Submitted by JStaller (not verified) on Mon, 2009-02-23 02:35.
Most of the books of the Bible weren't written primarily about the future, but as it so happened, they did point to future events--books like Isaiah, or Hosea, where people wrote about Israel's spiritual journey, and in the process wrote about Jesus Christ, savior of the world. Some events were also directly related to the events of the day, but also pointed directly to Jesus Christ; the brazen snake in the wilderness was God's solution to Israel's sin in the wilderness, but it was also a depiction of Jesus Christ lifted up before the entire world.
Even if Revelation is not primarily about the future, that does not mean it does not provide a pattern or explanation that sheds light on, or even gives further meaning to, future events. As one poster said, "History has a way of repeating itself." The way that the history of Israel was repeated in the life and death of Jesus Christ is an excellent example of this repitition; it is the fact of his Resurrection that breaks the pattern of history, giving life to the Church, renewing the world, and providing a new pattern of expectation.
Search the scriptures--for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
They are they which testify of me--and ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
(John 5.39-40)
one way to look at it
Most of the books of the Bible weren't written primarily about the future, but as it so happened, they did point to future events--books like Isaiah, or Hosea, where people wrote about Israel's spiritual journey, and in the process wrote about Jesus Christ, savior of the world. Some events were also directly related to the events of the day, but also pointed directly to Jesus Christ; the brazen snake in the wilderness was God's solution to Israel's sin in the wilderness, but it was also a depiction of Jesus Christ lifted up before the entire world.
Even if Revelation is not primarily about the future, that does not mean it does not provide a pattern or explanation that sheds light on, or even gives further meaning to, future events. As one poster said, "History has a way of repeating itself." The way that the history of Israel was repeated in the life and death of Jesus Christ is an excellent example of this repitition; it is the fact of his Resurrection that breaks the pattern of history, giving life to the Church, renewing the world, and providing a new pattern of expectation.
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Search the scriptures--for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
They are they which testify of me--and ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
(John 5.39-40)