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	: '''II. Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia (1:4--3:22)'''		: '''II. Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia (1:4 — 3:22)'''
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	: '''III. God and the Lamb in Heaven (4:1--5:14)'''		: '''III. God and the Lamb in Heaven (4:1 — 5:14)'''
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	\|7 thunders from a mighty angel--the message is sealed up and not told.		\|7 thunders from a mighty angel — the message is sealed up and not told.
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	\|2 witnesses to prophesy for 1,260 days (1,260 / 360 = 3.5 "years"; this is an idealized year--12 x 30).		\|2 witnesses to prophesy for 1,260 days (1,260 / 360 = 3.5 "years"; this is an idealized year — 12 x 30).
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	: '''V. The Punishment of Babylon [Rome!] and the Destruction of Pagan Nations (17:1--20:15)'''		: '''V. The Punishment of Babylon [Rome!] and the Destruction of Pagan Nations (17:1 — 20:15)'''
	:: Many Protestants seize on this section to 'prove' that the Roman Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon. But at the time the book of Revelation was written, the Whore of Babylon was undoubtedly the city of Rome and the beast was the Roman emperor (probably Caeser Nero). Those who apply these passages to the Roman Catholic Church are interpreting the scriptures symbolically, not literally.)		:: Many Protestants seize on this section to 'prove' that the Roman Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon. But at the time the book of Revelation was written, the Whore of Babylon was undoubtedly the city of Rome and the beast was the Roman emperor (probably Caeser Nero). Those who apply these passages to the Roman Catholic Church are interpreting the scriptures symbolically, not literally.)
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	: '''VI. The New Creation (21:1--22:5)'''		: '''VI. The New Creation (21:1 — 22:5)'''
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	\|"These words are already fulfilled! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To anyone who thirsts I will give to drink without cost from the spring of life-giving water. He who wins the victory shall inherit these gifts; I will be his God and he shall be my son. As for the cowards and traitors to the faith, the depraved and murderers, the fornicators and sorcerers, the idol-worshipers and deceivers of every sort--their lot is the fiery pool of burning sulphur, the second death!" Jesus tells us about both Heaven and Hell.		\|"These words are already fulfilled! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To anyone who thirsts I will give to drink without cost from the spring of life-giving water. He who wins the victory shall inherit these gifts; I will be his God and he shall be my son. As for the cowards and traitors to the faith, the depraved and murderers, the fornicators and sorcerers, the idol-worshipers and deceivers of every sort — their lot is the fiery pool of burning sulphur, the second death!" Jesus tells us about both Heaven and Hell.
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	::* The futurist scheme has inspired interpreters to identify the beasts, in turn, with Napoleon, Bismarck, Hitler, and Stalin, among others.		::* The futurist scheme has inspired interpreters to identify the beasts, in turn, with Napoleon, Bismarck, Hitler, and Stalin, among others.
	::* The "preterist" view--which emphasizes a first-century fulfillment of Revelation's prophecies--tends to identify the beasts, for example, with one or another Roman Emperor, or with Rome itself, or with Jerusalem.		::* The "preterist" view — which emphasizes a first-century fulfillment of Revelation's prophecies — tends to identify the beasts, for example, with one or another Roman Emperor, or with Rome itself, or with Jerusalem.
	::* A third perspective, sometimes called the "idealist," sees Revelation as an allegory of the spiritual warfare that every believer must fight.		::* A third perspective, sometimes called the "idealist," sees Revelation as an allegory of the spiritual warfare that every believer must fight.
	::* Yet another view, the "historicist," holds that the Apocalypse lays out God's master plan for history, from beginning to end.		::* Yet another view, the "historicist," holds that the Apocalypse lays out God's master plan for history, from beginning to end.
	:: Which view do I follow? Well, all of them. There's no reason that can't all be true simultaneously. Scripture's riches are boundless. The earliest Christians taught that the sacred text operates on all four levels, and all of those levels, all at once, teach God's one truth--like a symphony. (73)		:: Which view do I follow? Well, all of them. There's no reason that can't all be true simultaneously. Scripture's riches are boundless. The earliest Christians taught that the sacred text operates on all four levels, and all of those levels, all at once, teach God's one truth — like a symphony. (73)

