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Old 10-03-2014, 07:17 PM
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Re: Image of the Beast

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No it is not written TO a hereafter group. It is written TO the seven churches ABOUT the hereafter, which was not necessarily centuries away. Hereafter can mean a year or so away.

What says it was written TO a hereafter group? It benefist us, but WAS NOT WRITTEN TO US.

Like GALATIANS. It's pure word of God, but not written TO us, but FOR us.

We read John wrote TO the seven churches. But never read TO a HEREAFTER GROUP.

Revelation 1:4 KJV John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;


Revelation 1:11 KJV Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

To continue with what HE TOLD JOHN TO WRITE TO THE 7 CHURCHS ABOUT, Jesus saqid:

Revelation 1:19 KJV Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

He never informed John that the direct audience of the book was to a hereafter group of people, but to the seven churches ABOUT the hereafter issues as well as things in past (THINGS WHICH THOU HAST SEEN) and present (THINGS WHICH ARE).

HEREAFTER is a term used to describe the THINGS he would write about, not a group he would write to. Any English scholar or teacher will confirm that.

never did Jesus CHANGE THE AUDIENCE from the seven churches to anyone else. Especially not a particular group he called HEREAFTER PEOPLE.

Mike, of course it was written to them,,,,the question we must ask is are WE also the church?

LOOK WHO THE EPISTLES WERE WRITTEN TO....CERTAINLY NOT US, RIGHT? .......
Romans 1:7 (the saints of Rome)
1 Cor. (the CHURCH of God in Corinth) vs 2
2 Cor. (the Church of God at Corinth and Achaia) vs 1
Galatians (the churches of Galatia)vs 2
Ephesians ( the saints at Ephesus) vs 1
Philippians (the saints at Phillipi with the bishops and deacons) vs 1
Colossians (the saints and faithful brethren at Colosse) vs 2
1 Thessalonians (The church) vs 1
2 Thessalonians (the church) vs 1
1 Tim. (to Timothy only) vs 2
2 Tim. (to timothy only) vs 2
Titus (to Titus only) vs 4
Philemon (to Philemon, Apphia, Archippus and his house CHURCH) vs 1 and 2
Hebrews ( The whole thing addressing christians) 2:1, 3:1 (holy brethren) etc.
James ( his saved Jewish BRETHREN scattered abroad) vs 1 and 2
1 Peter (the scattered saints (elect) of God) vs 1 through 4
2 Peter (all saints) vs 1 through 4
1 John (all saints or brethren) chapter 2:7
2 John (the elect lady and her children) vs 1
3 John ( to Gaius only) vs 1
Jude (to them that are sanctified by God...and called)
Revelation (the 7 churches of Asia Minor) chapters 1-3


All of the new testament(EPISTLES) were written to specific folks, but all of the passages are for us also, as long as the Lords' church is still here. INCLUDING, the book of Revelation. The church is awaiting mountains of unfulfilled prophecy that our Lord gave to His ENTIRE church. It is strange that preterists insist that the New Testament commands to "specific" folks must be relevant and followed by us today, but prophetical teachings of Jesus and the Apostles are "fulfilled" or not relevant to the believer.


That is my observation and conclusion of preterism Mike, simply "selective" observing of the New Testament.(with the "prophet" Josephus as its source of interpretation)

Last edited by Sean; 10-03-2014 at 07:28 PM.
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