Lets Walk Thru Revelation (churches, Messiah, Jesus, Bible)
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Preterist has given me an idea. We cannot all agree on the time frame of revelation and the rapture, so lets take it book by book, word for word if necessary and approach the end of the book in a civil dialogue.
Preterist has given me an idea. We cannot all agree on the time frame of revelation and the rapture, so lets take it book by book, word for word if necessary and approach the end of the book in a civil dialogue.
This would be a great idea...if people could simply tell their thoughts and not disrespect other's opinions.
And what I do KNOW about preterist's teaching is: ALL THINGS HAD ALREADY BEEN FULFILLED!! Don't need to "JUMP" on their ban-wagon! Christ is STILL "due" for HIS final appearance, and SOME of us..................S-T-I-L-L have HOPE!!
Waiting on Christ Jesus.............................Final Answer!!
And what I do KNOW about preterist's teaching is: ALL THINGS HAD ALREADY BEEN FULFILLED!! Don't need to "JUMP" on their ban-wagon! Christ is STILL "due" for HIS final appearance, and SOME of us..................S-T-I-L-L have HOPE!!
Waiting on Christ Jesus.............................Final Answer!!
Hi Betsey,
I can of course only speak for myself, but I have no desire to study any of the Preterism ideas. I'm pretty sure you're misunderstanding what Robin meant.
Hi Betsey,
I can of course only speak for myself, but I have no desire to study any of the Preterism ideas. I'm pretty sure that the others don't want to learn Preterism either, but just want to do a study to find the truth.
On a brighter note, anyone have a copy of The Footsteps of the Messiah? I highly recommend it as it goes through the whole book of Revelation in addition to all other prophetic books. It's a study of the sequence of end times events from the pretrib/premil/dispensational point of view. Here it is at Amazon: Amazon.com: The Footsteps of the Messiah: A Study of the Sequence of Prophetic Events, Revised Edition: Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum: Books I can't stress how important this book is to my studies. It nearly forces you to finger-walk through the Bible!
If I can find it I have a study booklet on revelation, but my intent is to get all views and opinions without crushing anyones particular views or perceptions. Another words, let Gods word do all the work needed in each heart.
I will post some thoughts on revelation 1 friday and we can go from there. I do not have to be the first or the last, my only concern is that we do so in a peacable manner.
Ok the main thing that sticks out to me in Rev 1 is verse 19;
"Write therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
Now I know this may seem like beating a dead horse but it is believed this book was written between 90AD and 110AD which right off the bat negates the theory that all was fulfilled by 70AD.
Now there is nothing in the first chapter that indicates the rapture will take place let alone when it will take place.
Something else we must take into account is how long it would take for the letter to be spread to all the Churches named. Sometimes it took as much as four months for something to get from point A to point B, as a matter of fact according to some writings a trip from Great Britain to Israel at the time took a year by boat. I dont know how true that is but that would make for pretty slow sharing of new information.
Also we must take into account, and this is according to certain historical texts, John was the only apostle left alive when this book was written making him the end of the apostalic line.
What "stuck out" the most in this chapter for me when it is said:
Rev 1:3
Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near
John is being told to write the to the seven churches.
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Rev. 1
