[CS-FSLUG] Correction of misinterpretation.

[Keli of Coxsackie]

You might think it orthodox but it is not Biblical an certainly not the 
truth..

Michael

Fred A. Miller wrote:
> An Orthodox perspective on the TWO, ONLY TWO, eternal destinies, and the
> possible price for distortion of the scriptures.
>
> Beloved in Christ,
>
> Anyone who's going to promote a belief based on the Book of Revelation
> should heed the warning at Rev 22:18-19, which refers specifically to
> the Book of Revelation. Distorting anything in the message contained in
> it or promoting a distortion of it--even through ignorance--puts one's
> very salvation at risk (see Dt 4:2; 12:32; Gal 1:8-9). Therefore,
> theological speculation about the interpretation of the Book of
> Revelation could be hazardous to one's spiritual health: if you don't
> know what a passage means, leave it alone instead of guessing or
> concocting theories.
>
> Contrary to what was asserted, the Bible teaches that there are only two
> eternal destinies. One of the principles of biblical interpretation is
> that, since all of Scripture is inerrant, no passage of Scripture can be
> interpreted in a way that contradicts another passage of Scripture.
> Since the rest of the Scriptures clearly teach that there are only two
> eternal destinies, Rev 22:11 can't be interpreted as teaching that there
> are three. This is especially true in this case because, only a few
> verses later (vv 14-15), St John makes a clear distinction between the
> two destinies: the eternal state of the blessed and that of the damned
> (see 21:8)--the pure in Christ enter the Kingdom, but the impure are
> outside ("dogs" refers to the impure--see Dt 23:18-19; Phil 3:2; II Pet
> 2:22).
>
> Since a second principle of biblical interpretation is that more clear
> passages of Scripture are used to clarify less clear passages, and we
> have established that there are only two eternal destinies, we can now
> properly interpret Rev 22:11, relying on a third principle of biblical
> interpretation: passages of Scripture must be interpreted in context.
> Through St John, Jesus begins Rev 22:10 with the command not to "seal
> the words of the prophesy," which is a reversal (see 10:4 and Dan 8:26;
> 12:4, 9), and then He gives the reason for the reversal in a phrase that
> is the key to understanding v 11, "for the time is at hand," which means
> that the message which follows is for the contemporary communities to
> whom St John's Revelation is addressed. Therefore, the proper
> interpretation of Rev 22:11 is that, at the time St John is writing to
> those communities, some of their members are unable to repent--those who
> still persist in their wickedness (see Is 6:9-10; Ezk 3:27; Dan 12:1-;
> Mk 4:12)--but St John encourages the others--the "righteous"--to
> remain steadfast because Divine recompense (Is 40:10; Jer 17:6) will be
> visited on the earth soon (v 12). Maranatha--"Even so, come, Lord Jesus"
> (v 20).
>
> Pax et bonum.
>
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