It's tough because Revelation is probably THE hardest book for even a Biblical scholar to understand. There's actually a few schools of thought on interpreting Revelation. One believes Revelation has already occured (sometime around 70 AD), one believes some of it has occured and some still will, another believes it is all imagery and not at all literal, and there's the literal interpreters, along with one or two more schools of thought.
Being that Revelation is so hard for even a scholar to understand, I wouldn't put too much stock in what 99.9% of people have to say about it. People take the easier points and exploit them (which is true for much of the bible, relly-people like to pick and choose what to obey or believe and when it applies).
I can't really answer your question because in order to answer it you'd have to learn about the different schools of interpretation for Revelation and also study closely the book you are quoting and put the quote in context, it's quite difficult. You'd also need to study a lot of history and even ancient Jewish tradition and writings.
You might want to try to talk to someone who has studied the bible extensively and doesn't seem to have (too much of) an agenda regarding why they believe what they believe.
Maybe get out of the influence of the church. PEOPLE spoil religion. It can be a beautiful and peaceful thing but people tend to really ruin it. There's almost always an agenda or fear mongering, and just plain ignorance which is very disheartening.
What do you think of the book of Revelations? Does Luke 17:20 void it?
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It's tough because Revelation is probably THE hardest book for even a Biblical scholar to understand. There's actually a few schools of thought on interpreting Revelation. One believes Revelation has already occured (sometime around 70 AD), one believes some of it has occured and some still will, another believes it is all imagery and not at all literal, and there's the literal interpreters, along with one or two more schools of thought.
Being that Revelation is so hard for even a scholar to understand, I wouldn't put too much stock in what 99.9% of people have to say about it. People take the easier points and exploit them (which is true for much of the bible, relly-people like to pick and choose what to obey or believe and when it applies).
I can't really answer your question because in order to answer it you'd have to learn about the different schools of interpretation for Revelation and also study closely the book you are quoting and put the quote in context, it's quite difficult. You'd also need to study a lot of history and even ancient Jewish tradition and writings.
You might want to try to talk to someone who has studied the bible extensively and doesn't seem to have (too much of) an agenda regarding why they believe what they believe.
Maybe get out of the influence of the church. PEOPLE spoil religion. It can be a beautiful and peaceful thing but people tend to really ruin it. There's almost always an agenda or fear mongering, and just plain ignorance which is very disheartening.
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That was a great response and I totally agree