Do you take Revelations literally?
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Yes I think literally,\n\nYou also have to think,\nthat when John saw the future he describe things as he saw them, things that we consider normal were very strange to him. Like helicopters airplanes,and missile and bombs, and bullets.\n\nThe water turning to blood to use could be heavy pollution and undrinkable which is very possible with oil spills and toxic waste. The giant scorpion could be a helicopter. The disease of heat could be a nuclear weapon. \n\nso I think Revelation is very true just open your eyes.
536391
Did you mean Confirmation?
404939
Do you even know what you're talking about?
918725
Ah ...the soft-shoe routine you can get from people who believe in the "inerrant" Bible - when a text clearly states something so awful that it must be re-re-reinterpreted.\n\nSo .. a word from our sponsor:\nIsiah 45:7 "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and CREATE EVIL: I the LORD do all these things."\n\nAnd now let's hear the various (laughable) renditions of what "evil" means "in this context," or "the actual Hebrew means something totally different." - obviously it couldn't just mean "evil," .... could it? \n\nThere is no one answer to your question. Current theology, in a vain attempt at sidestepping the mystical trend that produced the citation above, holds that God did NOT do what He says He did, or that it's a "mystery to be revealed in the end to us all."
554689
Yes. It is also mentioned somewhere in Paul or in Revelations.
360030
Spiritual revelation leads to certainty.\nBiblical scholarship does not, for it requires man to assert mental capacity to deliver thought to Truth which only revelation can.  And man's mental capacity ultimately fails to cause thought to be anything more then a dim reflection of what is true ... not actually the Truth itself.\n\nSo a mental notion of truth exists, but it fails to become that which it reflects and leads man down the path of doubt.\n\nAside from revelation by the Spirit, we would not be able to rise above doubt, into the certainty of what is True.\n\nAs it is written: "the Spirit leads to all Truth."
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No, I don't.  I believe that the book of Revelations was written about politics and events that were current nearly 2,000 years ago and has no relevance today.  I know that various preachers have been predicting the "End Times" for several hundred years and they've all been wrong.\n\nI see reliance on the concept of a "Judgement Day" as a tool for manipulating the masses and a serious cop out (i.e. "The world's a mess but have no fear, Jesus is gonna' come sort the whole nasty business out for us, so just pay your tithe and smile!")\n\nI have yet to see anything positive come out of a belief in Armageddon, just a lot of apathy, war and avoidance of important issues.  So all in all, I think we're better off forgetting about it and working for a better tommorow.
810246
Not when it's meant to be spiritual like Revelations.
201932
Many people don't actually take the time to personally study the book of Revelations. Four things have to be taken into consideration: the origin of the book, its production timeline, its symbolic representations, and its literal meaning. You can not read Revelation and then literally expect to see a horned beast rise from the ground. One must understand that the references made in Revelation were made prophetically and thus primarily have symbolic meanings. Also the timeline has important significance. John could only write the book using terms and references to which he and the people of his day could relate to. The book of Revelation can not be read alone. You must also read the other end-time prophecies in the bible (including those made by Jesus, Daniel, and other prophets) in order to further your understanding of this subject.
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Can you explain what do you mean?
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I can't answer your question...However, I do feel sorry over the fact that you've had so many 'sarcastic' responses.\n\nI believe in time, the 'mystery' behind the Book of Revelations and the various symbolism,etc. will be revealed. God has not, however - given me insight into what this verse "EXACTLY" means...but like others, I have my suspicians.\n\nGood luck in finding a complete explanation on here.
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no,\nagain, you are taking biblical prophesy and applying it to a modern day situation,\n\ndo you want to converse about this or just ask questions to increase your popularity
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only when i use my mouth.\n sometimes im misunderstood. sometimes i mean it exactly how it came out. sometimes it means a bunch of things.
421981
I never question the word of God. he said it, and i believe it. I may not understand everything in there, but that is when i pray and ask God to reveal it to me. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. Seek, and you will find it.  He has showed me many things. he can do the same for everybody.
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Just so you know where I stand. I asked a question of whether or not all the Bible should be taken literally or not. The best answer chosen was a good one.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ales.wK5IftnZfqP3dD5hbHsy6IX?qid=1006012504879\n\nWhen Jesus said regarding the bread and the wine, "this is my body and this is my blood of the New Covenant", He was not speaking literally. When the Bible says that the blood of Jesus washes away sin, we do not go off to mount Calvary and look for spots of blood to wash our sins away. Jesus said, "I am the door, whoever enters by any other way is a theif." The disciples did not turn to Jesus and see a large board with hinges and a knob. Jesus was saying there is a single way to heaven, and He is the Way.\nQuite a bit of the Bible is spoken in allegorical and metaphoic language. Jesus said that He was the Light of the world, the Good Shepherd, Living Water, the Bread of Life, and more. He came as the Lamb of God. He will return as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. All of which is true, but all spoken in a metaphoric language.\n\nWrath, I have not run in to any Christians who believe the Bible is 100% literal. However, there are many areas of the Bible that ARE literal and many are trying to change the statement because it is not politically correct, or they have an agenda or they find it personally offensive.\n\nCase in point:\nRobert Anderson worked for Scotland Yard during the Victorian era. He was the main investigator for finding Jack the Ripper. He took the prophecy in Daniel and was able to calculate the coming of the Messiah to the DAY. This is in the his book "The Coming Prince". He started this project based on taking the prophecy as being literal. He was rewarded for this effort with knighthood from Queen Victoria and became Sir Robert Anderson. However, in this same book, he notes the prophecies about Israel being gathered together and becoming a nation once more. Seeing how this has never happened in history, he dismissed the literal meaning as pure fantasy. In May 14th 1948, this brilliant man was proven wrong. The idea that the Jews would return to the land and make it Israel was so preposterous that this brilliant man equated it to being metaphorical--the literal interpretation was too hard to believe. So we could easily make a mistake by either way.\n__________________________\n\nBTW-This topic reminds me of a very good movie called "Lady Jane". One of the main focuses was the rise of the Protestant movement against the Roman Catholic church--especially in regard to transubstantiation. The Roman Catholics took the sacraments as being literally the body and blood of Christ, while the Protestants kept arguing that it was metaphorical. Check it out sometime!
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yes\nwhen we die....proof /facts are reveald\npeace
222225
Who knows, the Revelation of John aka Revelations, is very unclear what this means exactly except that it is a mark. At one time people though that this was anything from a branding to a tatoo. Today we have interepreted this to mean microchips and the like. But the real thought should be: "Who can understand the plans that the Lord has instore for mankind?"