{"id":9413,"date":"2022-11-08T08:27:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T13:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=9413"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:36:19","slug":"november-13-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/november-13-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"November 13, 2022&#8211; Apocalypse Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Dave Delaney, Salem, VA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Warm-up Questions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. What\u2019s the most impressive building you\u2019ve ever seen or visited in person? What was the effect on you? Why do societies build such big, solid, expensive, and ornate buildings?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the giveaway signal that someone is trying to sell you a dubious story\u00a0 \u2013 a politician or a sales spokesperson or even a teacher? Why are some people drawn to believe fantastic claims that really should raise people\u2019s suspicions? When do know to trust rather than doubt what someone is saying?<\/li>\n<li>How worried or confident are you about the security of your own future? Many young adults are hesitant to get married and start families because they believe that the future of humanity and even the earth itself is uncertain. What is your outlook on life for the next 50 or 75 years?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0 Apocalypse Now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>President Putin of Russia has recently claimed that he will not employ nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but even clear-headed analysts are not completely convinced. Furthermore, our own President Biden has said that we are closer to nuclear war than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9425 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/iStock-1365790281.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of this, in turn, has elevated the anxieties of the American public to a point that has become noticeable by people who study these things. Peter Kuznick, a history professor and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University, also compared the present situation to that tense standoff almost exactly 60 years ago between the United States and Soviet Union, when the latter country\u2019s leaders secretly placed nuclear warheads in Cuba. Kuznick observes, \u201cAnd that was short-lived. This has gone on for months now.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/3687396-americans-nuclear-fears-surge-to-highest-levels-since-cold-war\/\">Reuters-Ipsos poll<\/a> conducted on October 10<sup>th<\/sup> concluded that \u201c58 percent of respondents said they fear the United States is headed toward nuclear war.\u201d Furthermore, the Spring 2022 \u201cStress in America\u201d survey by the American Psychological Association and the Harris Poll found that 69 percent of respondents believed they were watching the beginning of World War III.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This recent escalation of nuclear rhetoric has gotten the attention of scientists who maintain the so-called \u201cDoomsday Clock\u201d \u2013 a symbolic \u201cclock\u201d that since 1947 has represented an estimate of how close humanity is to extinction from its own actions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How serious is this phenomenon of worry in the United States? Amir Afkhami, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the George Washington University, notes that older adults have enough historical experience and perspective to put it all in context, but also adds that his patients actually seem more concerned about midterm elections and the economy than the specter of nuclear conflict. \u201cWe have a new generation that has never experienced that potential for Armageddon.\u201d So it seems that if nuclear war doesn\u2019t destroy us, politics and economic catastrophe will \u2013 or at least that\u2019s how it seems to a growing segment of younger Americans.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Discussion Questions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think of people in our own day who use \u201capocalyptic\u201d language to describe the possibility of something devastating, like climate change, economic collapse, or World War III? Are they just using extreme language to get people\u2019s attention for political purposes, or are they really speaking the truth?<\/li>\n<li>Where are the positive or uplifting messages coming from in our society today? What signs are there that people inspired by love and respect for each other can work to reduce the fear that so many people experience?<\/li>\n<li>There is a story about Martin Luther \u2013 probably just a legend, but it fits with his views \u2013 that when asked what he would do if he knew the world would be ending tomorrow, he said \u201cI would plant an apple tree.\u201d Knowing that Jesus tells his followers that in the face of certain doom, \u201cThis will give you an opportunity to testify,\u201d what signs would *you* give that you trust in God\u2019s care for how everything ends?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=534226653\">Malachi 4:1-2a<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=534226686\">2 Thessalonians 3:6-13<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=534226718\">Luke 21:5-19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Text links are to <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/\">Oremus Bible Browser<\/a>. Oremus Bible Browser is not affiliated with or supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can find the calendar of readings for Year C at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elca.org\/Our-Work\/Congregations-and-Synods\/Worship\/Lectionary\/YearC\">Lectionary Readings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>For lectionary humor and insight, check the weekly comic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agnusday.org\/\">Agnus Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Gospel Reflection<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all have sections where Jesus makes dramatic predictions about things that will happen in the future. Because these things seem to be hidden from general knowledge and are being revealed as special information to Jesus\u2019 followers, they are called \u201capocalyptic\u201d sayings. These terms \u201capocalypse\u201d and \u201capocalyptic\u201d are Greek words meaning \u201cuncovering\u201d or \u201crevealing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The way they get used now, they often imply mass destruction or catastrophic changes in the world (like large-scale nuclear war), mainly because the Book of Revelation (\u201cApocalypse\u201d) in the Bible contains such scenes of cosmic devastation. These sections of the gospels are often called \u201cLittle Apocalypses\u201d because they are much shorter than the whole book of Revelation, but still match its tone, depicting sometimes terrifying events, in contrast to much of the rest of Jesus\u2019 teachings.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line of the Bible\u2019s apocalyptic passages is not just a call to be alert to big powerful changes on earth and in heaven, and certainly not to wield private information as if it were a tool to use against those we consider unfaithful. \u00a0Rather, they provide all people with promises of hope, justice, and God\u2019s steady presence in the face of frightening historical events.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Discussion Questions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus\u2019 disciples speak for us all when they ask for some advance warning when the strong and familiar structures they&#8217;ve relied \u00a0on are about to come tumbling down, whether they be buildings or governments or other social systems. In response, Jesus warns against trusting in anything but God\u2019s solid protection, and especially against trusting anyone who claims to know exactly when things will be disrupted. Who are the people in your life whom you trust to remind you of the good news of the gospel when the temptation to panic is strong?<\/li>\n<li>Notice how quickly Jesus turns people\u2019s observations about the beauty of the Jerusalem temple into, first, a warning about a coming destruction, and then into a comment about maintaining a witness when our faith is challenged. He says not to worry in advance about what you will say, because when persecution or ridicule happens, the right words will come to you. This suggests that he has so fully prepared his followers that words of love, justice, and forgiveness, and trust in God will flow naturally from what they have heard and internalized. What regular practices do you have (memorizing scripture, singing Christian songs, praying for your enemies, watching for God\u2019s inbreaking activity all around you, etc.) that are so much a part of you that they would just naturally emerge when you are confronted?<\/li>\n<li>Being \u201chated by all because of [Jesus\u2019] name\u201d in our own day can mean supporting those who have been isolated or ridiculed or bullied or denied justice because they are vulnerable or different. Sometimes young people suffer because their family identity or sexual identity doesn\u2019t match the majority, which makes them easy targets for those seeking power or popularity. Would you, in the name of Jesus, befriend such a person, even if it cost you your own safety or status? Befriending someone who is hated by others, and then being ridiculed for it, will, in Jesus\u2019 words, \u201cgive you an opportunity to testify.\u201d What promises and teachings of Jesus would you draw on for support in such times?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Activity Suggestions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus frequently uses physical images and objects to guide his disciples into a deeper understanding of God\u2019s grace and love (sheep, buildings, coins, water, bread, salt, etc.). Challenge each other to think of how any object in the room you\u2019re in can be used to represent or describe the reign of God. Use your imagination!<\/li>\n<li>Invite a senior member of your congregation (someone perhaps 70 or older) to visit with your class and describe what it was like to live with the fear of nuclear war in the 1960s, and especially ask for how their faith in God helped them stay resilient and have hope for the future.<\/li>\n<li>Look in the topical index in the back of your congregation\u2019s hymnal for hymns about \u201cHope.\u201d Are any of them familiar? Invite each person to select one hymn and note what phrases or verses are especially comforting when we as Jesus\u2019 followers begin to worry about the state of the world or potential disasters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the class is ambitious, check out other \u201capocalyptic\u201d passage in the Bible. Some examples are Isaiah 24-27, Ezekiel 38-39, Zechariah 12-14, Daniel 7-12, Matthew 24-25, II Thessalonians 2, Jude vss. 14-15, and Revelation 4-22. These passages are characterized by vivid symbolic imagery, the presence of heavenly beings, catastrophic predictions, and conflict between good and evil on a cosmic scale. How does studying such passages help strengthen our faith?<\/p>\n<p><b>Closing Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n<p>God of hope and history, we rejoice and find peace that you hold all things in your care, including the future. Bless each of us as we strive to be good witnesses to your love in the face of opposition and let your Spirit calm the hearts of those whose worries threaten to disrupt their lives. In Jesus&#8217; name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Delaney, Salem, VA Warm-up Questions 1. What\u2019s the most impressive building you\u2019ve ever seen or visited in person? What was the effect on you? 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