	:: The beastly message is this: we are fighting spiritual forces: immense, depraved, malevolent forces. If we had to fight them alone, we'd be trounced. But here's good news: there is a way we can hope to overcome. The solution has to match the problem, spiritual force for spiritual force, immense beauty for immense ugliness, holiness for depravity, love for malevolence. The solution is the Mass, when heaven touches down to save an earth under siege. (85)		:: The beastly message is this: we are fighting spiritual forces: immense, depraved, malevolent forces. If we had to fight them alone, we'd be trounced. But here's good news: there is a way we can hope to overcome. The solution has to match the problem, spiritual force for spiritual force, immense beauty for immense ugliness, holiness for depravity, love for malevolence. The solution is the Mass, when heaven touches down to save an earth under siege. (85)

	:: The literal sense may describe a historical person, place, or event. The spiritual sense seeks--''through that same person, place, or event''--to reveal a truth about Jesus Christ, or the moral life, or the destiny of our souls, or of all three. (91)		:: The literal sense may describe a historical person, place, or event. The spiritual sense seeks — ''through that same person, place, or event'' — to reveal a truth about Jesus Christ, or the moral life, or the destiny of our souls, or of all three. (91)

	:: For the Church is the kingdom already begun on earth, and it is the place of the ''Parousia'' in every Mass. (94)		:: For the Church is the kingdom already begun on earth, and it is the place of the ''Parousia'' in every Mass. (94)
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	== A book for all ages ==		== A book for all ages ==

	The destruction of Jerusalem was the destruction of a world. France, Spain, England, Germany, Russia, the U.S.--they have all risen and fallen. Millions incinerated in Hitler's furnaces were not the end of the world; it was the end of a world.		The destruction of Jerusalem was the destruction of a world. France, Spain, England, Germany, Russia, the U.S. — they have all risen and fallen. Millions incinerated in Hitler's furnaces were not the end of the world; it was the end of a world.

	The U.S. government committed itself to a culture of lust when it taught soldiers to use condoms, and sent them home as missionaries to our society. We shot ourselves in the foot and undercut the foundations of our civilization. "Who needs families? We need soldiers."		The U.S. government committed itself to a culture of lust when it taught soldiers to use condoms, and sent them home as missionaries to our society. We shot ourselves in the foot and undercut the foundations of our civilization. "Who needs families? We need soldiers."

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	:: The beastly message is this: we are fighting spiritual forces: immense, depraved, malevolent forces. If we had to fight them alone, we'd be trounced. But here's good news: there is a way we can hope to overcome. The solution has to match the problem, spiritual force for spiritual force, immense beauty for immense ugliness, holiness for depravity, love for malevolence. The solution is the Mass, when heaven touches down to save an earth under siege. (85)		:: The beastly message is this: we are fighting spiritual forces: immense, depraved, malevolent forces. If we had to fight them alone, we'd be trounced. But here's good news: there is a way we can hope to overcome. The solution has to match the problem, spiritual force for spiritual force, immense beauty for immense ugliness, holiness for depravity, love for malevolence. The solution is the Mass, when heaven touches down to save an earth under siege. (85)

	:: The literal sense may describe a historical person, place, or event. The spiritual sense ~~eaks~~--''through that same person, place, or event''--to reveal a truth about Jesus Christ, or the moral life, or the destiny of our souls, or of all three. (91)		:: The literal sense may describe a historical person, place, or event. The spiritual sense seeks--''through that same person, place, or event''--to reveal a truth about Jesus Christ, or the moral life, or the destiny of our souls, or of all three. (91)

	:: For the Church is the kingdom already begun on earth, and it is the place of the ''Parousia'' in every Mass. (94)		:: For the Church is the kingdom already begun on earth, and it is the place of the ''Parousia'' in every Mass. (94)

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	== A book for all ages ==		== A book for all ages ==

	The destruction of Jerusalem was the destruction of a world. France, Spain, England, Germany, Russia, the U.S. Millions incinerated in Hitler's furnaces were not the end of the world; it was the end of a world.		The destruction of Jerusalem was the destruction of a world. France, Spain, England, Germany, Russia, the U.S.--they have all risen and fallen. Millions incinerated in Hitler's furnaces were not the end of the world; it was the end of a world.

	The U.S. ~~gov't~~ committed itself to a culture of lust when it taught soldiers to use condoms, and sent them home as missionaries to our society. ~~Shot~~ ourselves in the foot, undercut our ~~own foundations~~. "Who needs families? We need soldiers."		The U.S. government committed itself to a culture of lust when it taught soldiers to use condoms, and sent them home as missionaries to our society. We shot ourselves in the foot and undercut the foundations of our civilization. "Who needs families? We need soldiers."

