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The seven churches are presented as a sort of "decentralized" menora, that is, seven lamps instead of a single seven-branched lampstand. This suggests that we are supposed to take the Church as a new Israel, one whose worship is centred in heaven (on the true Zion) instead of the old one centred on earth (Paul says as much in Galatians 4).
What is more ...
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Depends on what you mean by "in the text."
Taking the text at face value, there is nothing. I think the folks who see these letters as a "history" of the church start by assuming that all of Revelation is a prophecy of future events, and so the letters must be a prophecy of what will happen in the church before the rapture.
Some of the problems with this ...
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Here is the list of 12 tribes of Israel from Genesis, Numbers and Revelation:
Genesis 29-30 Numbers 1 Revelation 7
Reuben Reuben Reuben
Simeon Simeon Simeon
Levi Levi
Judah Judah Judah
Dan Dan
Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali
Gad Gad ...
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The link to the Administration of the Temple in Jerusalem is supported by the fact that there were 24 priestly divisions to serve in the Temple as scheduled by the Law. (Whether the 24 is better than the 12 or perhaps weaker, so that the number has to be doubled, the earlier 12 of sons of Israel and tribes and 12 of apostles and 12 of tribes again (in ...
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The 24 elders are the angels who administered the Old Covenant. They remove their crowns as warriors who have completed their vows (just as Nazirites offered up their hair). Observing the Covenantal/liturgical structure of the book (which recapitulates a common Old Testament process), the Lamb who is worthy is the "firstfruits" Lamb, who ascends and opens ...
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This isn't from Scripture but perhaps like an oubliette it is a place of forgeting. Throw death and hades as a concept into a place where no one thinks of it again. Please note:
Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am
alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
Romans 6:5 For if we have been ...
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(To make it clear, I am not up for a debate, I am just going to state some facts)
Pretty simple. You are Translating תורה (Torah) wrong. It does not mean law, it is the current practice and 'law' of the Jewish Nation. (Note: It is almost impossible to translate the 'Old' testament to English without using professional Jewish books, just as the ones ...
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