Just curious. I've heard of this and wondering if it's generally true. Seem to be noticing a trend.
Possible thought-provoking article:
Should Churches Avoid Genesis and Revelation?
Also, I'm currently preparing for a home study on Revelation. If you know of any good materials let me know. We will focus on the literal approach, but want to hear the other arguments as well.
Hello.
Genesis and Revelation go together like white on rice.
Genesis 2:9
And YAHWEH Elohim
is causing to sprout from ground every tree being coveted to sight and good for food.
And
a Tree of the Life
in middle of the Garden,
and a Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Genesis 3:22
And YAHWEH Elohim is saying, “Behold! the Adam became as one of US, to know of good and evil.
And now, lest he stretch out his hand and takes also from the
Tree of the Life, and eats and lives for eon”
Genesis 3:24
And He driving-out the Adam and is causing to tabernacle from east to Garden of Eden the Cherubim and flame of the sword
the one turning, to guard of way of
the Tree of the Life.
Revelation 2:7
“The one having ear, let him hear! what the Spirit is saying to the Assemblies
To the one conquering
I shall be giving to him to be eating out of
the Tree/Wood<3586> of the Life which is being in midst to the Paradise of the God
Revelation 22:2
In middle/midst of the broad-street of it, and of the river, hence and thence,
a Wood/Tree<3586> of Life,
producing/doing twelve fruits, according to month
each rendering the fruit of it and the leaves of
the Tree/Wood into cure of the Nations.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed/Happy are those rinsing their robes that it shall be the authority of them upon
the Tree/Wood<3586> of the Life
and to the gates they may be entering into the City
You might be interested in this site:
THE SYMBOLISM IN BOOK OF REVELATION
One man studied and found
348 allusions (not illusions, Light)
in Revelation from the Old Testament. You see the similarity in wording and the context mirrored in Revelation and the particular Old Testament story, and immediately can recognize the reference source!
That's IF you know the bible well enough to even notice that.
95 of the 348 plain references used in Revelation as taken from the Old Testament are repeated in Revelation.
That makes about 250 Old Testament passages are cited. How many chapters are in Revelation? 22. That makes about TEN OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCES FOR EVERY CHAPTER!..........................
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This is a favorite commentator of mine and he puts up some very lengthy commentaries, especially on the 7 churches and references the OT fairly heavily [as I also do].
Anyway, here is a link to his site.
Kingdom Bible Studies Table of Contents
Kindgdom Bible Studies Revelation Series Part 1
The mark of the beast. Armageddon. The Four Horsemen. The false prophet. Babylon the great. Falling stars, stinging locusts, and giant hailstones. The seven last plagues. The bottomless pit. The lake of fire. These images of terror and catastrophe from the book of Revelation have greatly influenced the thinking of millions of Christians through the ages.
Even the secular press uses images such as "Armageddon" and "four horsemen of the Apocalypse" to describe calamities in our world. Despite 1900 years of fascination with the book of Revelation, John’s letter to the seven Churches of Asia continues to be misunderstood. And badly misinterpreted!
One misconception shared by some is that the Revelation has nothing of importance to say to us. It’s considered to be merely a bizarre piece of first-century writing with no relevance for today. Another wrong idea is that the Revelation is a code book describing a specific outline of history written in advance.
Countless interpreters have tried to "decode" the book from a historical perspective to find all the major world events of the past 1900 years. Others interpret it more literally as a handbook for predicting the cataclysmic events that will bring the final wrath of God and the end of the world. The claims of Christian groups from the early church to the present — that the Revelation pinpoints the events, personalities, and time periods of "the end" — have all failed
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This should be a caution to believers for using the book of Revelation as a
predictive handbook. Other people’s interpretation of the book of Revelation is based on the "Pan Theory" — it’s all going to
pan out in the end! Beloved brethren, the fact is,
it’s not panning out the way the end-time prognosticators are projecting!
Through the years I have ministered the Word in Bible studies, seminars, and church services of various types. When there has been a question and answer session, or when opportunity was granted for people to request teaching along a particular line, the most often requested subject has been — THE BOOK OF REVELATION!
I have met people who were babes in Christ, carnal Christians whose lives were a mess, they had incredible problems and needs, including deliverance, and instead of prayer or counsel or messages that would help them overcome and grow up in Christ,
they wanted me to teach them the book of Revelation! "Yeah, brother, that’s for me, lay it on me, I want the book of Revelation!.
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