More fundamentally, if it was all fulfilled, then language means nothing, and we should toss our Bibles away — or yield them up to the new Magisterium.
Dan
I agree with you, of course.
But, it makes one scratch his head to read Irenaeus talking about trying to figure out who the coming antichrist will be.
Why do that if it was already fulfilled and passed on by John?
I find it to be a devastating critique of the early dating of Revelation.
Goodness!
Is this a dream, a nightmare?
Am I agreeing more than once a millenium with Dan?
Dear God, please STAND BY ME--Jesus must definitely be coming soon!