Andrew,

Thank you for taking the time to respond in detail as best you could. I must say honestly that I am overall amazed that anyone actually believes this stuff - namely that the language of the New Testament and the Bible in general is so utterly and pervasively metaphoric, allegorical, and written in secret code as it were, that it ultimately ends up saying something completey opposite of what IT APPEARS to be saying. I’m not saying that metaphors and allegory etc are non-existant altogether of course, but in light of the degree to which you see the langauge of the NT as being so pervasively laden with such, that I’m wondering if perhaps that gal that thought that David Letterman was flirting with her (in code, through his TV show, of course) would be a bit better in deciphering some of the passages that you might still wrestle with such as Ezekiel 38. Not to be rude, but this is really how I see it. For me, the ultimate fulfillment of NT and Ot prophecy is clearly yet to come. And I am in very good company (pretty much all of the The Church throughout history) by thinking this. I do very sincerely thank you for your time however. Sincerely. And although you will likely see it as the fundamentalist antithesis of your book, please consider reading my book as well. Just key in Joel Richardson on Amazon. And I’ll buy yours as well. Bless You! Joel