Is the United States Mentioned in the Apocalypse?

As the Apocalypse was written around 100 A.D. and the new world was unknown to the people of the ancient Middle East, one would assume it either isn’t mentioned in The Apocalypse or it is mentioned in symbolic terms. As the United States has risen in power to become the most powerful nation on earth and in the history of the earth, it seems unlikely that it will have no role in bringing The Mysterious Plan of God to its completion. Steven Paul saw in the events of Chapter 12 a clear reference to a mighty nation, The Eagle, The Great One. Read below for his reasoning.

Books, ReligionSite MasterNovember 5, 2018Prophecy, Apocalypse, Great EagleComment

The Two Witnesses Explained

Now, the witnesses in verse 3 have not been previously mentioned, but the Speaker designates them as “THE two witnesses,” thus indirectly informing the reader that they are definite persons whose identities can easily be ascertained from the Old and the New Testaments.

Books, ReligionSite MasterJanuary 30, 2018Apocalypse, The Two Witnesses, Enoch, Elijah, Jerusalem Comments

Lukewarm Won't Do

Christ began his address to the bishop with the phrase, “Thus saith the Amen,” which refers to the Old Testament formula, “Thus saith the Lord,” a formula used by the prophets to introduce a message, which would contain, at least, in part, statements from God about his activity in the future. The Church ends a prayer, creed, or other formal statement, with the term “Amen” to express solemn ratification [so be it] or agreement [it is so].

Religion, BooksSite MasterJanuary 15, 2018Letters, Warnings, Laodicea, ApocalypseComment

The Problem With Symbols

John, under divine inspiration, deliberately wrote the Apocalypse rife with symbols and subtleties, so that the book would not be a breeze of a read for anybody. He understood that the symbols and subtleties constituted a major problem, one that would occasion many a pounding on pate and tearing of hair, and, perhaps, even splitting of wits and spitting of his name--none of which, may I point out, deterred him from his task; yet, it ought not to be thought that the Seer, a man whose mansuetude pervades every page of his epistles, had even one mean bone in his body.

Religion, BooksSite MasterNovember 17, 2017Beast, Revelation, ApocalypseComment

About Those Seven 'Hills'...

Apparently, latitude in the noun's definition admitted the attitude of the translators to an alteration in altitude. I do not know whether the translators, when they trampled down the little big noun, acted out of nescience or acted out of knowledge: if the former be the case, I would offer them each a box of soft, sweet raisins as food for thought, but I do not think that they, as yet, believe in cannibalism; and, if the latter be the case, they have already long indulged in the vile practice; whilst, in either case, I remind them of the final warning in 22:18-19.

Religion, BooksSite MasterNovember 13, 2017Beast, AntiChrist, Apocalypse, ProphecyComment