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This would actually be a literal reading of the mark of the beast referring to a name of a man. This is taking what we know was historical (gematria) and applying it to the context. You are the one allegorizing it to be some kind of computer chip or something.

As Beale's article points out, Rev precludes a symbolic understanding not a literal one. That, and the genre requires that as well. I'm not gung-ho on the historical-grammatical approach b/c the apostles often departed from that. It is not just "prophecy" that I read figurally. I read all...

What if the picture of Satan bound is just another symbol of defeat? And if the Messianic Age or the Kingdom of God has begun... Jesus as the firstfruits of new creation that is... started but the old age continued. Think of it this way. The Jews pictured the present evil age to end at the...

To clarify, the text does not say 6-6-6 but six hundred and sixty six. They didn't think in numerals like 666. So this is likely gematria of a name... Caesar Nero is the most likely.

Maybe we should also read some articles on the symbolic nature of Rev. Try Beale's article on symbolism in Rev. BTW... the point of the genre apocalyptic is not to be read literally. That is why you need to study the genre. Until you get that, you'll never get Rev. Christians in the last 2...

Lahaye is scholarly??? Laughable. Johny Mac is not the end all be all of Calvinism. And I would hardly call a 224 page book a deep read. As it turns out, I like JMac. I'm a fan of his Gospel According to Jesus book.

And none of them are experts in apocalyptic literature... just experts in their own system of theology.

Dude, any book on this will be far beyond what you usually read. This is as close to a popular level explanation of the apocalyptic genre as you will find by a top notch scholar. Plus, we all know you are on a book buying freeze. 2 suggestions: either get a really cheap tablet to read pdf...

Study ancient Jewish apocalyptic literature... will change your view of Rev completely. Start here for a short 13 page read by David Aune.

Yes... woman must be dumb... ug... she no learn... she stay home with caveman jr... she make more baby for caveman... ug... (beat chest) Now it gets dicey when you talk about pastoral classes.

There are few good stories in Xian Ed that I can recall. The school I work at in Honduras is not affiliated w/ a church but 6 different denominations or missions organizations. So that keeps the balance of powers fairly well. But we have our share of issues as well, believe you me. I am...

I work at a Christian school, so allow me to weigh in. My school does the opposite and just puts up with awful parents. I'm talking horrible! I wish the school would expel kids just b/c of the terrible parents. That said, there is not a "right" decision. Either choice will have consequences...

Which I think Y1 is pointing out the major error of Classical Dispos and the great need for revision.

PM is not necessary... but I don't want to hijack this thread. This blog post by an Amill had a similar experience to me. Like most, you can't put your finger on 1 thing but a multitude of things that made it a journey.

Because he asked me.

I would say it is difficult to be any kind of true dispensationalist w/o reading Ryrie's book on the subject. Alas, I do not recall if he addressed it. But those other 2 sources I mentioned do.

You need to read Blaising's chapter in Dispie history (ch. 1) as well as Bateman's in a different book. Though I'm not a dispie, I was an uber-dispie at one time having 2 articles published in the Journal of Dispensational Theology. I was an expert at one time. So I know what I am talking about.

I actually found the error frequently. When you connect two independent clauses w/ a conjunction, you didn't add the comma. It is always a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

A 10 page paper required a ToC? You tackled this subject in 10 pages??? Oh... and you're first sentence had a grammar error. I think I'll pass on reading this. I tell you what. I will read your paper and respond to it if you read and handle N. T. Wright's short article refuting the rapture...

Secret rapture but there are signs to indicate it is near????