This morning around 8:00 I began reading a book complete with various interpretations of the book of Revelation. I usually do not take notes when reading books (only when reading commentaries on Bible books), but I have decided to read this book especially slow and copy notes along the way. I would like to give you just two quotes from my reading so far today. The first quote will fit under the category of "the silliest thing that I have read thus far". And the second quote will fit under the category of "the best thing I have read thus far".
Silliest Thing I Have Read Today:
The "separation of roles [between ethnic Israel and the church] is a clear depiction of the continuing uniqueness of Israel and of the separateness of the church from Israel in God's plan. That distinctiveness of Israel is evident throughout the rest of the Bible, beginning in Genesis 12; and the church is separate from Israel throughout the New Testament. This will not change in Christ's eternal kingdom [heaven]".
*The brackets are my own words to clue you in on the context.*
Best Thing I Have Read Today:
"[T]he early church did not seem to be preoccupied with the specific timing of the completion of these end-time matters [when Christ would return again]. For it, the first coming of Christ was imbued with eschatalogical meaning, which was more than sufficient to sustain hope until the Parousia. As it turned out, the second coming of Christ was obviously delayed, but such postponement did not seem to dramatically unsettle the church. For the early Christians, the Parousia was an epilogue, albeit an important one, to the first coming of Christ".
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