: > “I take the one thousand years of Satan's binding to be a symbolic representation of the Church age, from the time of Pentecost to the Second Coming. The one thousand years represents the fullness and completeness of Christ's reign, not a literal one thousand times around the sun.” (Douglas Wilson) Abraham Kuyper has nothing good to say about Chialists, even though he is a futurist amillennialist, as in, he thinks most of Revelation is yet to happen, just not like it says. In his commentary on Revelation Kuyper writes that Chialists offer an “untenable representation,” that is, an impossible to hold or defend position. He claims the only way to interpret 1,000 as ten centuries is to “set aside” the context or treat the rest of Revelation “as though it had not been written.” There is “literally nothing (that) would have happened and nothing would have been accomplished to justify this uncommonly long delay.” It makes it a “futile interval,” and “ten centuries of long, if uninteresting history.” Kuyper was not merely an amillennialist, he was a committed *anti-Chialist*. > “We can not reckon here with years, yet, if for one moment we might indulge in a play of imagination, we might readily picture to ourselves that the binding and incarceration of Satan were to last but a few days….Thousand then merely means that there is no more reckoning with human data.” (Kuyper) This is all good, though, because we can talk about it to recognize different positions, including those that are *very* critical of our own. We can talk about it and recognize that we don't have to agree with someone on everything to be blessed by them. We can talk about it because **Satan is our enemy** and accuser and deceiver, not brothers in Christ who love Christ and the glory of Christ and the Lordship of Christ who claims sovereignty over every thumb's width in the domain of human existence. # Conclusion At the start of Revelation 20 we see *Who*: an angel and the dragon. *What*: binding and sealing in the abyss. *Where*: from earth to the pit. *When*: a thousand years. *Why*: no deceit among the nations. Is Satan bound now? If he is, then we could be in the millennium, and both Post-mills and A-mills typically understand it that way. I believe that puts them in a real bind, because if it's all symbol, then (among other problems) it's hard to say why Christ and resurrection aren't also a symbols. Again, there is more about the Millennial Kingdom in verses 4-6, and we'll keep trying to answer what a thousand years looks like in Jesus' sight. ---------- ## Charge If the devil works to deceive, our response needs not just to be to find the truth, it needs to be to *believe*. “In all circumstances take up the shield of faith” (Ephesians 6:16). Resist deception not primarily with cynicism, or skepticism, but with *faith* in the greater Lion (Revelation 5:5). Trust Him, trust His Word, and He will establish you. ## Benediction: > Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 5:8–11, ESV)

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