The Bible's Book of Revelation applied to 2,000 years ago, not today
- From: "Common Sense" <sense@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:12:41 GMT
The Bible's Book of Revelation applied to 2,000 years ago, not today
The Bible's Book of Revelation is not a fortune telling book. It is not a
book of the future
There is strong evidence to show the Book of Revelation may be a
written description of a tapestry used 2,000 years ago to record events of
the Bible (the great flood, wars, etc). The beast described specifically
refers to Nero Caesar, whose name spells "666" in the old Hebrew number
writing style..
The Book of Revelation was written for that time period (approx. 65
AD). It has nothing to do with today. It tells us nothing about the future.
We determine the future by what we do in life.
The general overview of Revelation
The Bible's Book of Revelation uses broad, metaphoric grammar common
in early writings of that time period. Please ignore websites that various
uneducated people put up, attempting to tie in the Book of Revelation with
modern events. The Book of Revelation is not a fortune-telling book. It
applies to 2,000 years ago, not now.
There is no end of the world coming.
Christianity is not supposed to be superstitious. It is supposed to
promote love, forgiveness, friendship, and equality under the law. The Book
of Revelation included historical records and apparently promoted the
overthrow of Nero Caesar, whose name was spelled "666" in the Old Hebrew
number/letter style. Revelation doesn't apply to now or the future.
On page 1514 of the Study Edition of the New King James Version of
the Holy Bible we find the following:
"The Hebrew letters for Nero Caesar (Neron Kesar) add up to 666, the
number of the beast (13:18)"
A renowned scholar writes on the topic;
"I don't know when it got started, but these bizarre speculations,
trying to tie apocalyptic allegory to modern earthly events... The best
scholarly opinion seem to be that the "666" stands for the name of the Roman
Emperor Nero, under whom the Christian persecutions began." Nero Caesar
(Neron Kesar) translates into "666" in the old number/letter writing style
In Revelation, why would they use Nero Caesar's number/letter
writing style?
During the days of the Roman Empire no one was allowed to speak out
against the emperor. To advocate a rebellion would warrant a death sentence.
It was highly illegal. Thus, it would only make sense for a possible
rebellion to use Nero's name translated into the Old Hebrew number/letter
style.
Notice how we don't find any old writings which openly promote
rebellions against the Roman Empire? If there were any, they have been
destroyed and the writers executed.
During the days of the Roman Empire life was simple; you could do
pretty much whatever you wanted, except you couldn't speak out against the
Roman authorities. The penalty for that was death. You would get less of a
sentence for beating a crippled person or having sex with a child.
During those days, with no Freedom of Speech, a group of people
wanting to break away from the pagan Roman Empire couldn't write "Hey
everyone, get your weapons and meet at the front gate to attack the Romans
on Thursday at noon." Whoever would write such a thing would be immediately
put to death by Roman soldiers. This is why we see no writings promoting the
overthrow of Caesar even though most people wanted him overthrown.
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