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To: angryoldfatman

Two points: the denarius wasn’t debased at the time Revelation was written.

Secondly, if you subscribe to the theory that this represents hyper-inflation because the denarius became virtually worthless centuries later then what you are saying is the verse is implying that a measure of wheat becomes worthless because the denarius is worthless. The wheat cost ONE denarius not wheelbarrows full as was the case in the Weimar Republic. If that is the correct interpretation, then the verse is saying that in the end times food is extremely cheap. I don’t think anyone believes that is the message of this verse.


14 posted on 09/08/2016 6:42:05 PM PDT by Texit
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To: Texit

Two points: the denarius wasn’t debased at the time Revelation was written.

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Revelation was written for a Roman audience that had just started to experience devaluation of their currency.

It is prophecy, not a description of contemporary situations. It was asking the reader to imagine what hyperinflation was going to be like, given their only experience with currency, which was a precious metal currency and not a fiat currency.

Notice it spoke of a day’s wage, not X number of denarii. As in, “you’ll have to work an entire day to pay for this food staple”, etc.

I’d appreciate less of an aggressive tone, as well. If you can’t calmly discuss the OP and wish to argue angrily about an issue tangentially related to the OP’s thesis, then you’ve got a problem I can’t address.


15 posted on 09/08/2016 7:26:07 PM PDT by angryoldfatman
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