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Originally Posted by aron
I Lastly, the fall of the angels in Genesis 6 doesn't get much coverage. Think of this: the Bible arguably shows us three falls...
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The fall of the angels in Genesis 6, in my last post, actually was a kind of side-track. I was trying to get back to the theme, seen in Revelations 1-3. Here's my revised version:
Lastly, the speaking in Revs 2 & 3 is interesting. First you have Jesus speaking to the angel of the church, then the speaking concludes with a blessing to those who have ears to hear what the Spirit is speaking to the churches.
So Jesus speaking to an angel of the church somehow becomes the Spirit speaking to the church. Is the recipient angel at the beginning, the same speaking Spirit at the end? If not, why do these two messengers overlap like this? If this is what it is saying, literally, and it doesn't jibe with our theology, was John wrong here? Did John make the same mistake 7 times, in each epistle to each church? Was he being sloppy, and not checking his typesetting? Getting the angel confused with the Holy Spirit? I think not. John was very careful in his composition, and I think he's telling us something here.
But my main point was simply that we were under a ministry that focused on the ministry, not on the word. So we ignored the word when it wasn't convenient to the ministry. I am trying to look at what the word actually says here, not what we might wish it said if it lined up with our presuppositions more conveniently. As I said earlier, I'm just a doofus on the bus. Looking at the word of God. "The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John," Etc etc...