The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Chapter 1)
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Submitted by JStaller on Wed, 2008-09-24 05:29.
Alright. Here we go--the first chapter of Revelation. Highly charged imagery, dense Jewish symbolism, intense cultural and religious pressure, and a rich history of literature collide, producing (in my opinion) the greatest spiritual vision in the Christian experience. If you can enter into this vision, you will see Christ.
Must Come to Pass
JStaller writes:
Here we have a matter of strong dispute between Christian camps. Insisting on the more literal reading, some Christians see Revelation as work of predictive prophecy, prophecy that must still be fulfilled, prophecy “which must shortly come to pass.”
Grizzly Bear writes:
Even taking Revelation literally or even chronologically, it appears to me that there are at least two sets of prophecies. Rev 1:1 (you quoted above), and Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."
It would seem as though there is room for prophecy fulfilled in the 1st century (for the intended audience) as well as future prophecy (that would not be fulfilled within the lifetime of the intended audience).