tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post3911259858978116953..comments2023-04-27T04:14:30.583-07:00Comments on Straight from the Heart: Loving the ApocalypseDonna Farleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11884647995104136193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post-54535287226493794712012-02-14T19:12:58.362-08:002012-02-14T19:12:58.362-08:00I rather like G.B. Caird's comment on the beas...I rather like G.B. Caird's comment on the beast of Revelatiobn 13:<br /><br />"But it must not be thought that John is writing off all civil government as an invention of the Devil. Whatever Satan may claim, the truth is that 'the Most High controls the sovereignty of the world and gives it to whom he wills' (Dan iv. 17). In the war between God and Satan, between good and evil, the state is one of the defences established by God to contain the powers of evil within bounds, part of the order which God the Creator had established in the midst of chaos (cf. Rom xiii. 1-7). But when men worship the state, according to it the absolute loyalty and obedience that are due not to Caesar but to God, then the state goes over to the Enemy. What<br />Satan calls from the abyss is not government, but that abuse of government, the omnicompetent state. It is thus misleading to say that the monster is Rome, for it is both more and less:<br />more, because Rome is only its latest embodiment; and less, because Rome is also, even among all the corruptions of idolatry, 'God's agent of punishment, for retribution on the offender' (Rom. 13. iv)."<br /><br />Caird is a Protestant, but I think he hits the nail on the head there.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post-63726219359239045572012-02-10T13:39:55.799-08:002012-02-10T13:39:55.799-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post-84265454755362171822012-02-08T08:02:25.661-08:002012-02-08T08:02:25.661-08:00The other parts of the Bible that desperately need...The other parts of the Bible that desperately need to be addressed as not referring to future events are Matthew 24 and Luke 21. These are referring to events that took place in AD 70 with the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and NOT to a future rebuilt Temple. The real tragedy of this Zionist reading of the New Testament are the sufferings of the Palestinians under the cruel occupation of the Israeli military. This is something that many Jews beginning to speak out against, seeing disturbing parallels with the bigotry they've suffered in the past. Unfortunately, too many Christians are blinded either by political ideology or, worse yet, the heresies of Darby to see the evils of Zionism.Gavin Campbellnoreply@blogger.com