[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by awareness

Well I'll be darn if we haven't stumbled upon the reason the Jesus found in the book of Revelation is the opposite of the Jesus found in the gospels.

Harold, Harold Harold. If you would just listen to and read the works of real Christian theologians you wouldn't have such a twisted view of Jesus, the Gospel or the Bible. Shame on you! The Internet does have many other things besides junk you know? Jesus was the Lamb of God AND the Lion of Judah during his earthly ministry, and he will be BOTH at the end, as described in Revelation. And guess what? Man was just as sinful, evil and idol worshiping in his days on earth as they are going to be towards the very end, as described in Revelation. You see, Jesus Christ, who was God in the flesh, is not like the god you apparently have talked yourself into believing - He is the Creator and Lord of Heaven and Earth and HE HAS THE POWER TO JUDGE. Yes, he IS Judge, Jury and Executioner. The good news is he is also the Savior, the Lamb of God. He was the Lamb of God, "slain before the foundation of the world", he was the Lamb of God for Israel and the nations, and he will be the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, even in the heady times described in Revelation. But of course you knew that already.

It may be why considerations of putting the book of Rev. into the canon was so contentious early on, from the 2nd c. on. Before the advent of the printing press the book of Rev. was in and out of the canon like a yo-yo. Many thought it would cause nothing but confusion. And judge a tree by its fruits it has.

No, Revelation was NOT in and out of the cannon like a yo-yo, you yo-yo. You keep saying this but you NEVER back it up with facts. Please quote your scholarly/authoritative sources that say such a thing. You won't find any, cause it just ain't so. Revelation has only caused confusion for people who are decidedly ignorant about how it fits into the total "revelation" of the Bible. It is like EVERY part of the Bible - it has a context, it has particular genre, a particular language, and when ignorant folks (Like Witness Lee) get a hold of it, yes, it can cause confusion. But you are just adding to the confusion with your silly declarations.

So in our earliest writings of the canonical NT books, those of Paul, and possibly his loyalists, we are warned of an apostasy, or falling away, from the original message and ministry of Jesus. And Jesus found in the book of Rev., that Paul warned of, if what we're onto is right, is that apostasy.

Wow, and I thought my State was the only one with legalized wacky tobacky ???