Drafts by Jonathan Reinschmidt
The book of Revelation is a beast built with layers of living-word found sprinkled throughout the... more The book of Revelation is a beast built with layers of living-word found sprinkled throughout the scriptures. As the strength of an animal is dependent upon a solid skeletal structure, so too is the last book of the Christian Testament. Beyond any other, there is a book in the Tanakh that is this sturdy scaffold upon which the musculature of this amazing creature is attached. I do not refer to the book of Ezekial where the final New Jerusalem is laid out in detail and the river of life so beautifully described. Neither am I thinking of the book of Daniel where one can find similar beasts portrayed with its grand scenes of conflict. Not even the book of Zechariah is worthy with its analogous storyline presenting visions of the same ilk. There is another book of the Jewish Testament that has generally borne some neglect which single handedly opens the door for a much better understanding of the Apocalypse. This book rises so tall among its Jewish testament competitors that it becomes a redwood in an otherwise impressive forest of cedars. It is maybe the last book that anyone would ever put on this list and it's almost laughable that one could even mention it. It is the wonderfully mysterious and amazingly cryptic composition known as the Chronicles. With this audacious growl the following composition will attempt to convince the reader of this indictment by citing three of the grandest passages that connect the two books. The paper proposes that the very substance of matter found in Revelation can be found subtly written into the stories of the Chronicles.1 A comparison of three passages should suffice as proof. Let's begin with the first of three witnesses.
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