What View am I?
When I read Tenny 's explanation of 'The Millennial Views ', I thought to myself what view am I? I also pondered, just how much do I really believe and understand the book of Revelation?
First, I do believe it was a revelation from Jesus Christ which God gave to him. There are so many variations of what is the truth. However, God tells us at the beginning of Revelation that he is the author. Therefore, God is the author, Jesus is the Revelation and John is the literal writer.
It is amazing that all through the New Testament there are happenings that fulfill what was written in the Old Testament. No body can write history in advance and tell you exactly what is going to happen in advance but God. If a book written thousands of years ago can tell me what is happening today, I am going to believe God wrote it. When one first starts to study Revelation it appears like something from a different world. It is totally different from any other book of the New Testament. Also, very difficult to understand and apply to todays christain life. Bibicial scholars have been facinated with Revelation for centuries. Many scholars have different opinions. It appears to me that the book of Revelation is about Heaven, Christ second coming and the end of the world as we know it today. Although, written to the seven churches of Asia, Revelation is also for the entire church worldwide. …show more content…
It appears to me that God would not have just chosen seven specific churches. What about the church at Jersualem, Antioch, Colosse, Corinth, and others. We as christians today can be confident that during this life and the life after, that God has our welfare in his best interests. Revelation was written to provide encouragement and comfort to Gods people. God wanted the church of Paul 's day as well as his children of today to know that he had not abandoned them. He will come for us.
There are so many different versdions of what is the truth. Even in todays church The book of Revelsations is controversal. Everyone has their own opinion of what it means, what the different symbols mean. I believe it is symbolic. I do not believe there will be actual 'monsters '. For example: 'Jesus is going to rule the nations with a 'rod of iron ' (Revelation 19:15). This is not literal, however, he will rule the nations with order. Furthermore, the verse that says he will come in the clouds, I believe is not literal. Of course, all the above is just my opinion and don 't have time in this paper to explain why, however, God does have a plan. His plan is to operate this world with a son and a bride. He started with Adam and Eve but they failed. Ten days after Christ left here the Holy Spirit came to get a bride for Christ. He went back home to the Jews as we have studied. The Jews didn 't accept him so he turned to the Gentiles. Nothing is happening today or in the past that is not suppose to happen. Although all the Jews did not accept Jesus, they are still Gods chosen people. We also have studied about Disporia. From the year of approx 70 BC until the fourteenth day of May 1948, when Israel became a state, the Jews had no government. They had no where on earth to call home. They were
When I read Tenny 's explanation of 'The Millennial Views ', I thought to myself what view am I? I also pondered, just how much do I really believe and understand the book of Revelation?
First, I do believe it was a revelation from Jesus Christ which God gave to him. There are so many variations of what is the truth. However, God tells us at the beginning of Revelation that he is the author. Therefore, God is the author, Jesus is the Revelation and John is the literal writer.
It is amazing that all through the New Testament there are happenings that fulfill what was written in the Old Testament. No body can write history in advance and tell you exactly what is going to happen in advance but God. If a book written thousands of years ago can tell me what is happening today, I am going to believe God wrote it. When one first starts to study Revelation it appears like something from a different world. It is totally different from any other book of the New Testament. Also, very difficult to understand and apply to todays christain life. Bibicial scholars have been facinated with Revelation for centuries. Many scholars have different opinions. It appears to me that the book of Revelation is about Heaven, Christ second coming and the end of the world as we know it today. Although, written to the seven churches of Asia, Revelation is also for the entire church worldwide. …show more content…
It appears to me that God would not have just chosen seven specific churches. What about the church at Jersualem, Antioch, Colosse, Corinth, and others. We as christians today can be confident that during this life and the life after, that God has our welfare in his best interests. Revelation was written to provide encouragement and comfort to Gods people. God wanted the church of Paul 's day as well as his children of today to know that he had not abandoned them. He will come for us.
There are so many different versdions of what is the truth. Even in todays church The book of Revelsations is controversal. Everyone has their own opinion of what it means, what the different symbols mean. I believe it is symbolic. I do not believe there will be actual 'monsters '. For example: 'Jesus is going to rule the nations with a 'rod of iron ' (Revelation 19:15). This is not literal, however, he will rule the nations with order. Furthermore, the verse that says he will come in the clouds, I believe is not literal. Of course, all the above is just my opinion and don 't have time in this paper to explain why, however, God does have a plan. His plan is to operate this world with a son and a bride. He started with Adam and Eve but they failed. Ten days after Christ left here the Holy Spirit came to get a bride for Christ. He went back home to the Jews as we have studied. The Jews didn 't accept him so he turned to the Gentiles. Nothing is happening today or in the past that is not suppose to happen. Although all the Jews did not accept Jesus, they are still Gods chosen people. We also have studied about Disporia. From the year of approx 70 BC until the fourteenth day of May 1948, when Israel became a state, the Jews had no government. They had no where on earth to call home. They were