Blaine Coleman
2 min readMay 22, 2021

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Ah, another believer in the 'End Times' that have been predicted by churches for centuries, yet never seem to come about. Largely because that Book has been and still is incorrectly interpreted.

The book of revelations was written ca. AD 400 (the third century, when the 'priests' who called themselves bishops, decided what would be included in the New Testament and what wouldn't- any writings about Jesus that didn't maintain their power and control over illiterate masses of the time) and the Book of Revelations was written to a specific generation, to help persecuted followers of the Church have faith that Rome would fall and their suffering would end. It has nothing at all to do with us today and was never intended to be and was not written by the 'John' who followed Jesus, but John at Patmos, just as not a single gospel was written by the Apostle to whom it was attributed and the earliest accepted writings were those of the gentile Paul, who started a church based on a man he never met or heard speak, and date to the late 60s AD to around 100 AD (the 2nd century AD).

I do not mean to denigrate you or your beliefs, because you seem to be on the right path but I would not be following the Way Jesus showed us if I didn't point out mistaken teachings.

Being 'born again' is a real experience in which you ask God to lead your life but even Paul wrote that when you're born again it's in Spirit, as babes who, as when you were born in the flesh, and must grow in knowledge and understanding.

As Jesus said, Many are called but few will enter. You've been called and I assume 'born again' so I'd suggest you not discard the Spiritual growth required to be one of those few who enter.

With love, from one who was 'born again' more than 40 years ago. I hope to be among those few who enter into the Kingdom of God.

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Blaine Coleman
Blaine Coleman

Written by Blaine Coleman

Rel. Studies, Creative Writing… Social liberal/fiscal conservative, occasional writer- profile pic- 6-yr-old coal minor 1910-flow with the Tao, all will be well

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