[lit-ideas] Re: Rapture
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:43:26 -0400
Why hasn't it dawned on mainstream Christians that Revelation
a) was a coded message of encouragement to the seven churches of the
early first century,
b) that its number symbolism and dream symbolism are meant to refer
to events of the first century. (Note that there is almost no dream
symbolism in the Gospels after Christ is born.)
c) that it uses code--such as 666 for Nero--to prevent the bearer of
the scroll from being executed by the Romans.
Mainstream biblical scholars can accept that DANIEL was compiled in
the Hellenistic period, that Daniel's dream is symbolic, and that
Daniel's prophecy, when it extends past the period that DANIEL was
compiled, falls flat on its face.
Why such a problem with Revelation? Something to do with hillbilly
fortune-tellers?
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