A Pentecost –
A time to preach the good news with tongues of fire that it might reach all nations.
a post
a movie I expected to hate but ended up loving
A Strange Movie –
A great cast. “The Man Who Wasn’t There” Didn’t expect the music which was great. Got the CD. Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand were great. I need to buy this one.
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a crying voice
A First Coming –
A kingdom at hand. The time was near. John the Baptist knew the Lamb, a word used 27 times in the Apocalypse. He wrote the first one. Later John the apostle added Jesus and the seven churches. He knew about the followers of John the Baptist in Ephesus. There must be a third John.
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a repetition
A Recapitulation –
A reinforcement, a necessary theory in understanding the Apocalypse first introduced by Victorinus of Pettau. It holds that the visions are not necessarily in chronological order and possibly a repetition of other visions. Many interpretation errors are a result of assuming the chapters are in chronological order.
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a meaning of life
A Most Important Question –
A test. That is the answer. What is the purpose? Prepare for eternal life which is a long time to put up with someone who can’t get along. The test will determine who can. Can you?
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a meaning of life
A Trust Test –
A proof that you can get along. What will you do with your free will? Eternal life is a long time. Trouble makers must be eliminated. Can you be trusted?
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a speculation
A Conjecture –
A reasonable explanation to address what is not settled. Who wrote it? When was it written? Why was the Apocalypse written? The Apocalypse has “a decidedly Jewish complexion” and it was suggested that John the Baptist was the first writer. Others have suggested multiple writers. All named John.
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a river runs through it
A New Jerusalem –
A Church on a rock. Rome with twelve gates and one river running through it. Don’t wait for it to cometh down out of heaven. It is here now. Just as Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, Rome, the New Jerusalem is the center of the Christian religion. See the map. His Church.
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a word or phrase that annoys me
A Racist –
A word that is overused by politicians to get elected because it works. The Supreme Court is now racist because it won’t allow racist congressional districts. I am now a racist for writing about the word. We have to stop using this word because it works. Sorry I used it.
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a constellation
A Date for the Apocalypse –
A bishop, John Chrysostom, is the writer according to the astronomer Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov who sets the date as 395. At this time five of the seven dynasties of Rome had fallen. Chrysostom was in Ephesus at the end of the fourth century. Would he not look for evidence of the most famous book of the bible? Was Chrysostom the third John of the Apocalypse?
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