David, in the Revelation study by Jay McCarl “Decoding the Future” - he agrees with you and so do I, if that matters in my humble opinion. B-) Fantastic study, by the way. Well worth it... key point “think like a Jew” and “what would they have understood John to say” very important in our interpretation of scripture period. We tend to interpret too much of scripture from our narrow “American” view (my small view). Scripture opens up so much more when we look at it through history, Jewish eyes, and common speech and customs of the day in wish it was written. Is it relevant to us today, absolutely! thank you! :prayer-hands: Today is the 50th anniversary of the first “Earth Day” and Pope Francis is pushing the new age religion GAIA :negative: From Geoffrey Grider Back in October of 2019, Pope Francis published a book called ‘Our Mother Earth‘ in which he made the case, as he does today, that we have sinned against our Mother Earth, and we need to do penance and seek her forgiveness and blessing. Catholics listen to this New Age Earth Day drivel, and lap it up obediently as coming from the mouth of God Himself. “Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for protection of the environment on Wednesday’s 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, saying the coronavirus pandemic had shown that some challenges had to be met with a global response.” - Fair Use - The "little strength" may be a reference to those that have kept the faith within the Laodecian church! TR
