Bible Discussion Thread

I think that as in many other cases in Revelation a book written in times of persecution some ideas were written in code so that Romans could not hold it as a proof against the Christian who carried it. The Roman way of life, with its many excesses, was a negative model for the Christian who seeks not the pleasures and powers of this world, but love and the kingdom of God after this life. The symbolic value of the dog here in the context of those left outside the city where life is or without the definitive happiness may describe a type of person in relation with its animal negative qualities: promiscuity, lack of shame for bodily functions, anger or rage towards strangers, maybe the act of being submissive to another man who provides food or worldly rewards, instead of seeking the spiritual higher calling of God.