Thank you for your reply.

Your final statement makes a lot of sense:

Therefore, it would seem to me that there is no ‘particular’ tabernacle or temple to be identified in Rev. 13:6, which is blasphemed against… rather the blasphemy uttered by the ‘spokesperson’ for the animal/beast is directed at EVERYTHING to do with God and his people, so Rev. 13:6 covers all the possible bases!

btw - I've seen various different studies on both the early and later dating of the writing of the book of Revelation.

Apparently you agree with the early dating.

If I remember correctly, one "neutral" comparative study of the dating, concluded that a person's position on the dating affects how they view most of the book.

Whether preterist, chiliast, or somewhere in between.

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