Bear in mind that the Apocalypse of St John of Patmos wasn’t written to us. It was a document produced for a specific people at a specific time. It’s a rebuke of 6 out of 7 old world churches who had their “lamp stands”removed by The Lamb. It details why this had to be.
Put your mind into a 2nd century Middle East mindset or you’ll misinterpret. Divide the word rightly. There are definitely correlations and parallels, but this was from a time when Nero and Vespasian and Domitian were actively persecuting (killing in spectacular fashion) Christians. We’re being marginalized and ridiculed but not (yet) set ablaze in the coliseum as entertainment.
I read it from an idealist perspective, spiritual interpretation. I ignored the book for 30 years as a Christian because it made no sense to me from a literal interpretation, then I found a fellow who teaches it from a spiritual, language of the time, mind of the prophets, point of view. I've been in the study for about 6 months now, it is a 242 essay study(life work) of Preston Eby. He recently passed away in February.
The study goes verse by verse starting with Revelation 1:1
Thanks for that. Can’t grasp the deeper meanings without a guidebook. What it says and what it means are nearly unintelligible without that. I’d only trust interpretation from someone intimately familiar with Koine Greek, and late antiquity. Ever tried Maximus the Confessor? “Man and the Cosmos”. I did, but he’s too much for me. Even books about his book snow me. I like the easier Patristics. St Gregory of Nyssa is my fave. “On the Soul and Resurrection” is a little known gem. Pray for me, a fool and a sinner. TY
I'm studying Revelation, very exciting.
Bear in mind that the Apocalypse of St John of Patmos wasn’t written to us. It was a document produced for a specific people at a specific time. It’s a rebuke of 6 out of 7 old world churches who had their “lamp stands”removed by The Lamb. It details why this had to be.
Put your mind into a 2nd century Middle East mindset or you’ll misinterpret. Divide the word rightly. There are definitely correlations and parallels, but this was from a time when Nero and Vespasian and Domitian were actively persecuting (killing in spectacular fashion) Christians. We’re being marginalized and ridiculed but not (yet) set ablaze in the coliseum as entertainment.
I read it from an idealist perspective, spiritual interpretation. I ignored the book for 30 years as a Christian because it made no sense to me from a literal interpretation, then I found a fellow who teaches it from a spiritual, language of the time, mind of the prophets, point of view. I've been in the study for about 6 months now, it is a 242 essay study(life work) of Preston Eby. He recently passed away in February.
The study goes verse by verse starting with Revelation 1:1
Here's the study:
https://www.godfire.net/eby/
Thanks for the link fren.
Thanks for that. Can’t grasp the deeper meanings without a guidebook. What it says and what it means are nearly unintelligible without that. I’d only trust interpretation from someone intimately familiar with Koine Greek, and late antiquity. Ever tried Maximus the Confessor? “Man and the Cosmos”. I did, but he’s too much for me. Even books about his book snow me. I like the easier Patristics. St Gregory of Nyssa is my fave. “On the Soul and Resurrection” is a little known gem. Pray for me, a fool and a sinner. TY