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[james.wa...@elf.mcgill.ca]

All right, I went over it and here are the comments I have to make about it.

 

On your commentary section (P.1):

 

Let me start by saying that I very much appreciated the effort put into this. It's awesome that you take this time to get to know the word of God better.

 

You must know that all theories must be tested and checked through the whole Bible perpective to see if it's valid. So, The parallel is very clever and I must say divine. There are limititations to this parallel. I have some objections though.

 

Sources of light usually in the biblical point of view is always associated to God, the bible, Jesus-Christ, the righteous/wisemen...(Mal 4:2, Psalms 89:36-37, Daniel12:3). That's why I have a hard time applying this parallel.

 

Futhermore, the moon cannot produce light of its own. It receives the light from the sun and reflects it! Satan does not receive Jesus' light to eventually reflect it. To keep the same symbolism, for Satan I would say that a black hole describes him well. Let'S go back to the parallel:

Elements found in genesis 1 for Day 4: sources of light during darkness: moon, stars & Source of light during daylight: sun. All these things are GOOD according to the creation account. These all appear in one scene or day.

 

Elements in Revelation 12 : 2 characters : Woman clothed with sun, moon under her feet, and 12 stars on her crown & red dragon with tail taking 1/3 of the stars of heaven to cast them down on earth. The same sources of light are here too: sun, moon and stars.There is a type of battle/confrontation: Dragon wants to devour the child of the woman. Not everything is GOOD here. Obviously, the dragon is not good. It's evil. Please notice something : in the scene of the woman: there is the sun, the moon and twelve stars. Whereas in the scene of the dragon there is only a third of stars being cast down to earth (falling stars!  Which are in fact space dust or rocks which completely vaporates once entering the atmosphere. They are not a source of light anymore). 

 

If we keep this parallel, the woman = sun + moon+12 stars on her crown & the dragon = 1/3 stars Of heaven (which are in fact shooting/falling stars. Which are not luminous sources at all). Notice someting, the woman has all luminous sources with her. The dragon got nothing! No sources of light whatsoever! 

 

Mark of the beast section

 Mark of the beast: Revelation 13:16 I would like to draw your attention on the fact that the mark can be on the hand or the forehead. It's either one or the other.

 

Seal of God: In all your suggested  texts,  notice something interesting: a sign/symbol on your hand and you forehead. God's seal is on both hands and foreheads.

 

There will be indeed I agree with you on that one three types of people:

1. Those with the mark of the beast on the hand

2. Those with the mark of the beast on their forehead

3. Those with the seal of God on both hands and forehead (Ref. John4:23)

 

Suggestion to avoid confusion: seperate the two...

 

God's name=Character=God's law(LOVE)=Seal of God

 

The conterfeit : Name of the beast=Character of the beast=Laws of the beast(selfishness)=Mark of the beast.

 

Parallel between Adam and Christ (touchy subject deals with the nature of Christ)

 

There are limitations again in that parallel. Adam sinned. Christ did not. I'm personally hesitant to make this type of parallel...

The death, the burial and the resurrestion of the Jesus Christ caused the church to exist and gave the disciple something to preach the world about. A suggestion: Adam had to be put to sleep in a sort of coma ( under anesthesia) in order for God to take a rib to create Eve. Christ had to die in order to create the church. The idea of self-abnegation for the benefit of others.

 

That's it! Have a blessed afternoon.

 

Danielle

 

No other influence that can surround the human soul has such power as the influence of an unselfish life. The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian." -Ministry of Healing pg.470

 

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