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1 | What Jesus meant Matt 10:23.16:28 26:64 | Rev 17:10 | jamison | 204522 | ||
RC, I am reposting this in case you missed it earlier. Thank You... RC, Alright, I went back and looked at "thousand" in Scripture. It is used in 395 verses. It is overwhelmingly used as an accurate number or at least an approximation to number men or cattle or shekels, etc. There are a number of instances, though few, where I think it does in fact just mean a long time or a great number. Your quote from Psalms is one and there are a few others, such as 1000 years as one day, be ye mindful always of his covenant the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, etc. So maybe this would work, but I am not quick to accept that. Putting that aside for now, help me look at Rev 20 up to verse 10 which is supposed to be past. In verse 3, is Satan no longer deceiving the nations? If not, how is it different now than when he was deceiving them? Also, verse 7 talks about when Satan is loosed, but this hasn't happened yet, or has it? Lastly, who are those that have part in the first resurrection, true followers of Christ or just those that rose when he was crucified or someone else? Thank you in advance for your thoughts on these matters. jamison |
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2 | What Jesus meant Matt 10:23.16:28 26:64 | Rev 17:10 | stjohn | 204528 | ||
Dear Jamison: I think you are correct in presuming that a thousand is a thousand, in most cases, and in this case there is no reason to think otherwise. Remember too that John is relaying a vision to us, as it is given to him, and in his doing so he is not interpreting them, just giving it out as he literally sees it, sort of like watching a movie, Rev 1:10-11 and then telling what he saw by righting it down. We can assume that he is being literal. Whatever allegory is being used is being used by God: Can we presume that we know what God is thinking? Or that we know what John is thinking, as so many expositors like to do? You certainly can see the danger in that, I'm sure. There are some pretty wild interpretations out there! Just my two cents God bless John |
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3 | What Jesus meant Matt 10:23.16:28 26:64 | Rev 17:10 | jamison | 204562 | ||
John, I am inclined to believe it is a thousand as well. Or at least very close to it. Not twice as much or more. However, as I have disputed with others, I am not quick to shoot down an opinion I have not encountered before. I think The Revelation is misunderstood alot. I know I don't understand it, so I will see what RC has to say. Maybe he is on to something. You are welcome to keep throwing in the two cents though. Never hurts to hear both sides. jamison |
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