A Place To Grab Them –
A faith is the opposite of fear which is not immediately obvious. Church is the best place. Grab one.
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a handle for fear and self-doubt
a commentary
A Problem With The Churches –
A strange commentary by Victorinus. He mentions the churches Paul wrote to but not the ones John wrote to. This is hard to believe but it would be consistent with both Eusebius and Victorinus looking at the Apocalypse John the Baptist wrote and that would not include the seven churches.
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a history
A Witness –
A Church History that includes six of the seven churches that John wrote to but Eusebius never associates them with the Apocalypse. Victorinus doesn’t even mention them. Is it possible there is a version of Apocalypse that doesn’t include the seven churches? It could be a reasonable explanation for what we are looking at.
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a moment that made me question reality
A Thinker Questions Everything –
A person you couldn’t trust. A situation you couldn’t control. I learned detachment. A reasonable reaction to what is unreasonable.
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a look back
A Church History –
A problem with the churches. Eusebius mentions six of the seven churches of the Apocalypse but never associates them with the Apocalypse. He doesn’t mention Antipas. All this would be consistent with an earlier version of the Apocalypse written by John the Baptist. Victorinus has a similar problem.
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a commentary
A Witness –
A view of what was. We don’t know what the Apocalypse looked like in the third century. Victorinus knew and we know what his commentary looked like. It didn’t include the seven churches John wrote to. It did include the seven churches Paul wrote to. There is a reasonable explanation for this. He is not the only witness.
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a post
A Pentecost –
A time to preach the good news with tongues of fire that it might reach all nations.
a movie I expected to hate but ended up loving
A Strange Movie –
A great cast. “The Man Who Wasn’t There” Didn’t expect the music which was great. Got the CD. Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand were great. I need to buy this one.
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a crying voice
A First Coming –
A kingdom at hand. The time was near. John the Baptist knew the Lamb, a word used 27 times in the Apocalypse. He wrote the first one. Later John the apostle added Jesus and the seven churches. He knew about the followers of John the Baptist in Ephesus. There must be a third John.
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a repetition
A Recapitulation –
A reinforcement, a necessary theory in understanding the Apocalypse first introduced by Victorinus of Pettau. It holds that the visions are not necessarily in chronological order and possibly a repetition of other visions. Many interpretation errors are a result of assuming the chapters are in chronological order.
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