Images of The Death and the Resurrection of Jesus in Revelation
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From Good Fri-Day . . .
"To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood . . . " (Rev. 1:5b)
"But God Almighty declared of old: ‘Surely your blood of your lives will I require.’ Whence it follows that if after such cleansing we give ourselves over to pollution, we become guilty of the Blood of the Lord, and bring upon ourselves destruction. Our sins crucified Him once, and He forgave and cleansed us; if by obstinate sin we crucify the Son of God afresh, who shall again cleanse or forgive us? for there remaineth no more offering for sins." — Christina Rossetti
"You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation." (Rev. 5:9)
Because Thy Love hath sought me,
All mine is Thine and Thine is mine:
Because Thy Blood hath bought me,
I will not be mine own but Thine.
I lift my heart to Thy Heart,
Thy Heart sole resting-place for mine:
Shall Thy Heart crave for my heart,
And shall not mine crave back for Thine?
–Christina Rossetti
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To the Lord’s-Day
"On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit . . . " (Rev. 1:10)
"Rome and St. John had come to an issue. Rome had power of life and death, chains and sentence of banishment on its side: St. John on his side had the defence of the Most High and the shadow of the Almighty. . . . Immovable as Patmos the rock amid buffeting winds and waves, St. John stood fast in the liberty wherewith Christ had made him free."
Earth cannot bar flame from ascending,
Hell cannot bind light from descending,
Death cannot finish life never ending.
– Christina Rossetti
"Do not be afraid! . . . I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! and I hold the keys of death and Hades." (Rev. 1:17-18; see also 2:8)
"He Who was made like unto us knoweth whereof we are made; and that we are but dust well may He remember Who died and was buried, although it was not possible that He should see corruption or be holden of death. He feels with us as well as for us: He died, as we all must die; He lives again, as by His grace we all may rise to life everlasting. Thus He maketh Himself all things to all men, willing by all means to save us. His death and His Life as it were salute us: O yet dead, believe on Me and ye shall live; O ye living, believe, and ye shall never die." — Christina Rossetti
"Then I saw a Lamb, standing as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne . . . " (Rev. 5:6a)
None other Lamb, none other Name,
None other Hope in heaven or earth or sea,
None other Hiding-place from guilt and shame,
None beside Thee.
My faith burns low, my hope burns low,
Only my heart’s desire cries out in me
By the deep thunder of its want and woe,
Cries out to Thee.
Lord, Thou art Life tho’ I be dead,
Love’s Fire Thou art however cold I be:
Nor heaven have I, nor place to lay my head,
Nor home, but Thee. — Christian Rossetti
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