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Originally Posted by awareness
I could be wrong, of course. But I thought I got it. That, without faith we can't get or even see Cahn's Bible conflations. Am I wrong .. or lying?
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Well it was from context of receiving, or believing in, the book of Revelation: is it God's speaking? Is it the Word of God (as used in Heb 11:3)?
Nell uses Hebrews 11 to say through faith we receive the Word of God, including I assume the contents of the book of Revelation, whether we get all the symbolism or not. But when Hebrews was written the "Word of God" wasn't the book of Revelation, or even Hebrews, but the OT. Hebrews 11 was speaking of "the elders" (see verse 2) who long preceded Paul and John and Peter. Later on, (centuries later, in the case of both Hebrews and Revelations) they included the epistle to the Hebrews and the Apocalypse of John in the "God's Holy Word" column, i.e. the canon of scripture. How? By faith. They believed.
Now, on to Cahn. The title of this thread is "A Wake Up Call - God is Speaking to Us". God is speaking to us in Jonathan Cahn. Just like in Hebrews and Revelations as canonical, we just need faith that Cahn's book is God's current word to us. Well, when I saw Cahn on YouTube, plugging his book on the Jerry Springer show, um sorry, the Jim Bakker show, I said to myself, Nah. Sorry, I don't have enough "faith". Hebrews I will consider; Revelations even, whether or not I get all the fantastic symbolism. But Jim Bakker and friends are not "God's current speaking to us".