Joy in Our Weakness : A Gift of Hope from the

This study of Revelation emphasizes the joy Christians have in Christ, despite earthly suffering and pain.

Marva J. Dawn is a theologian, author, and educator with Christians Equipped for Ministry, Vancouver, Washington, and Teaching Fellow in Spiritual Theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. A scholar with four master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Christian ethics and the Scriptures from the University of Notre Dame, she continues to be a popular speaker and teacher at church conferences and retreats and at colleges and seminaries around the world

Preface

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We Do Not Have to Be Afraid of The Revelation

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The Gift of Weakness

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God Is God, and We Are Wee

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1:1-3 and 9-11 --- A Vision to Sustain Us in Suffering: The ``Mysterious'' Purposes of God

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1:5-8 --- Who Is Christ for Our Suffering?

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1:12-20 --- Who Is the Son of Man?

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2-3 --- Flaws and Virtues

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2:1-7 --- Ephesus: Losing Our First Love

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2:8-11 --- Smyrna: Limitations of Suffering

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2:12-17 --- Pergamum: The Importance of the Word

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2:18-29 --- Thyatira: True Authority

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3:1-6 --- Sardis: The Call to Renewal

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3:7-13 --- Philadelphia: An Open Door

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3:14-22 --- Laodicea: Whatever Our Limitations We Don't Have to Be Tepid

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4:1-11 --- The First Reason for Praise: The Gift of Life

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5:1-14 --- The Second Reason for Praise: The Lamb Who Saves by Suffering

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6:1-7:8 and 19:11-21 --- Don't Forget the First Horse of the Apocalypse!

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6:9-11 and 7:9, 13-15 --- Endurance: The Meaning of Biblical Patience

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7:9-17 --- The Third Reason for Praise: Hope for the Future

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8:1-6 --- Skills to Read The Revelation: Silence and Trust in God's Vindication

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8:6-9:21 --- The Persistence of Sin and the Immensity of Grace

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10:1-11:13 --- Asking the Right Questions in Our Suffering: How Long? and Meanwhile?

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11:14-12:17 --- 42 Months, 1,260 Days, and 31/2 Years

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12-13 --- Taking the Presence of Evil Seriously

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14 --- Songs, Proclamations, and Harvests

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15-16 --- We Wouldn't Want Love without Holiness

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17-18 --- Fallen! Fallen Is Babylon the Great!

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19:1-21 --- Preludes and Wedding Songs

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20:1-21:8 --- The Ultimate Defeat of the Powers of Evil and the Present Reign of Christ

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21:9-22:7 --- The Beautiful City: An Agent of Healing

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22:8-21 --- ``Come!'': Living Now in the Coming Victory

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Epilogue: Qualities for a Theology of Weakness: Perspectives from The Revelation on Suffering

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For Further Consideration

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Joy in Our Weakness : A Gift of Hope from the Book of Revelation

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