It never will be clear. It really can’t be. (And sorry—I wish I had a better answer for you.)
John wrote Revelations while he was in prison. At least, that’s what I’ve been taught (Catholic, here). My understanding was that much of Revelations was written in code / more metaphorical terms and is NOT to be taken literally. (As an atheist, you’ll definitely agree—taking many things in the Bible literally can be a pretty bad idea...)
The idea being that the concepts it contains—while not literal—have more symbolic meaning. Almost a “you’ll know it when you see it in real life” kind of thing. There’s also a certain understanding with this that context is important also.
In this context, forcing everyone to get vaccines & chipped has some parallels. There are a lot of other things from this chapter of Revelations that do NOT have clear relationships to the world today.
This, like many other things in the Bible, represents a test of faith, which by definition isn’t prove-able. It also requires an understanding of scripture at large, which I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no expert on. Regardless, you aren’t a bad person for not completely understanding it. No one does—and if they tell you they do, they’re full of shit. :-)
It never will be clear. It really can’t be. (And sorry—I wish I had a better answer for you.)
John wrote Revelations while he was in prison. At least, that’s what I’ve been taught (Catholic, here). My understanding was that much of Revelations was written in code / more metaphorical terms and is NOT to be taken literally. (As an atheist, you’ll definitely agree—taking many things in the Bible literally can be a pretty bad idea...)
The idea being that the concepts it contains—while not literal—have more symbolic meaning. Almost a “you’ll know it when you see it in real life” kind of thing. There’s also a certain understanding with this that context is important also.
In this context, forcing everyone to get vaccines & chipped has some parallels. There are a lot of other things from this chapter of Revelations that do NOT have clear relationships to the world today.
This, like many other things in the Bible, represents a test of faith, which by definition isn’t prove-able. It also requires an understanding of scripture at large, which I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no expert on. Regardless, you aren’t a bad person for not completely understanding it. No one does—and if they tell you they do, they’re full of shit. :-)
I hope that helps!
go back to reddit, or church.