ScottA's posts before you jumped on me are in extreme difference to the words he used to explain them, warning me to be considerate minded. I live this, the ending years of my life, in complete subjection to the Ruah (Holy Spirt} and no matter how I feel, when a thing troubles the Spirit in my heart, I will always approach such with cautious inquiry. Paul and John were inspired by my God to record their events in Holy Scripture, this man it turns out is Hawking his book instead of being stoned or imprisoned and boiled in oil?
The measure is not a few verses drawn from the original context, ijndeed not! The measure is, how does his message fit with the context that flows from "In the beginning..." continuously through the final "Amen" of Rev. 22. The thoughts he has expressed violate everything I have ever learned from my 34+ years of study.