"Just as in Revelation 14:8 we read, in connection with Mystery Babylon, of "the wrath of her fornication," the Greek word for "wrath" here, as mentioned previously, is thumos meaning, according to Strong’s Concordance, "breathing hard, passion." That certainly sheds light upon the expression "the wrath of her fornication," for there is no "wrath" suggested in the act of fornication. A man and woman who are having a fling, or a prostitute who has been paid for her services, do not engage in wrath — rage, violence, revenge, vengeance, punishment — while they are fornicating! Oh, no! But they certainly are in the fever heat of passion! Thus, the passage should read, "…she made all nations to drink of the passion of her fornication" rather than "the wrath of her fornication." This fact alone should settle once and for all the real meaning of the Greek word thumos. So it is clear that God’s "wrath." as revealed in the book of Revelation, has to do with His passion, or feeling very strongly about something. It is illuminating that in Revelation 14:10 we find that God’s disobedient children, who ignore the wooing of His Spirit and resist His hand of dealing, are made to drink "the wine of the passion of God." Anyone knows that wine inflames the passions, but does not generally invoke wrath. Can we not see by this that God’s wrath or passion is not that which is vindictive and vengeful, but rather that which is impassioned, fervent, zealous, enlivened, glowing, vigorous, intense, burning, determined, and dynamic!"
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This is the most, if not the only, reassuring interpretation of Revelation I ever read.
Start from the first essay, you'll have a revival! I did.
Index:
https://www.godfire.net/eby/
I will, because this makes more sense to me in the context of most NDE I've read. The temporarily deceased is not met with anger or threats by spiritual beings, but love and disappointment at shortcomings, and a vision of how to do better in the second chance. Like Jesus really does want to lead every soul to heaven, especially those in most need of his mercy.
That's great, I wasn't able to access the first one, I wrote the website runner and asked him if it was something on purpose or what..............can you access the first one?
BTW each essay in long and in depth, it goes in chronological order, so it takes a patient reading, for me it was worth it, he was speaking my language.
No, the first one has a dead link.
Ty.