The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Chapter 1)



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.

Re: A Likely Candidate

Submitted by jorn on Fri, 2008-09-26 18:31.

According to Easton's Bible Dictionary-

"LEGION - A regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand, exclusive of horsemen, who were in number a tenth of the foot-men. The word is used (Matthew 26:53; Mark 5:9) to express simply a great multitude."

Matthew 26,5: Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now? (ISV)

If we go by the six thousand horsemen, he's talking about 72,000 of them ... or a lot.

Webster's New International Dictionary:

ARCHANGEL - A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.

Jude 1,9: Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. (ISV)

Now, what I find interesting is Young's Literal Translation:
Jude 1,9: yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, 'The Lord rebuke thee!'

1 Thessalonians 4:16 With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead who belong to the Messiah will rise first. (ISV)

Young's again:

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

But then if it were important, I suppose he would have mentioned him by name.

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