A List Of Three –
A revelation: Searching for clues. Writing a book. Posting online. I did all three in my study of the Apocalypse.
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a job pursued if money didn’t matter
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 cultural heritage
A Family Reunion –
A reunion of any kind can promote strong family ties and long lasting friendships. An interest in ancestry produced a number of old pictures of family reunions which we continued. Early on I found myself doing school and work reunions in addition to family ones. They were all special and well worth the necessary efforts to arrange them. It all starts with the family. Protect it.
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Daily writing prompt
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?
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 brand name
A Name To Trust –
A necessary thing. Trust. Who or what can you trust nowadays? Lucky me, I can afford to pay extra for name brands and could easily give you a list of ten but I will only name one. Boar’s Head. They had a problem and they fixed it. They brought back my favorite knockwurst.
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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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a could or should do more of
A Need To Listen –
A need to understand. Now that I can’t, I understand the importance of hearing. The only good thing about not being able to listen is that you get more time to think which is just as important. Don’t let listening get in the way of thinking. An ear to hear and mind to think about what you hear.
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