A Bible Study In A Year –
A course online with my wife and daughter. We got together once or twice a week to discuss it. We had to take a break because life got too busy. Hope to get back to it.
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a best online course you’ve ever taken
a beast at the start
A Thousand Years –
A beast at the end. The Byzantine Empire was preceded by the Roman Empire and ended by the Ottoman Empire, the tenth dynasty of Islam. The ten horns that shall hate the whore. The seven heads are the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire. Another fit. What about the number 666? Will that fit? Yes.
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a revelation
A Testimony of Jesus Christ –
A “bare record”. It was John the Baptist “who bare record”. It was John the Apostle who wrote “to the seven churches”. It was John Chrysostom, “who also am your brother”, who was in Ephesus when Jerome was finishing his Vulgate and needed a reliable copy of the Apocalypse. Three Johns. Really.
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a celebrity to meet and talk with
A Celebrity Named Jordan Peterson –
A man who can talk about anything seems to have fallen in love with the stories from the Old Testament. Who can make them more interesting? He has reached millions talking about what is most important.
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Daily writing prompt
Which celebrity would you love to meet, and what would you talk about?
a beast
A Temple –
A revelation in Daniel. What makes a beast a beast? Daniel knows beasts and abominations. Jesus wanted us to pay attention to them. An abomination is something that you do to the holy place. The Temple. Only a beast would mess with the Temple. With only two Temples, how do you get four beasts?
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a prophecy
A Revelation –
A purpose was to prepare the way for the first coming. John the Baptist was to introduce the Lamb of God to the world. The word “lamb” can be found 27 times in the Apocalypse. “Jesus” only 12 times. The word “Jesus” could have been added later by John the Apostle who knows John the Baptist knows the Lamb of God.
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a good person
A Meaning –
A sense of guilt may lead to a fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom. For many unavoidable guilt leads to social justice which is a poor substitute.
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a thousand years
A Christian Empire –
A reign with Christ. The Byzantine Empire was a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years. They reigned with Christ. This is where to start. Will the other numbers fit? 666, ten, seven, etc. Daniel can help us with “ten horns”. The fourth beast of Daniel is the second beast of John. What do we know about beasts? What makes a beast a beast?
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a beast
A Him Or An It –
A translation problem. Can you find the beast if you are looking for a “him” instead of an “it”? In Revelation 13:1: 20 have “his horns”, 20 have “its horns”, 15 have “It had ten horns” . We need Daniel 7:7 to clear this up. “It had ten horns” is a clear winner. You need to look for an “it” and not a “him” to find the beast. It makes a difference.
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a country that’s at the top of your bucket list
A City That Can Be Found No More At All –
A Babylon the Great. Constantinople. Hagia Sophia, the mystery and likely to remain so. It will be revealed as we near the end.
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