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Cal · 01-26-2015, 01:58 PM

Tomes is saying that from Lee's place in time it might have seemed reasonable to interpret Rev 2 & 3 the way he did. But as time has moved on it doesn't make near as much sense. I agree.

To me it's similar to the error which Lee himself commented on, that in WWII people were saying that Hitler was the Anti-Christ and Mussolini was the false prophet. (Lee quipped that Mussolini could not be the false prophet because the false prophet looked like a lamb, and Mussolini looked like a frog. One of Lee's funnier lines.) That belief about Hitler and Mussolini probably seemed really reasonable in that day. But now we know it could not be true.

Interpreting history with ourselves at the center is always myopic.

01-26-2015, 01:58 PM	#85
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,330	Re: Examining LSM's Eschatology - Revelation's 7 Churches Tomes is saying that from Lee's place in time it might have seemed reasonable to interpret Rev 2 & 3 the way he did. But as time has moved on it doesn't make near as much sense. I agree. To me it's similar to the error which Lee himself commented on, that in WWII people were saying that Hitler was the Anti-Christ and Mussolini was the false prophet. (Lee quipped that Mussolini could not be the false prophet because the false prophet looked like a lamb, and Mussolini looked like a frog. One of Lee's funnier lines.) That belief about Hitler and Mussolini probably seemed really reasonable in that day. But now we know it could not be true. Interpreting history with ourselves at the center is always myopic.