Posted on 10/15/2023 1:22:49 AM PDT by spirited irish
Many people hear Revelation and, like a word association test, their minds immediately go to their position on the millennial reign of Christ. Most recently when a congregant heard that I was there to speak on Revelation, he felt compelled to identify himself as a premillennialist, as though that settled the matter and satisfied the book’s purpose. On another occasion, a member of the congregation lingered to inform me that he was a staunch partial preterist. He went so far as to say that Revelation cannot be understood apart from an early date for its writing.
While hermeneutical approaches and questions of date are worthwhile considerations, are they necessary to glean benefit from the book of Revelation? I believe that our Lord’s message to us in the book is apparent apart from these considerations, and a preoccupation with them can lead us to miss the substance our Lord has for us.
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I’ll never understand the condemnation of so many over watching the times we live in and seeing how they relate to end times prophecy fulfillment.
I could see the same types of people condemning people for watching for signs of Jesus first coming. They would have missed Him too because they didn’t know Scripture and weren’t watching for His arrival. And that’s probably why so many did.
Hence the Days of Noah in Luke 17:26-27
Though the scoffing and the mocking wasn’t directly mentioned, as we all know, it certainly happened in Noah’s Day.
Luke 17:26-27
King James Version
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2017%3A26-27&version=KJV
Since human nature hasn’t changed, I’m going to presume that they reacted then same as we are seeing today.
I would guess so, too
Lots of lost scoffers out there who would rather “live their best life NOW”, then rely on The Lord Jesus to give them Eternal Life and a Life full of abundance.
John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Great review of Revelation. Possibly the best I’ve seen.
Jesus wept because people were not watching when they should have:
For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation. Luke 19:43-44
And he repeatedly commanded us to "Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes." - Matthew 24:42. It seems obvious that he wouldn't have told us to watch unless there was something to see.
My favorite book!
“The Time of your Visitation”
Timing..it’s All timing—‐God’s Timing.
Ultimately Trusting in God’s Time to fulfill His Promises.
Exactly.
He doesn’t want us oblivious.
As typical of FReepers
I commented first and now have read the article.
The ‘New Jerusalem’ has long
Been my Goal !
Ultimately, what our Lord wants of us is for us to know Him. Overarching the book of Revelation is a portrayal of our Lord Jesus Christ. From the detailed portrait of chapter 1 with its vivid brushstrokes from the palette of Old Testament prophetic word all the way through the book, Jesus Christ is presented to us as our hope and stay. In Him are victory and deliverance, and that redemption is ours through faith in Him.
Beholding Jesus beckons us to worship the true and living God, to rest in Him for sure and certain hope, and to rely on Him for strength, comfort, and courage to press on. As we share in His sufferings, so we share in His victory, both aspects reason for rejoicing (1 Peter 4:13).
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Beautiful. This is a wonderful article by Dr. Gale. Thank you for featuring it.
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