"God’s true church is not contaminated with the defiling pollutions of Mystery Babylon. There is a little flock, there is a body of Christ, its members are scattered abroad and almost invisible to the great religious Babylon. They are seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal, and they are the called and chosen and faithful who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. They are those who have turned to God in the spirit from all the religious idols, to serve the living and true God, and to wait for the glory that shall yet be revealed when God’s sons come into their own. They are those who have not the form, but the power of godliness, those who keep themselves unspotted from the world, and overcome all things by faith. Its ministers are not robed in material robes of scarlet and gold; they are robed in the righteousness of Christ. They are not trained in the seminaries and teachings of men, but by the spirit of grace and wisdom and revelation from God on High. They are not busy interpreting the creeds of the church councils of man; their very lives are the interpretation of the Christ enthroned in their hearts. They have no interest in persuading people to believe what they believe; their whole ministry is to bring people into intimacy of fellowship and vital union with God and His Christ."
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It is a common mistake to think of these as the natural, fleshly tribes of Israel, either of the Jews or the ten-tribed house of Israel. But the Revelation is a spiritual book and these are symbols!
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These twelve spiritual character traits represent twelve steps in our experience of Christ by which we progressively put on the mind of Christ and grow up into His mature nature and character — the nature and character of sonship to God!
This is lunacy bro. Why is this interpretation only revealed to him? Why did God spend thousands of pages talking about his physical land covenant with the nation of Israel only to have one man reveal that it's really a 12 step rehabilitation program. Absolutely and totally insane private interpretation.
Jesus Christ was a real descendant of this real tribe, who died on a real cross for our real sins. Repent of this nonsense.
Revelation is a book of symbols every bit. Preston Eby knows the OT types used in the symbols, he was a Bible teacher for at least six decades, maybe more. You are looking at decades of work on Revelation, and no, he is not the only one who teaches it that way. Preston Eby has extensive knowledge on everything written about the book of Revelation, it was a passion of his, he grew and matured throughout his ministry just like all good teachers do. I wandered Babylon for 40 years myself and never did get this particular teaching on the topic. This interpretation of Revelation is a gift to the Body of Christ, I can attest to it, that is why I share it.
Calling Jacob and the 12 tribes a symbol is one of the most idiotic thing I ever heard in my life. You worship a crazy God who would write a whole entire book and then just throw the thing out the window and say it means something else entirely. I told you, you are playing off the emotions of the lazy and the uneducated, that never read their Bible and never bothered to learn anything, so you can turn a buck.
It's a very definition of mystery Babylon. Make the Bible a big mystery that only you can unlock.
Interesting Andy. All the names of the Old Testament had spiritual meaning, people and cities.
I follow Jesus Christ as taught by the Bible and the Holy Spirit, I'm just not sectarian Andy.
I'm not making money here Andy. Why do you put down your brothers and sisters as lazy and uneducated? What makes you think you know more about the Bible than others?
I'm 57 years old Andy, I was raised in the fundamentalist church, I've loved God and the Bible and the church since late teens, nobody in all my life has explained Revelation well until I Read Eby's writings on the book. That is 40 years of wandering in Babel.
You have changed the Revelation of mystery Babylon into a false world system. The Holy Spirit clearly meant to reveal it as a corrupt religious organization that manifests itself now as the catholic church. Your teaching obscures this truth and blinds others that may need to learn it.