nikolai_42
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The book of Revelation is primarily to and about Israel.
If you try to apply it directly to the church which is His body... the body of Christ... you will be very confused.
Many prominent Christian teachers try to "teach" the book of Revelation and make an incredible mess out of it.
But, if you rightly divide as Paul commands, it's all very clear.
And this is why I was concerned this may not be the thread for this subject - because in my eyes, you have contradicted yourself or misapplied what I concluded (as my understanding of MAD). I said :
You have said that the Bible does not describe or enjoin everyone universally, but the MAD context makes a division such that there appears to be little or no cross-application (i.e. to both Jew and Gentile) unless explicitly indicated.
To which you responded :
I have said NO SUCH THING.
Now it may be that I wasn't quoting you properly, but what you went on to say seemed to validate exactly what I said. So I'm left spending my time trying to navigate the waters of defining (Mid Acts) Dispensationalism. And your response here seems to prove my statement that some books are for the church while others aren't. And defining who Revelation is to (in MAD eyes) appears to limit "servants" of Jesus Christ to those of the tribes of Israel. So the question now has become who is the book to (and should we even worry about the warnings) rather than the understanding of idolatry in the context of a church (and specifically, these 7 churches as compared with the references in Acts 15 and I Cor 8). What, then, do you believe the Gentile church can take away from these letters (and, specifically, the references to idolatry and eating food sacrificed to idols)?
{I would love to discuss the MAD definition and it's scripturality, but I think it's going to detract from the OP, so I really don't want to get into it here. And I have enough trouble keeping up with the few threads I am involved in, so I don't want to spread myself thin (or start something and then abruptly disappear). }