Posted on 05/19/2014 9:41:02 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau
Is it possible that it was written that way because the author was tripping on hallucinogenics?
Which is not meant to discredit his prophecy. Some ancient history refers to the use of drug induced trances to communicate with a higher power.
John had escaped to Patmos to write. The language is purposely written this way because of the active persecutions that were occurring.
It’s written that way because that is how God has revealed it to man. There are reasons for that method, which He Provides.
The books entitled Matthew, Mark and Luke all quoted Jesus as saying that those to whom He was speaking “would not taste death” until they saw His kingdom.
At least they made sense, even if they were flat wrong. Revelations, as you say, was either written by a man in his cups and/or completely off his rocker.
You misinterpret the passage. In Matthew 24:32 (and in Mark and Luke as you mentioned) Jesus spoke the parable of the fig tree, which represents Israel. It is the generation that witnesses the rebirth of the nation of Israel that he is speaking of when he says “this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.”
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A lot of the things described by John in Revelation were most likely attempts to describe the horrors of modern warfare by a man who had never seen the modern implements of war. I think he described things as best he could as far as he comprehended them in the language of his time.
No John was not off his rocker.
he did not make the visions up...Jesus showed them to him. John was a passive participant. all John did was write them down.
The vision does nothing but glorify Christ . The persecuted saints needed it.
Exactly, it is the revelation of Christ, of who he really is and what he’s going to do when he returns to redeem his own and set up his Kingdom - and what he’s going to do to his enemies. Most make weird comments about the book (often calling it “Revelations”) because they don’t know the rest of the Bible or it’s author either.
Hippie fantasy nonsense.
What’s your excuse?
thanks,
The unveiling (singular) is what God gave to his son who rendered it into signs by his angel for his servant John to record,
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John” Revelation 1:1
and I cannot recall over the years the number of times someone uses the word ‘revelations’ plural and then whatever follows from them shows you they’ve never read it, or completely do not understand it, when someone uses that word, i generally stop reading as its always not only wrong, but completely out in left field,
>>>This author would have us believe that Revelation is “symbolic”. Some of it is, but most of it isn’t.<<<
I personally believe, and have for nearly forty years, that after the first 3 chapters, it is all symbolic. So far, no one—no scholar or laymen—has provided any reason for me to believe otherwise.
Philip
>>>Which is not meant to discredit his prophecy<<<
Really?
>>>If you follow the Bible as a record of Man’s growing understanding of his relationship to God, from ancient origins to the New Testament, you find a trend from angels as messengers and actors to visions interpreted by angels, such as in Daniel, Zechariah and now John at Patmos.<<<
Israel Warren makes similar comparisons in his book. It is a very good read.
Philip
How about, it was written that way because John is repeating the visions he saw and was directed by God to write down what he saw...
I’m sure John saw nothing other than what he wrote and had no intentions of writing in ‘code’ for any reason...
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