At a museum in Rome I took this picture of a head of Emperor Caligula (AD 37-41). With eerily familiar words, first-century Roman historian Suetonius describes Caligula’s rise to power:“Upon his arrival in Rome the Senate and a crowd of people who had forced their way into the House immediately and unanimously conferred absolute power…
Category: Book of Revelation
Silence in heaven awaits our prayers
No, this is not the end of the world. But COVID-19 certainly is an apocalypse—an “unveiling”—as the word is understood in the book of Revelation. The prophet John, quarantined on the island of Patmos, received a vision that unveiled both the misrule of Rome and the sovereignty of God. Readers could see “divine” emperors as…
Act before it is too late
The man sits as he died 2000 years ago, in a position that looks like weeping. Surrounding him are amphorae jugs used to import wine, olive oil, and fish sauce that fed the huge appetite of Rome at the center of empire (Revelation 18). Somewhere an angel sounded a trumpet in AD 79, “and there…
Holy Lands Peace Pilgrim 