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Originally Posted by awareness
I am serious. Before the invention of the printing press the book of Revelation was in and out of the canon like a yo-yo. It was the printing press, not God, that fixed it into today's Bible.
But then again maybe God was behind it, by being behind man's evolution into the technological age ... and Revelation being fixed in the canon was a by-product ... an after thought.
Still, the book of Revelation has vexed Christians ever since the 2nd century, when it was introduced along with many other apocalyptic literature.
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God foresaw it would be a controversial book. There are verses in the Revelation which foresee this and warn the reader not to ignore or change the book:
In Chapter 1 verse 3, it mentions that those who read Revelation will be blessed:
"Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it.."
And Chapter 22 verse 9 warns against changing the words of Revelation:
"And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
Sorry for my brief hiatus as I've been busy working on the launch of a verse memorization game and website
