A Lamb of God
A voice crying is the wilderness. The word “lamb” is mentioned 27 times in the Apocalypse. John the Baptist knew the “Lamb of God”. He was preparing the way for “the time is at hand”. John the Baptist did not know Jesus was the Lamb of God. John the Apostle knew that and was also aware of his following.
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A Veiled Prophecy
A revelation of what is to come. Sealed by Daniel but not by John. The future is not ours to know but history can confirm the fulfillment of prophecy. How? With numbers and colors. All the translators seem to agree on these words if not their meaning.
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 the 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 Reason Why
A question not often addressed. What is the purpose of prophecy? Why was the Apocalypse written? To prepare the way for the first coming. A time that was near. “Make straight” the way of the Lord sayeth the voice crying out in the wilderness.
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.
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A sound of trumpets. The third part did not do so well. Woe to the world. What can you do beside watch? Repent. Just show up. You may not know what to do or say but just showing up is a good start. Get informed. Be a part of something.
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 Wrath Of The Lamb
A great day of his wrath is come. John the Baptist was watching for the Lamb of God. We need to watch for His wrath. A great day? Should we be worrying about the wrath of the lamb while we are being asked to worry about climate change?
A New Jerusalem
A Church on a rock. Rome with twelve gates and one river running through it. Don’t wait for it to cometh down out of heaven. It is here now. Just as Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, Rome, the New Jerusalem is the center of the Christian religion. See the map. His Church.
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A White Robe
A rest for a little season while more are killed for the word of God. They were killed for their testimony. History records the numbers killed due to beliefs. Nothing new here except our ability to ignore the red horse, the black horse, and the pale horse.
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