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and this post, John's religious speech
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John's speech
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The Bible is the most read book in the entire world, most religious people believe that it is the word of God. But today there are some people that think that it is only a religious book written my man. It is for sure the Israelite history and religious book. Here we could ask, how much it is God's word we don't know. Anyhow this is what some people believe.
John's speech
Dear readers, this post is the continuation of our
last post, our religious discussions, where we were about to hear what John was
going to say, so, let us continue:
And this is what John said.
Dear friends, you know already why I am here, but
let me explain anyhow.
As some of you already know, I have been following
up a few religions for a while, just to find out whether to be religious and
follow this or that religion is the right thing to do for me. But, this could
apply to myself and to any of us here as well. If we ask ourselves, what is the
best way to go about believing and following a religion? Which one of these
existing religions could be the right religion for us all? You see I have asked
myself many times these questions; so, I have some good ideas about religions
today.
So, let me tell you my present beliefs. As you all
know in this part of the world most religions are Christian in origin
and they have sprung from the Bible in one way or another, so, I believe that
following what is written in the Bible is the right way to go, as most people
seem to be happy to do that.
Therefore, after having studied a few religions I
came to the conclusion that they are more or less all the same; so, I dare say
that perhaps the best thing for anybody is to stay with the religion your
parents have taught you, but really it is up to you what you want to do.
Now, let me come to today’s’ religious task. Mark
and Gino here have come to me, they talked to me and told me about you Frank,
and what you have intention to do. During our talks as a religious believer I
became concerned. So, because I became concerned for this reason, I am here
today to tell you about my concerns, so, I am here to talk about these concerns of mine,
in order to help you to make the right decision once you have heard what I have
to say.
Recently I was with a religious group, where we had
a discussion about Revelation, a few members were not happy about these great
tribulations in Revelation, and also, other things expressed in the Bible
Revelation, so, they were looking for other explanations, or perhaps another
way out that would be less demanding on humanity.
To cut a long story short, one of the members who
was there pointed out to us, that we could do nothing at all about it, as the
Bible itself warns us that it should not be changed. So, this bloke took the
Bible and read the very end of Revelation which says the following. Here, I am
going to quote from the Bible the same way as he did.
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Reading the end of the Bible
Here John took his Bible and read.
REVELATION
EPILOGUE
22-16- I Jesus, have sent my angel to make these revelations
to you for the sake of the churches. I am of David’s line, the root of David
and the bright star of the morning.
17- The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come’. Let
everyone who listens answer, ‘Come’. Then let all who are thirsty come:
all who want it may have the water of life, and have it free.
18- This is my solemn warning to all who hear the
prophecies in this book: if anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him
every plague mentioned in the book;
19- if anyone cuts anything out of the prophecies
in this book, God will cut off his share of the tree of life and of the holy
city, which are described in the book.
20- The one who guaranties these revelations
repeats his promise: I shall indeed be with you soon. Amen; come, Lord Jesus.
21- May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you
all. Amen.
(End of quote from Bible)
This is how, The Jerusalem Bible, ends.
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Now, let us talk about this meeting that we had
with Mark, Gino and John:
When John closed the Bible and said:
Now you can see for yourself, why I was concerned
and wanted to let you know what my views and beliefs are on these religious
matters; so that, you would be aware how I see these religious issues.
Therefore, know that I have said what I wanted to
say to you, I feel better already, because the decision will be yours, if you
want to go ahead and do what you want to do by reviewing what is written in the
Bible, or hear and heed the warning in the last chapter of the Bible, and therefore,
stop just like everybody else has stopped for about 2000 years, as they have
been scared from that warning. What do you say now?
I know, ‘I said to John’, your warning from the
Bible sounds threatening indeed, so, I will take it into consideration and
thanks for the advice you have given me. I will think about it.
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Discussing Revelation and John's reading
Anyhow, now that John has given us his personal
advice about Revelation, let us discuss what would be wise to do about it,
since it looks like that before we do anything we will have to learn a lot more
about this Bible warning that John has read to us, and therefore, I am not
going to rush into doing anything, unless we discuss it first properly. So, I
would like to discuss this matter a bit more with my friends here Mark and Gino
just to see what they think about it.
Then, I turned to Gino and Mark and asked them:
What do you think about John’s Bible warning? I would like to hear your opinion
on this warning that he has read to us, therefore, if you have anything to say
you can start saying it right away now.
Mark’s reply:
Well, what John has brought up sounds very serious
to me, and I dare say that perhaps you Frank have to moderate most of your
religious ideology, so that, it does not change anything that is said in the
Bible, in other words whatever you are going to say about this issue, it should
not contest the Bible scriptures. Here I want also to say to you. Look Frank!
Lots of generations have gone past and they have all accepted the Bible and
also Revelation just the way they are. So, I don’t know why you see it in a
different way?
Therefore, I would like to suggest that we study
first the Bible a bit longer, in the hope that we understand this issue better,
before you do anything about this matter. What do you say to my request? Would
you agree to study the Bible with us for a while yet before you make any
decision?
We all said yes to Mark’s request saying, we agree
with you that we need to study the Bible a lot more, before we make our
decision and start saying anything about the Bible openly.
Then I added, but I would like to know also what
Gino personally thinks about John’s warning and everything else? So, Gino tell
us what you think about this Bible discussion and warning that John has talked
about? I would like to know that because, I am sure that you have your own way
of seeing these religious things.
Gino’s reply:
I am glad you asked. I have to say that I agree
with Mark, when he says that we should really study this religious situation
before we do anything; I want also to say that I was partly surprised about the
way of John’s interpretation of the Bible. Because I believe that there may be
another meaning to this sinister Bible warning, for me it does not add up
properly, so, let me explain.
For me, I have always seen Our Lord Jesus Christ as
a very friendly person; so, I was a bit surprised to hear all that change in
Revelation. What makes me think this disagreement is the way which Jesus’ angel
tells the writer what to write; and it is also the way the angel is saying it.
You see, I have always believed that Jesus was a very amicable person: but here
his message through the angel sounds very harsh and he issues threatening
warnings, here Jesus seems completely changed, Jesus sounds more like God
Yahweh than Jesus. So, I believe that there are several meanings in those
writings, and I would say that we should investigate and proceed with caution.
Me to Gino-
Gino! What do you mean by proceed with caution?
Gino to me-
What else can you do? You can’t rush things in a situation like this. You may
have to read the Bible once or twice more from the beginning until the very
end; or at least all the new Testament
to find the meaning of what has been said, and then and only then, you may be
in a position to decide what to talk about.
Mark said-
Frank, I believe Gino is right and we should not rush things, take your time
man! There is plenty of time to do what you want to do.
Then, if it is God’s will that you have to write
these religious writings, God will make sure that you will find enough time and
also the right way how to do it?
Now, since we have already spent a great deal of
time on this religious task, I suggest that we adjourn the meeting for another
time. So, let us enjoy ourselves the usual way before we have to depart our own
way, in order to do what we usually do. This is how my friends concluded their
answer to my request.
I believe that I have said enough in this post, as
today average readers don’t like long articles, so, I will continue to have my
say next time about the Bible and Revelation. See you soon.
May god bless us all.
-If you believe in God
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