We just need to get out of the way and let the Word resound despite every question, every doubt, and every unsolved mystery. We must come to the Bible and let God speak without our imposed ideas and theological frameworks. To impose an external manmade framework upon the Book of Revelation, or any other part of the Bible, is an almost guarantee that the people to whom Christ spoke will miss His message. Indeed, some systems of interpretation require "expert" interpreters who can interpret each verse within a larger (and famously inaccurate) systematic framework. This idea is pressed upon you on those occasions when a verse from Revelation is read, and the teacher gives an interpretation that seems so far-fetched, you asked yourself, "How did he get that from this?" Good question. In the worst cases, believers have been informed by untaught teachers that you need an expert to understand the complex systems in place in Revelation-or you need to adopt the system yourself. Many believers do approach the Book of Revelation with a sense of personal inadequacy.
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