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Originally Posted by zeek
"Shortly" is a relative term. If the universe is 13.8 billion years old as astronomers tell us, 2000 years is indeed a short period of time.
Call me silly, but I think Drake is trying to use the the Book of Revelation to negate the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels much as Witness Lee did. I think that's an egregious mistake.
But, I think it's a mistake to reject the Book of Revelation too. Yes, there are strange images in it that are difficult to understand. Yes, there have been many wild and even harmful interpretations of the book. But, the Spirit of Truth still speaks to me through the book as I showed in the passage from chapter 2. So I'm arguing for it.
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What teaching does it negate? Jesus tells us "judge not lest you be judged" therefore He said we would be judged. Jesus talks about wise and foolish servants. Talks about casting certain ones out into outer darkness. Talks about how it is better to have a millstone around your neck and be cast into the middle of the sea than to commit certain sins. I think you are being willfully ignorant of what the Jesus in the gospels taught.