01-16-2008, 08:00 PM
Akhi Dave,
The unprecedented fourfold Hallelujahs in Revelation aside, I find nothing in the book that is new. The same end-of-times, Kingdom of Heaven themes exist in the prophetic books and even the Gospels. Meshikha spoke of these very things in the Gospels.
Self-examination didn't exist before the personal messages to the 7 churches in Revelation? We never knew before Revelation that death would die and Christ would reign eternal?
It's a neat book, I'll grant you that. 666 we learn of for the first time....but are we missing anything essential by not knowing that some mark may be required of people by the "beast?" Perhaps, but again I find nothing substantially missing in my faith if I had never read these 5 books....all the major themes are already there in previous books.
The unprecedented fourfold Hallelujahs in Revelation aside, I find nothing in the book that is new. The same end-of-times, Kingdom of Heaven themes exist in the prophetic books and even the Gospels. Meshikha spoke of these very things in the Gospels.
Self-examination didn't exist before the personal messages to the 7 churches in Revelation? We never knew before Revelation that death would die and Christ would reign eternal?
It's a neat book, I'll grant you that. 666 we learn of for the first time....but are we missing anything essential by not knowing that some mark may be required of people by the "beast?" Perhaps, but again I find nothing substantially missing in my faith if I had never read these 5 books....all the major themes are already there in previous books.