(April 16, 2015 at 1:53 pm)robvalue Wrote: I make no attempt to interpret the bible, I just read what it says. If this is supposed to be God trying to communicate with me, it really should be good enough for me to understand it without someone else telling me what it "really means".
Maybe that's where your problem is. Any literature must be interpreted within it's context, especially ancient writings from other cultures. The book of Revelation was purposely written in symbolic language. If you do a straight reading, you're not going to understand the message.
