I suspect that many people are missing the fact that Revelation may be almost completely fulfilled, because they are looking for the literal manifestation of prophecy.
In other words, when Revelation talks about a star falling from the sky, people tend to say, 'That has not happened yet.' When Revelation says we will not be able to buy and sell without the mark of the beast, people tend to say,' That has not happened yet.' Well, I believe that it has.
Think about it. We are all buying and selling with bar coded and microchipped cards and technology right now. Almost all of our transactions are already that way. So why are we waiting for it to still come true? The power is already there for someone to press a button on a computer and take an individual out of business - totally. The government has already shown that it can and will do so to its enemies by 'freezing their assets.'
I was reading Revelation one day and came across the part that says that a third of the fish would die and that a third of the forest would follow the same route and that a third of the water would become undrinkable. Then I switched on CNN and listened to a report that said that a third of the fish in the oceans had already been destroyed! Similarly, deforestation has destroyed more than a third of our forests and a third of the world's fresh water is probably polluted and undrinkable right now. Point is why are we waiting for prophecy to still come true, when it is already true?
Think back to Daniel's vision of the statue and the rock that rolled down and smashed it. The reality is that there was no statue and there was no rock, but we can see that the prophecy was fulfilled by the coming of four kingdoms and the Church. In other words, the Bible uses imagery that is not necessarily literal, but the message proves to be true.
The same can be said of Revelation. Almost all of its message has come to pass and is true right now. If what I am saying is correct, then there is very little indeed, that remains to be fulfilled and we are probably very, very near to the end.
Just a thought.
In other words, when Revelation talks about a star falling from the sky, people tend to say, 'That has not happened yet.' When Revelation says we will not be able to buy and sell without the mark of the beast, people tend to say,' That has not happened yet.' Well, I believe that it has.
Think about it. We are all buying and selling with bar coded and microchipped cards and technology right now. Almost all of our transactions are already that way. So why are we waiting for it to still come true? The power is already there for someone to press a button on a computer and take an individual out of business - totally. The government has already shown that it can and will do so to its enemies by 'freezing their assets.'
I was reading Revelation one day and came across the part that says that a third of the fish would die and that a third of the forest would follow the same route and that a third of the water would become undrinkable. Then I switched on CNN and listened to a report that said that a third of the fish in the oceans had already been destroyed! Similarly, deforestation has destroyed more than a third of our forests and a third of the world's fresh water is probably polluted and undrinkable right now. Point is why are we waiting for prophecy to still come true, when it is already true?
Think back to Daniel's vision of the statue and the rock that rolled down and smashed it. The reality is that there was no statue and there was no rock, but we can see that the prophecy was fulfilled by the coming of four kingdoms and the Church. In other words, the Bible uses imagery that is not necessarily literal, but the message proves to be true.
The same can be said of Revelation. Almost all of its message has come to pass and is true right now. If what I am saying is correct, then there is very little indeed, that remains to be fulfilled and we are probably very, very near to the end.
Just a thought.