tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post7978017154120893667..comments2023-10-02T03:19:31.569+11:00Comments on Dead Flies and Perfume: 2 Thessalonians 2- do we have to choose?Mike Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382354162198484322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-37052771042547260462012-05-30T10:51:46.047+10:002012-05-30T10:51:46.047+10:00Yeah, to me Revelation 16 makes much more sense if...Yeah, to me Revelation 16 makes much more sense if Babylon is apostate Israel, which both colludes with Rome but then attacked by Rome.<br /><br />Does anyone know of decent studies that look at the portrayal of Israel as 'one of the nations'. I'd love to see it worked through in the prophets, gospels and epistlesMike Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525682801952791861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-20741069403887080122012-05-30T09:50:40.376+10:002012-05-30T09:50:40.376+10:00Interesting idea - that we don't have to choos...Interesting idea - that we don't have to choose. Could also shed some light on the way Babylon (ie. Rome) and Jerusalem seem get telescoped into each other a couple of times in Revelation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-62696354713484632422012-05-29T14:20:54.641+10:002012-05-29T14:20:54.641+10:00Is it Jesus' paradigm: condemned by the Jews, ...Is it Jesus' paradigm: condemned by the Jews, killed by the gentiles? or slightly different?Matt Baleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097523636206146896noreply@blogger.com