The Revelation of John · Lecture 021
The Revelation of John 21
A lecture by Fr. Athanasios Mytilinaios · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
In the twenty-first lecture, Fr. Athanasios interprets the sixth letter, addressed to Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13, as one of the two letters containing no rebuke. He explains Christ's titles “Holy” and “True” as divine names belonging to Yahweh in the Old Testament, and reads the Key of David from Isaiah 22:22 as the Messiah's royal authority over history, joined to Christ's human descent from David. The open door before Philadelphia is interpreted as unhindered mission, distinct from pastoral care of the baptized; the lecturer warns against indiscriminate admission of the unbaptized while insisting that mission is a commandment that love makes inwardly compelling.
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