	We have sown the wind and we~~'re~~ reaping the whirlwind.		We have sown the wind and we are reaping the whirlwind.

	It's not necessarily the end of the world, but it doesn't have to be the end of the world to hurt like hell. The Book of Revelation is for us and for our age, just as it was for first century Christians and their age.		It's not necessarily the end of the world, but it doesn't have to be the end of the world to hurt like hell. The Book of Revelation is for us and for our age, just as it was for first century Christians and their age.

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	The destruction of Jerusalem was the destruction of a world. France, Spain, England, Germany, Russia, the U.S. Millions incinerated Hitler's furnaces not the end of the world; it was the end of a world.		The destruction of Jerusalem was the destruction of a world. France, Spain, England, Germany, Russia, the U.S. Millions incinerated in Hitler's furnaces were not the end of the world; it was the end of a world.

	The U.S. gov't committed itself to a culture of lust when it taught soldiers to use condoms, and sent them home as missionaries to our society. Shot ourselves in the foot, undercut our own foundations. "Who needs families? We need soldiers."		The U.S. gov't committed itself to a culture of lust when it taught soldiers to use condoms, and sent them home as missionaries to our society. Shot ourselves in the foot, undercut our own foundations. "Who needs families? We need soldiers."
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	We have to stay faithful until the end. Rev 2 and 3. We have to endure the last battles. God isn't going to rescue us from the Cross. "Through the Cross, light dawns."		We have to stay faithful until the end. Rev 2 and 3. We have to endure the last battles. God isn't going to rescue us from the Cross. "Through the Cross, light dawns."


	== References ==		== References ==

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	\|Myriads of myriads and thousands and thousands of many angels (~~?a? ?? ? ????Âµ?? a?t??~~ '''~~Âµ????de? Âµ????d??~~''' ~~?a?~~ '''~~?????de? ?????d??~~''').		\|Myriads of myriads and thousands and thousands of many angels (ÎºÎ±á½¶ á¼¦Î½ á½ á¼€ÏÎ¹Î¸Î¼á½¸Ï‚ Î±á½Ï„á¿¶Î½ '''Î¼Ï…ÏÎ¹Î¬Î´ÎµÏ‚ Î¼Ï…ÏÎ¹Î¬Î´Ï‰Î½''' ÎºÎ±á½¶ '''Ï‡Î¹Î»Î¹Î¬Î´ÎµÏ‚ Ï‡Î¹Î»Î¹Î¬Î´Ï‰Î½''').
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	* [[Numerology]]		* [[Numerology]]

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	In my opinion, the book of Revelation was written to comfort Christians who were suffering persecution. All of the symbols are meant to tell them that their suffering will end and that victory is assured, if they remain faithful. Although the original audience of the book was people suffering under Roman persecution in the first century of Christianity, the message of the book applies to all Christians in all ages: be at peace, fear not, keep faith, because ''Jesus'' is Lord. The kings and princes of the earth may be able to torture and kill Christians for a time, just as Jesus was killed by the Romans, but the time of persecution will not last forever.		In my opinion, the book of Revelation was written to comfort Christians who were suffering persecution. All of the symbols are meant to tell them that their suffering will end and that victory is assured, if they remain faithful. Although the original audience of the book was people suffering under Roman persecution in the first century of Christianity, the message of the book applies to all Christians in all ages: be at peace, fear not, keep faith, because ''Jesus'' is Lord. The kings and princes of the earth may be able to torture and kill Christians for a time, just as Jesus was killed by the Romans, but the time of persecution will not last forever.

			::"'''He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more,''' neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away" [http://usccb.org/bible/rev/21:3 (Rev 21:4).]

	== Authorship ==		== Authorship ==

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	\|Myriads of myriads and thousands and thousands of many angels.		\|Myriads of myriads and thousands and thousands of many angels (ÎºÎ±á½¶ á¼¦Î½ á½ á¼€ÏÎ¹Î¸Î¼á½¸Ï‚ Î±á½Ï„á¿¶Î½ '''Î¼Ï…ÏÎ¹Î¬Î´ÎµÏ‚ Î¼Ï…ÏÎ¹Î¬Î´Ï‰Î½''' ÎºÎ±á½¶ '''Ï‡Î¹Î»Î¹Î¬Î´ÎµÏ‚ Ï‡Î¹Î»Î¹Î¬Î´Ï‰Î½''').
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