We continue our discussion of Jack’s painting “His Eyes Are Like a Fiery Flame” (2024). We add to the conversation Seth’s recent essay “My Own Personal Apocalypse,” which you can read at his Substack In Solitude, For Company. Should we get on board with culture’s current obsession with ‘all things apocalypse?’ Or should we restrict the apocalypse to a one-time event at the end of history? There’s plenty of nuance in this conversation between these extremes. We hope you are prompted to ponder “the manifestation of Eternal Presence in the world.”
Take a look at the chapter headings below to see the ground we cover.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Context Setting
03:29 Exploring Revelation 19 and Artistic Interpretation
06:27 The Nature of Time in Art and Revelation
09:23 Cultural Perceptions of Apocalypse
12:28 Fear and Affection in Apocalyptic Narratives
15:24 Surrealism vs. Abstraction in Revelation
18:20 The Role of Typology in Understanding Revelation
21:13 Circular and Linear Time in Biblical Contexts
32:54 The Manifestation of Eternal Presence
39:34 Understanding Time and the Apocalypse
44:24 Fear, Affection, and the Nature of Time
48:46 Mercy in the Midst of Suffering
55:36 The Symbolism of Blood and Life
01:00:55 The Nature of Death and Ownership
01:06:59 Concluding Thoughts on Affection and Apocalypse
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