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NASB | Revelation 22:18 ¶ I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 22:18 ¶ I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book; [Deut 4:2] |
Subject: Does God speak to us in dreams today? |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, I know that sometimes prophecies can have fulfillment separated by centuries and more, but I always look for the Bible to provide that information before I separate something from another. In Ezekiel 26, as the destruction of Tyre is prophesied, the pronoun changes from "he" in verse 11 to "they" in verse 12, as the aggressor that fulfills the prophecy changes from Nebuchadnezzer to Alexander. Daniel records the prophecy of the 70 weeks. There is a parenthetical passage inserted into the text between the 69th and the 70th weeks (Dan 9:26 describes events that happen after the 69th week, and before the 70th week), that tells us that these weeks are not contiguous. In Isaiah 61, Jesus, as He quotes this, stops in the middle of verse 2, and tells us that this has been fulfilled, but He leaves out the latter part of verse 2, the part about vengeance. Ezekiel describes people differently, Daniel inserts events in the middle, Jesus quotes a specific portion and tells us that has been fulfilled. Each of these have a textual foundation for us to separate them into different fulfillments. I do not see any such textual foundation to separate Joel's prophecy. Can you show me a scriptural basis? I would be interest to know if there is something I am missing. When Peter quotes this prophecy in Acts 2, he quotes the entire passage from the pouring out of God's Spirit, to the signs that will be seen during the openning of the sixth seal in the Revelation, and includes the part about "prophecy, dreams, and visions". Peter is not giving the prophecy, he is citing the fulfillment in response to what had just happened, the pouring out of God's Spirit. But that is not all Peter is talking about. This is not just about how the disciples spoke in foreign languages, but it is about a work that Joel prophesied that God would do in these last days, beginning as the "church" is born on that Pentacost, and concluding as the "church" is concluded, as the sixth seal is openned, and characturized by these things he said, prophecy, dreams, and visions. Joel didn't even mention tongues, but that was the question Peter was answering, as the crowd gathered, each hearing their own language, and asking "what is this?" "This," Peter said, "is what Joel prophesied." Not a series of actions, some now, some later, but a work that is done, which begins with this, and ends with that, and is characturized thus and so. That is how I understand this passage, but like I said, I am always open to learning, and I am interested if there is a texual basis for interpreting it otherwise. Love in Christ, Mark |