---
title: "Revelation — Let the Games Begin"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings put some context behind a cultural device that is setting up John’s Apocalypse, seeing the ancient Olympic Games and wrestling with John’s intent for the letter of Revelation."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/184
published: 2020-09-03
---

# Revelation — Let the Games Begin

The Olympic Format

- Published: 2020-09-03T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `184`
- Episode number: 184
- Session: 4
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings put some context behind a cultural device that is setting up John’s Apocalypse, seeing the ancient Olympic Games and wrestling with John’s intent for the letter of Revelation.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings put some context behind a cultural device that is setting up John’s Apocalypse, seeing the ancient Olympic Games and wrestling with John’s intent for the letter of Revelation. Discussion Video for BEMA 184 Transcript for BEMA 184

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/184)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/184)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/184)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/22fc961c-1ed7-44d5-99a8-2a9e6278595e.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSryhq5gxCQ9SpkgWMODu3h00arXASl18huJTnq7UQfkC6dHjr8DqWtZ4xQN_rvoUFxcYblzYTBA_XA/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/184)