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Originally Posted by George
The Book of Revelation is about the Future, and as such it has been "interpreted" in literally hundreds of ways. I don't profess to understand it all (Understanding is dependent upon God showing us), but I will say this - I believe that Revelation 1:10 is the "KEY" to understanding and "rightly dividing" the Book, and if "The Lord's Day" is NOT SUNDAY, then most of what is taught as "Doctrine" for the Book may not be doctrine at all, but possibly "Spiritual" instead. Remember the: Historical; Doctrinal; and Spiritual "application" of all Scripture.
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Bro. George, I'm in complete agreement with you on this.
The phrase "in the Spirit" further strengthens this view. While it is used in various ways in the Bible, John being "in the Spirit" is clearly defined in the same book (Book of Revelation):
Revelation 1:10 I was
in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Revelation 4:2 And i
mmediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set
in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
Revelation 17:3 So he
carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 21:10 And he
carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
John being "in the Spirit" means being ""carried away" to another place or time.
Ezekiel has a similar "in-the-Spirit" experience:
Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and
carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down
in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
Ezekiel 8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and
the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
There are many other examples of people being carried "in the Spirit" to another place.
1 Kings 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that
the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
2 Kings 2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure
the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
Luke 4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was
led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Acts 8:39 And when they were come up out of the water,
the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.