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Wednesday Evening Lenten Series: The Apocalyptic Imagination from Ezekiel to Waco and Tim LeHaye Led by the Rev. Bruce Bramlett, this year’s Lenten Series will trace the many faces of the Apocalyptic imagination throughout history in the west. This most fascinating of biblical themes threads its way through the history of Judaism and Christianity in the west emerging in myriad images which hearken to the imminent coming of the end of time. It is always framed in dark and terrifyingly gruesome scenes of ultimate cosmic warfare. Beginning in the catastrophic world of Judea’s post-exilic period and moving through the upheavals of messianic expectation in the time of the Roman Empire that spawned both Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity, we will seek to understand the themes of Apocalyptic eschatology in their historical contexts. We will then want to explore this theology of God’s ultimate justice, seeing it reemerge again and again throughout western history as the cosmic engagement between good and evil in both their Jewish and Christian expressions. Finally, we’ll look at some of the many apocalyptic uprisings that took place throughout the dark periods of medieval Europe, including the Protestant Reformation, the rise of Jewish messianism, and on to its modern deadly expressions in the political movements of Nazism and Communism and the present day doomsday cults. Wednesday Evenings February 24 – March 24 Soup Supper at 6:15 in the Parish Hall Program 7:00 – 9:00 in the Grace House Conference Room Cost: $25.00 for the entire series Signups for the Dinner and the Program will be after the 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 services. You can also signup at
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