Some specific contrasts — Chapters 06-08

*Revelation 6:16 has people calling on the rocks to fall on them to hide them from Jesus’ wrath, while the Jesus of the Gospels not only professed an unconditional Love for all, but also made the pronouncement that “The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” (Jesus in Matthew 21:44)

 

 

*Revelation 7:4-8 seems to indicate that only 144,000 Souls are ultimately saved, and yet Gospel Jesus used his feedings of the masses to symbolically signify that everyone will be ultimately redeemed.  (see Mark 8:18-21 – with the 12 baskets collected from the 5000 representing the entirety of humanity, and the 7 baskets collected from the 4000 representing the perfect completeness of that transformation)

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*Revelation 7:13-17 seems to show that only those who “have come out of the great ordeal” will be soothed and cared for, while the Jesus of the Gospels clearly & repeatedly soothes and cares for allespecially those deemed by others to be in any way “unworthy.” (see Matthew 12:50, Matthew 18:14, Mark 11:17a, Luke 3:6, John 3:17, John 10:16, John 12:32, John 12:47 et al)

 

*Revelation 8:3 shows one of the heavenly angels standing at the altar with “much incense to offer”, and yet Jesus in the Gospels stated clearly that he “desired mercy, not sacrifice.” (see Matthew 9:13)

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*Revelation 8:6 has Jesus’ royal coronation being announced by seven trumpets, while the Jesus of the Gospels openly refused to be made king (see Matthew 4:1-10 + John 6:15) and was only anointed for his imminent self-sacrificial burial, not any subsequent coronation.  (see Matthew 6:6-13)

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