A Study
of the Apocalypse. The results of this research have been presented on four different forums over the past 15 years. The latest and possibly the greatest presentation is at Theology Forums. Here using history I have specifically identified all the major parts of the Apocalypse. I don’t think you will find another presentation like this.
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A Necessary Action
that will help determine what you need to do. History is where you start. It is the only advantage we have over those who have gone before us. We can learn from them. What worked. What didn’t. Whatever is new must be tested. Be not afraid. Be careful. Be kind. Be reasonable.
A Reliable Test
that is hard to beat. It is why we are here. The purpose of life. The meaning of life. It’s a test. Suffering is a necessary part of it. What will you do about suffering? What will you do when you are suffering? You will need help. Just ask for it. You have to want it. You will get it.
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A Good Thing
to do. We are being tested. We should test what affects our life. Be sure to test those who come in sheep’s clothing. They could be ravening wolves. Like a virus that can kill those we love. Be not afraid. Be careful. Be kind. Be reasonable.
A Wise Man
and those with common sense will follow the traditions of those who have gone before us. We have standards developed by others that show us what works. You don’t need to start at the beginning. New designs are doomed to failure without extensive testing. We are being tested. Be sure to test those who might mislead us. Traditions and standards have passed the test of time.
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A Date
for the Apocalypse. 30 September 395 and the author is John Chrysostom. All this according to Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov. For some reason R. H. Charles chose to include this in his book, “STUDIES IN THE APOCALYPSE”. There are more reasons to consider Chrysostom.
A Book
worthy of your time if you are really interested in what the Apocalypse is all about. “Studies in the Apocalypse” by R. H. Charles is based on his lectures delivered before the University of London. It is free, online, and searchable. If you read just one book on the Apocalypse, it should be this one.
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A Clue
that there is more than one writer of the Apocalypse. John is told to eat the little book and then is told he must prophesy again. It could be John the Apostle eating the little book written by John the Baptist. The Apostle would add Jesus, Antipas, and the seven churches.
A Conjecture
it is a reasonable explanation for the questions surrounding the Apocalypse. The original was about the first coming hence the time was near. Later in Ephesus there were John the Baptist followers who didn’t know Jesus. John the Apostle was well aware of this.
A Catholic Website
has this to say about the Apocalypse. “We cannot conclude without mentioning the theory advanced by the German scholar Vischer. He holds the Apocalypse to have been originally a purely Jewish composition, and to have been changed into a Christian work by the insertion of those sections that deal with Christian subjects. From a doctrinal point of view, we think, it cannot be objected to. There are other instances where inspired writers have availed themselves of non-canonical literature. Intrinsically considered it is not improbable. The Apocalypse abounds in passages which bear no specific Christian character but, on the contrary, show a decidedly Jewish complexion. Yet on the whole the theory is but a conjecture.”
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