What if Revelation is Past, not Future?

by willyloman 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • willyloman
    willyloman

    Ther is a new series of books planned that takes that approach. Some controversy has erupted in the "Christian" press; here is an excerpt and a link:

    New take on Rapture puts authors in apocalyptic feud

    08:05 PM CST on Friday, November 5, 2004

    By IRA J. HADNOT / The

    What if the Rapture has already happened?

    What if Revelation's prophecies have been fulfilled?

    These questions are unthinkable for those Christians who believe that the end of the world is, well, still to come ? and that it will unfold in accordance with apocalyptic interpretations of the Book of Revelation?.

    That's more or less the story line hewed to in the phenomenally popular Left Behind series. Now, however, Tyndale House, the Christian publisher of Left Behind, is planning a new fictional series with a very different view ? one that posits that Revelation actually tells the story (in code) of the first-century persecution of Christians and of the fall of the Jewish Temple.

    The Last Disciple, the first of at least three books planned, depicts the Roman emperor, Nero, as "the beast." In the book, Christians in and are suffering through the Tribulation. Nero is trying to find the Apostle John's letter (the Book of Revelation) and destroy it. To survive, the early Christians must decipher a mysterious code. (The code for Nero's name is the number 666, regarded by many as the mark of the Antichrist.)

    The Last Disciple ? is based on the notion of "preterism," which holds that most if not all major prophetic events in the New Testament have happened. When Jesus talked about the end of the world, according to preterists, he was referring not to the physical world but to an old worldview held by Jews in his time.

    Here?s a link to the whole story (may require you sign up for free password)

    http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/110604dnrelendtimes.86ada.html

  • Double Edge
    Double Edge

    The Last Disciple ? is based on the notion of "preterism," which holds that most if not all major prophetic events in the New Testament have happened.

    ut oh.... there's going to be a lot of disappointed Trinity Broadcast Network viewers.]

    btw.... CONGRATS on becoming a Jedi !

  • willyloman
    willyloman

    Jedi? I'm a Jedi? Do I get a light saber? Cool!

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    Here ya go!

    Now this is VERY important: Never, I repeat, NEVER look into the end of the lightsaber when you activate it. We have lost many Jedi like that.

  • Narkissos
    Narkissos

    Interesting. At least it's closer to the original meaning of the texts. But will it be as popular as the futuristic scripts to the American Christian readers? (This kind of literature is almost unknown in France, except in some tiny Pentecostal circles.)

    Btw, congrats Willyloman!

  • Brummie
    Brummie

    It be just my luck to have missed it all!

    CONGRATS on reaching Jedi before the rapture

  • willyloman
    willyloman
    Interesting. At least it's closer to the original meaning of the texts. But will it be as popular as the futuristic scripts to the American Christian readers?

    No, but I suspect it will be a lot more factual.

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost
    one that posits that Revelation actually tells the story (in code) of the first-century persecution of Christians and of the fall of the Jewish Temple.

    I don't think this is such a new idea but it would be unthinkabe for dubs!

  • gumby
    gumby

    Willyloman....you ask...."Am I a Jedi"?

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/80359/1307578/post.ashx#1307578

    Gumby

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    Wot ya winking at Willy for, Gumbles?

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