A Question I Hate To Be Asked –
A question: Why don’t I get a hearing aid? Cost. They don’t work well. I don’t like what I hear. Why are you shouting? Why don’t I get a smartphone? Why don’t I get my heart valve replaced? Because.
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A Canon –
A redaction at the turn of the fifth century. Jerome defined the bible when he finished the Vulgate which would become the official bible of the Church. It contains the oldest existing copy of the Apocalypse. We can only speculate on what it looked like before that time based on other older existing documents.
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A “Reign Of Christ” –
A problem with the bible. The “Reign of Christ” cannot be found in the bible. “Reign of Christ” will get millions of hits if you Google it. Just another example of how the bible is misinterpreted. Who can you trust? What can you trust? Numbers. Interpretation is unavoidable but you should at least have the numbers to back it up. Or colors.
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A Run For Congress –
A futile attempt. To dream the impossible dream. Later on I got a regular job, got married, and had a couple kids like everyone else. There would be challenges unlike everyone else that I successfully dealt with.
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A Christian Empire –
A bishop extraordinaire was in Ephesus to replace seven corrupt bishops at the beginning of the fifth century. John Chrysostom, who never quoted the Apocalypse, could not ignore what John the Apostle may have left there. At that time Jerome could have been looking for a reliable copy of the Apocalypse. He was finishing the Vulgate.
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A Bible –
A version of each translation. Before the printer, no two bibles were alike. Now no two translations are alike. And there are way too many. About 60 English translations. Each translation has more than one version. So the “Word of God” is subject to translations, revisions, and interpretation. For the most part they agree on numbers. And colors.
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A Life Worth Living –
A gift to be appreciated. The good fight. The race to finish. The faith to keep. A job to do.
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A Head –
A dynasty. Five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come. The Roman Empire had seven dynasties. Chrysostom is the only significant John during the sixth dynasty and he was in Ephesus when Jerome was finishing the Vulgate. Someone had to verify that John the Apostle wrote the Apocalypse to get it in the bible.
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A Mystery –
A beast that was, and is not. The beast that was had seven heads and the beast that is to come has ten horns. History will verify the fulfillment of prophecy. Only history can. Just look for it but don’t use your interpretation. Use numbers. They are not misleading. Nearly all the bible translations agree on the numbers. Not much else.
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A Religion –
A faith in God. A life without children. Grandchildren. A life partner. Purpose. Meaning. Reason. Why stop at three? I have lived without a smartphone, a hearing aid, a hernia operation, and a heart operation. Over 80.
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