6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
If you guys have the name of that drug or herb let me know i want to try too.
It seems more powerfull than lsd or mushrooms.
2006-07-26 10:03:58 · 5 answers · asked by PicassoInActions 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Revelation is symbolic. It was an attempt to mystically tie together events happening in the sky at the dawn of the age of Pisces with events happening on earth (such as the fall of the temple in 70 CE) using the Logos concept of extracting bits and pieces of scriptures to form new "revelations". Daniel was used for this primarily.
If you read through it from this perspective, and assign the imagery to celestial events properly, it's actually an impressive piece of work.
...but anyway, ergot and mushrooms were the spiritual substances of choice back then
2006-07-26 10:12:46 · answer #1 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was no doubt fasting, was not sleeping and was in isolation. Try that yourself and you'll see what he saw too.
He was writing in code because he couldn't write about the Roman Empire out in the open to his congregation. The number 666 refers to Nero and the redemption talked about is their redemption back then.
That people think it applies to today is hilarious. if John could see what they're doing to his book he would laugh too.
2006-07-26 17:15:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amanita muscaria.
2006-07-26 17:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by trident_of_paracelsus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a "METAPHOR" to describe real things. For Ex. The "beast" describes the roman empire..
2006-07-26 17:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, he was smoking Faith in God. Try it.
2006-07-26 17:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