Subject: 18 Book of Revelation |
Bible Note: Greetings Humpy! How short is shortly? It depends upon one's perspective. :-) For God, 2,000 years is not long at all. :-) Seriously though, the actual Greek phrase is 'in speed'. It is equivalent to our quickly, and refers more to how things will occur, not when. As far as the seven churches are concerned, Scripture never says that Revelation was written to or just for them. Within the letter, we find seven letters addressed specifically to them, but nothing says that the entire book is addressed to them alone. Even if it were, there are many things written in Scripture which did not take place for thousands of years, yet were contained in letters or books written to a time long ago. Is. 53 is a good example. The best view of Revelation is based upon Rev. 1:19, where some of it had already taken place in John's time, some was taking place in John's time, and some was yet future (even in our time). Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |