The Book of Revelations, has it already happened?

I guess I don't really see a distinction between those three things. But that's just me.

Maybe the heavens and the earth have passed away? Maybe we are already in heaven?

RexRed wrote:

Maybe the heavens and the earth have passed away? Maybe we are already in heaven?

Where the hell do you live?

I can guarantee you that the dude hanging out on the corner down the street in this weather doesn't think he's in heaven.

RexRed wrote:

Maybe the heavens and the earth have passed away? Maybe we are already in heaven?

Where the hell do you live?

I can guarantee you that the dude hanging out on the corner down the street in this weather doesn't think he's in heaven.

Oangloss?

Oh and Rex. . .

Are you serious?

So then you would know the identity of the various beasts of Revelation.

Mindonfire wrote:

Definitions (Merriam Webster)
Cycle: (n) 1 : an interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is completed *a 4-year cycle of growth and development*
2 a : a course or series of events or operations that recur regularly and usually lead back to the starting point b : one complete performance of a vibration, electric oscillation, current alternation, or other periodic process c : a permutation of a set of ordered elements in which each element takes the place of the next and the last becomes first d : a takeoff and landing of an airplane
3 : a circular or spiral arrangement: as a : an imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens b : RING 10
4 : a long period of time : AGE
5 a : a group of creative works (as poems, plays, or songs) treating the same theme b : a series of narratives dealing typically with the exploits of a legendary hero *the Arthurian cycle*
6 a : BICYCLE b : TRICYCLE c : MOTORCYCLE
7 : the series of a single, double, triple, and home run hit in any order by one player during one baseball game

Hmmm,

The cycles you see may be small battles still raging on but the war is over...

Did I interpret your intention right Mind?

Bella Dea wrote:

RexRed wrote:

Maybe the heavens and the earth have passed away? Maybe we are already in heaven?

Where the hell do you live?

I can guarantee you that the dude hanging out on the corner down the street in this weather doesn't think he's in heaven.

And the dude hanging out on the corner is has his own mind do decide like everyone else.

One must be born into the new heaven.

Bella Dea wrote:

RexRed wrote:

Maybe the heavens and the earth have passed away? Maybe we are already in heaven?

Where the hell do you live?

I can guarantee you that the dude hanging out on the corner down the street in this weather doesn't think he's in heaven.

I think that what Rex is trying to say, Bella, is that Oangloss was actually right and Candide was worng. This really is the best of all possible worlds.

Very precious little is written in the Bible concerning the war Jesus fought in hell with the devil while he was in the grave three days and three nights. . .

. . .I don't know what/who Oangloss or Candide was/were/am/are....

RexRed wrote:

Very precious little is written in the Bible concerning the war Jesus fought in hell with the devil while he was in the grave three days and three nights. . .

What war? Where? Where are you getting this?

RexRed wrote:

Bella Dea wrote:

RexRed wrote:

Maybe the heavens and the earth have passed away? Maybe we are already in heaven?

Where the hell do you live?

I can guarantee you that the dude hanging out on the corner down the street in this weather doesn't think he's in heaven.

And the dude hanging out on the corner is has his own mind do decide like everyone else.

One must be born into the new heaven.

Bad things still happen to good people. Are you saying that those who choose to not be homeless (which is a ridiculous statment in and of itself since very few people choose to be homeless) never have anything bad happen to them? Or that even in heaven, we are screwed?

Sorry but if we are anywhere, it's hell buddy.

And what the heck does "One must be born into the new heaven." mean?

Bella Dea wrote:

. . .I don't know what/who Oangloss or Candide was/were/am/are....

Pangloss, actually, a chracter in the novel Candide by Voltaire.