[MHGinTN]

To assert what you are posting one must deny the Revelation of John is in chronological order. The perspective is close in then backed out then close in again. In a strange way you might be onto something, but it is not unheard of for The Revelation to start with specific churches then also mean identifiable epochs. Are we living in the epoch of the Laodicean church luke warmness? I think we are.

I would take issue with using only a backed out farscape long count perspective and not allowing for a more precise one to fit into the seven years of Daniel's seventieth week. In any event, I believe the Word of God clearly shows the born agains are snatched away before the man of sin / lawlessness can even be revealed.

[firebrand]

I think John’s revelations occurred at various times and may not be in any kind of chronological order, except for the chapters to the churches coming first. He didn’t understand them totally at the time, so he couldn’t put them in strict order? I believe I did read this at one time, although I am far from a biblical scholar.