In the Bible, the word apocalypse means “to uncover or reveal.” Tim shares a few examples of the Hebrew word for apocalypse in the Bible, galah (גלה). In part three (24:00–33:45), Tim and Jon talk through a few biblical examples of apocalypse. The next step is to see how the Bible uses the word apocalypse. Some apocalyptic moments in the Bible describe a cosmic collapse, but even then, they don’t clearly depict the destruction of all things. In the Bible, the word apocalypse does not mean the end of the world. The dictionary defines apocalypse as, “the complete and final destruction of the world as described in the biblical book of Revelation” and “an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.” In part two (18:30–24:00), Tim and Jon talk about how most people interpret the word apocalypse. Tim presents the two challenges this series aims to address: defining the word “apocalypse” from the Bible and understanding how this literature fits into the storyline of the Bible. The Bible has many key moments that hinge on dreams that claim to give an accurate picture into the nature of the universe. Dreams were seen as a source of authority in the ancient world. Tim shares that apocalyptic literature in the Bible, generated out of people’s dreams and visions, shares this wider cultural assumption. But for most of human history, people saw dreams as a window to see a true picture of the world. In a modern Western mindset, we often interpret dreams as windows into our subconscious. In part one (0:00–18:30), Tim and Jon continue their conversation on how to read apocalyptic literature. It’s meant to both confront and comfort-to point us away from earthly security to the reality of God’s Kingdom.
It’s where you are able to truly encounter reality as it is, aside from all of the conscious ways that we suppress reality and rewrite reality…. In the biblical imagination, dreams or altered states of consciousness are an in-between heaven and earth space.
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