WagnerPaiva said:
I would say all the verses mentioning Israel were considered weird till 1948. The one world currency was considered absurd for a long while, specially with the mark as the token to enter the system. Nowdays, althought it is still not in place, it is certainly not ridiculous. The verses talking about the whole world rejoicing at the same time as they see the prophets killed in Jerusalem, and at a time the far East (India, China, Japan) and part of the west (Afrika, the northern kingdons) where not ignored by the apostles. That part I guess is linked to the one you mentioned, but there are more verses that where crazy talk till worldwide internet and stuff existed. Pretty much everything after the chapter 4 has some cool things that once were crazy but now make a lot of sense. My point is: there are parts that still sound crazy, and I wonder what is yet to come. As I said, the part that fascinates the most is the gate of the abyss opening and creatures coming out. Door to a different dimension? |
The verses made more sense 2000 years ago than they do now. The Roman Empire was huge, it covered most of the civilised world. There was one emperor, one currency, a 'Satanic religion' and Christians were being persecuted.
Wars and famines have always existed.
Portals, monsters and the return of Jesus are just as crazy as they've always been.
The only somewhat decent prediction in the whole book is the second verse.
