A Morning Bike Ride –
A fourteen year habit started when I was 71. Twenty minutes before the sun comes up. There is just enough light in the local mall to keep me safe. Flexing unloaded joints may be the best part. Breathing cool clean air may also help. I check the temperature, wind speed, and radar before going out.
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A Sea of Marmara –
A Greek fire on the Sea of Marmara, which was like a sheet of glass is a good fit with “a sea of glass mingled with fire”. Constantinople used Greek fire on the Sea of Marmara against the Islamic attack. The year was 666. Historians will never agree on this date but Gibbon got real close to it.
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A Fit With Daniel –
A king of the south, Mohammed, and his daughter, Fatimah, along with one of his commanders, Muawiyah, who will become even stronger is a good fit with Daniel. Some of the bibles use the word princes (25) instead of the more believable words like commanders (11) as we shall see in a following post.
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A Hard Year –
A marriage saved. To save money or to save my two kids?? I don’t know. There was a new job. A new state. A big move. Later asked my brother what the secret was. He said, “Don’t give up.” I’ll leave it at that.
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A Julian Calendar –
A Hijri marked the beginning of Islam in 622 of the Gregorian calendar which didn’t start until 1582. Before that, the Julian calendar was in effect. The common year, 44 BC, has the Hijri in 666 of the Julian calendar. Most bible translations calculate this number. A sea of glass mingled with fire is an interesting fit.
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A Desolation –
A third temple has not happened and will not happen. Not one stone here will be left upon another. Daniel has three references to the abomination. The first one is Antiochus IV and he shall make it desolate. The second is the Umayyad dynasty and they shall place the Dome of the Rock which now stands in the holy place preventing the daily sacrifice.
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A Razors Edge 1946 –
A Sophie MacDonald played by Anne Baxter was a character you didn’t want to lose. Don’t know if she was that attractive in the book. A sequel with a better ending is in order. With someone who knows whom not to hang around with.
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A Problem with Dates –
A history of Rome by Gibbon. Go ahead, pick an Islamic calendar converter and put 46 in it. You get 666. 46 is the number Gibbon used. 46 years after the Hijri year Constantinople was attacked. A date is a mark. Gibbon notes the problems with dates. There are other ways to get to 666. Stay tuned.
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A Dynasty –
A beast. What makes a beast? The temple. Don’t mess with the temple. Daniel’s beasts did. Babylon destroyed the first temple. Greece desecrated the second. Rome destroyed the second. Islam is preventing the third. Enter the Dome of the Rock. What is now in the holy place spoken of by Jesus?
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A Villain –
A Judas has been called the patron saint of social justice. Doing something for the poor may satisfy the guilt that we all have. Give unto Caesar what you can’t give to God. Caesar may be able to do what you are not doing.
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