A Don Quixote –
A Miguel de Cervantes. As the story goes, he finds this book and has it translated. Dulcinea is the Church and Don Quixote is a crusader. And that’s the truth.
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a dinner with an author
a number
A Starting Point –
A thousand years in history where they reigned with Christ. The “reign of Christ” cannot be found in the bible. Only on the internet. Go figure. Start with the big number. There’s only one. No interpretation required. The smaller numbers are not so hard to find.
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a head
A Dynasty –
A suggestion that “the heads are seven successive dynasties” can be found in Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse. The seven dynasties of the Roman Empire are listed here. The ten dynasties of Islam are listed here. Both are a fit with history. The Byzantine Empire started with the fifth dynasty of Rome and ended with the tenth dynasty of Islam.
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a stranger completely restored my faith in people
A Piece Of Wood That Wouldn’t Fit In My Car –
A guy with a pickup truck agreed to haul it home and wouldn’t accept any money.
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Daily writing prompt
What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people?
a prophecy
A Revelation –
A blessing for those who readeth. Promised at the beginning and again at the end for the time is at hand. If you keepeth the sayings. The time was near for the first coming. It is now near for the second coming. Prepare the way. John the Baptist prepared the way for the first coming. We must now prepare the way for the second coming.
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a number of dynasties
A Horn Of Plenty –
A connection to Daniel. The “ten horns” of the fourth beast of Daniel are tied to the second beast of the Apocalypse. The ten dynasties of Islam must be consistent with Daniel as well as with the Apocalypse. They are. They fit. The source, Islamicart, is no longer available but a hard copy of it has been saved.
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a future self would send you one sentence
A Message Of Hope –
A fight fought, a race finished, and a faith kept.
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Daily writing prompt
If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say?
a little book
A Second John –
A prophecy repeated. John the Apostle to the seven churches. John the Baptist who bare record knew the Lamb of God and the Apostle knew the Baptist. John Chrysostom, a third john and a brother, was in Ephesus at the beginning of the fifth century when Jerome was finishing the Vulgate, the official bible of the Church.
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a sea of glass
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 best local dish you’ve ever eaten
A Chicken Curry With Jeera Rice –
A Taste Of India dish. It is a northern India curry.
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