The Remnant
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Do you not understand that Revelation is coded by the Holy Spirit with strong symbolism along with literal.
Have you never read this written by the Apostle Peter: 2 Peter 3:14-16
"Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures."
Since this is true of the Apostle Paul, how much the more so is the Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore HE says:
"For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
Do you not understand that Revelation is coded by the Holy Spirit with strong symbolism along with literal.
Have you never read this written by the Apostle Peter: 2 Peter 3:14-16
"Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures."
Since this is true of the Apostle Paul, how much the more so is the Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore HE says:
"For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
Thank you for the opportunity to look over these remarkable Scriptures. They're unbelievable.
Just my thoughts:
First, I find verse nine to be rather interesting. One can only have Pure speech unless their heart has been Purified by Christ. This seems to be applicable to all Nations. It sounds like all people will be Purified, but moving into verse 12, God apparently wants us to shift focus from the larger "whole," and note a small Vine of people running through the midst of the "whole." That Vine consists of those who possess the Seed of Christ, but specifically the Blessed Jews.
In verse nine we read of God Purifying the speech of "all peoples" but later in verse 13, we find the same basic concepts as in verse 9. So, we see another distinction between the larger "whole" of the world and the smaller Vine of the Blessed Jews.
End times prophesy. Very fascinating stuff. And again, thanks for having me read Zephaniah. I've been mulling over this for at least an hour and a half; I loved it.
Anyway, I'm not an expert in Eschatology, in fact, God hasn't opened my eyes to these teachings specifically. My comments, therefore, could be off, but perhaps not. I looked over my past notes on Zephaniah, so it was good to go back and get a refresher.
Just my thoughts:
First, I find verse nine to be rather interesting. One can only have Pure speech unless their heart has been Purified by Christ. This seems to be applicable to all Nations. It sounds like all people will be Purified, but moving into verse 12, God apparently wants us to shift focus from the larger "whole," and note a small Vine of people running through the midst of the "whole." That Vine consists of those who possess the Seed of Christ, but specifically the Blessed Jews.
In verse nine we read of God Purifying the speech of "all peoples" but later in verse 13, we find the same basic concepts as in verse 9. So, we see another distinction between the larger "whole" of the world and the smaller Vine of the Blessed Jews.
End times prophesy. Very fascinating stuff. And again, thanks for having me read Zephaniah. I've been mulling over this for at least an hour and a half; I loved it.
Anyway, I'm not an expert in Eschatology, in fact, God hasn't opened my eyes to these teachings specifically. My comments, therefore, could be off, but perhaps not. I looked over my past notes on Zephaniah, so it was good to go back and get a refresher.