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WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE DATING OF THE FINAL BOOK OF THE BIBLE?

Both our man’s letter to his fearful charges as well as the recorded vision that you are referring to attest to the very same temple which was yet to be destroyed.⁷⁹

I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM ABOUT ISRAEL.  HOW CAN YOU JUST WRITE THEM OFF?  DOESN’T THAT MAKE YOU A LIAR AFTER WHAT YOU PROMISED ABRAHAM?

You remember your student days.  Well, it might help to think about eschatology – the study of end time events – as if it were a giant mathematical equation on the blackboard.  What if in the midst of all those figures there was a slight error like two plus two equals five?  That would lead whatever followed in the equation to a false conclusion – no matter how elaborate or impressive those subsequent figures might be.  That illustrates just what happens to those who rely mostly upon their own understanding and therefore stray from the simplicity of my son’s remarks concerning these matters.⁸⁰  They get caught up in some rather complicated and bizarre scenarios that are fraught with endless circular reasoning.  The blackboard can get quite messy in the process, and they exhaust themselves while leading many others to the same false conclusions.

SO HOW ARE THEY TO GET OUT OF THAT REVOLVING DOOR AND BACK ON TRACK?

That involves going back to where two plus two equals five, but that means erasing all those pretty figures they have amassed.  That involves humiliation and suffering.  Not many opt for that, even though it’s the only way to get on the path to be guided into all truth.  Like I said before, I don’t reveal myself to casual passers-by.  They must invest in intimacy and trust – lay aside their own preconceptions.  Their equations become subtle attempts at control.  I am in charge, remember, and there are no shortcuts to reality.⁸¹

79 “Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.  And the angel stood, saying, ‘Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.  But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles.  And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months’” (Revelation 11:1-2).

80 “But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Corinthians

81 “The humble, He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way. . . . The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant” (Psalm 25:9, 14).