Yes, it is true. Many so called Christians have the remarkable ability to inject, at random, their wild concepts of prophetic nonsense. It is hard for me to read Revelation under the precepts that John was talking about our current time when so many Christians were being slaughtered.
Sorry, no shrub and no plant. It is clear to me and others that this meant all vegetation. Let me guess, you also believe that there was no rain before man or vegetation as well. That the earth is thousands of years old and not billions of years old. That dinosaurs and people were...
Here we see that vegetation was created three days before man.
Genesis 1 NIV - The Beginning - In the beginning God - Bible Gateway
Genesis 1:11 (NIV)
Genesis 2 NIV - Thus the heavens and the earth were - Bible Gateway
Genesis 2:5 (NIV)
Here we see that man was created before any shrub had...
Interesting. I would agree with you that the letters to the seven churches are not in the apocalyptic writing style. I think this is a fairly good read on the subject.
Revelation, Apocalyptic Writing and the Old Testament | Grace Communion International
I do not subscribe to dispensationalism.
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I'm more of a preterist.
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Like you said, the whole spin game begins. Repub's will say Obama didn't compromise and visa versa. Mean while Americans are being pillaged by inflating prices, deflating cash supplies via wage inequalities. This is what happened in the stock market crash of 1929.
Wall Street Crash of 1929 -...
Very true! This issue has been fought over 40 plus times including in the Supreme Court! These people are hellbent on making the whole country suffer. The democratic process held hostage by the minority.