Bible Question:
Hank I don't really care who did it, although it appears it was done vindictively, in that they have flagged all of Orthodoxy's updates. What I care about is the closed ignorant mind, such a mind is ripe for deception. Revelation is a book with many views of it’s interpretation, of which there are four major, Historicist, Preterist, Futurist, and Spiritual. Most Futurist are dispensational and pre millennial, and either pre trib or post trib, I fit into that category and I have never really appreciated the Preterist view. In the Bible study on revelation I had asked a question of who would go into the millennium? Disappointingly all the responses I received were the standard futurist answer that are easily rebuffed. Orthodoxy made a Amillennial observation which I was trying to understand when someone that has no appreciation for knowledge tried to disrupt the study with the use of the red flags. By challenging that person to identify themselves I was trying to open their eyes that just maybe they don’t have all the answers to Biblical questions? That there are people of equal intelligence who are honestly on both sides of many issues. I consider John MacArthur and Jack Hayford as two brilliant minds yet they stand at opposite ends of the spectrum as far as Bible interpretation on issues such as gifts of the spirit, once saved always saved, women in ministry and the list goes on. Is either a heretic? No. Is either unbiblical? No. Is either bad? No. Then look at MacArthur and RC Sproul both look at Revelation differently is one a heretic? No. Is either unbiblical? No. Is either bad? No. I believe in the case of these three men they have all have made a honest attempt to answer questions that doesn’t seem to have one answer. Should they be red flagged? |
Bible Answer: It might be worth ya'll's while to read Fallen Is Babylon: The Revelation to John by Frederick J. Murphy. It takes Revelation chapter by chapter, verse by verse. Yours in Christ Jesus, Wist ye not |