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Revelation (not the tv show) plays an immediate role in our lives, but unfortunately it is manifest in bad fiction and paranoid newspaper pronouncements. while the nature of the book makes it hard to say who is correct or incorrect in their interpretation of any one verse, it is interesting to observe people who are obsessed with end times. i am suspicious of those who say stuff llike (i heard on the radio yesterday) "our lack of concern for israel will bring god's judgement. i can back this statement up at my conference next month." god is going to judge us for misinterpreting an ambiguity? i also heard "read the story about the israel bombing and then read (??) chapters in ezekiel." i've heard this stuff for years so it isn't very compelling.
maybe at some point, it will become obvious that these prophesies are being fulfillled. it just seems like you wouldn't miss stuff like jesus returning, the 1000 years of something, etc. i don't think we're there yet, despite what certain elements in our population say.
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