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You’re St. Melito of Sardis! You have a great love of history and liturgy. You’re attached to the traditions of the ancients, yet you recognize that the old world — great as it was — is passing away. You are loyal to the customs of your family, though you do not hesitate to call family members to account for their sins. Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers! |
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You’re St. Justin Martyr! You have a positive and hopeful attitude toward the world. You think that nature, history, and even the pagan philosophers were often guided by God in preparation for the Advent of the Christ. You find “seeds of the Word” in unexpected places. You’re patient and willing to explain the faith to unbelievers. Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers! |
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I listened to much of it. He's a great preacher and nice bloke, I'm sure. However, I think his basic exegesis of this passage is less than a kick in the groin and more like a wild punch which misses the mark.
When speaking about the red dragon whose tail (chapter 12) swept down a third of the stars of heaven, he says:
"that's probably a symbolical depiction....maybe we're not literally to conceieve of a dragon, but...".
MAYBE? ?
Call me pandora, but I suspect that he's taking many features of Revelation more literally than the genre demands.
I'm open to correction on the matter, of course.
I am thankful this message out of Revelation was preached. There is much to agree with in it...the arguments for pre-mil vs. a-mil excluded.
Did Jesus really teach that there would be two literal, bodily, resurrections separated by a millennium?
James Howard Knotek offers a reading of Revelation which is consistent with the rest of Scripture. And yes, it would be categorized as a-mil.
The key problem seems to be with recognizing that in order to provide different perspectives the visions give different descriptive details.
Jim says an emphatic "no" to two kinds of resurrection but then "yes" to two kinds of death.
Oops, the last sentence was one of many problems that stood out to me, but I meant to delete it rather than develop that here.
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