tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post114337135063664129..comments2023-07-02T22:13:53.050+12:00Comments on Theo Geek: Weird and wacky RevelationAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01904922191977808104noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-1143588719057799122006-03-29T11:31:00.000+12:002006-03-29T11:31:00.000+12:00Jesus' life in India?! Sounds wack.Jesus' life in India?! Sounds wack.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904922191977808104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-1143587965037651562006-03-29T11:19:00.000+12:002006-03-29T11:19:00.000+12:00Wow! It's really good you posted on this, because ...Wow! It's really good you posted on this, because the Hare Krishna guy at work has been having big conversations with me about how Revelation is based on astrology + how astrology is therefore compatible with Christianity! <BR/><BR/>I still don't know what to think but your post was really interesting to get another viewpoint on it, because HK guy is kind of spun out + trippy when it comes to astrology + I can never take it seriously enough :)<BR/><BR/>ps - what do you think about Jesus' life in India?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495584781457017915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-1143435985126975632006-03-27T17:06:00.000+12:002006-03-27T17:06:00.000+12:00Passover was not part of the main Temple-Sacrifice...Passover was not part of the main Temple-Sacrifice system. I'm not aware of any direct connections between the Temple sacrifice system and astrology, but I imagine there are some as both astrology and sacrifice were common religious practices across many ancient cultures.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904922191977808104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-1143430092056878292006-03-27T15:28:00.000+12:002006-03-27T15:28:00.000+12:00Ah, so it's not just the book of Revelation, but t...Ah, so it's not just the book of Revelation, but the OT sacrificial system which is based on astrology?Scott Mackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251906149770959328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-1143421543336077122006-03-27T13:05:00.000+12:002006-03-27T13:05:00.000+12:00Or because they saw that Christ was the fulfillmen...<I>Or because they saw that Christ was the fulfillment of the Passover lamb</I>?<BR/><BR/>Yes, exactly. But I think you missed the point that the Passover lamb WAS a lamb rather than anything else because the constellation of that month was Lamb-shaped. If the constellation had looked like a cow, it would have been a cow sacrificed at passover and hence Christ would be the Cow of God.<BR/><BR/>I struggle to see that "Revelation's main concern is to communicate the gospel of Jesus", by any stretch of the imagination.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904922191977808104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-1143420868022854352006-03-27T12:54:00.000+12:002006-03-27T12:54:00.000+12:00"...Christians today speak of Jesus as the "Lamb" ..."...Christians today speak of Jesus as the "Lamb" is ultimately because the ancients saw some stars in the sky that looked like a Lamb and had that as their first month of the year."<BR/><BR/>Or because they saw that Christ was the fulfillment of the Passover lamb?<BR/><BR/>My initial reaction to your post is - perhaps looking too much at the packaging distorts the view of the package. There may be connections between some of these things, but Revelation's main concern is to communicate the gospel of Jesus, and it does it using more OT imagery/allusions and quotations than any other NT book. Surely this should be factored into any understanding of the book - the commentary sounds wacky indeed.<BR/><BR/>p.s. I recently read a great book on Revelation which i reviewed <A HREF="http://scottym.blogspot.com/2005/12/gospel-in-revelation.html" REL="nofollow">here </A>Scott Mackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251906149770959328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-1143414007926741512006-03-27T11:00:00.000+12:002006-03-27T11:00:00.000+12:00Ah, astrology, eh...The funniest thing about that ...Ah, astrology, eh...<BR/><BR/>The funniest thing about that kind of thing is that star constellations do move and change, hence (one of) the reason(s) that horoscopes are such crap - I've heard it said that the stars have changed enough that the current signs used for prediction(i.e the ones that we've been using for horoschopes for ever) are a bit out of whack... and so what people think are accurate readings might have been 500 years ago but aren't any more. <BR/><BR/>Or it just might be that the average horoscope is pulled out of a journo's ice cream container-full of appropriate phrases the night before deadline :DChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869497960583041676noreply@blogger.com