A Belief In Commitments –
A family to protect the child. Be fruitful and multiply. A trinity in Their Image. It is the child that joins you together. Not a soulmate belief.
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a belief in soulmates
a year 666
A Calendar –
A date, a mark, a beginning. A common year 44 BC. The Julian calendar preceded the Gregorian calendar which didn’t start until 1582. The Islamic calendar started in 622 CE and that would be 666 of the Julian calendar which was in effect at that time. The Hegira marks the beginning of Islam.
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a number of horns
A Connection with Daniel –
A fit with history. Both John and Daniel have a beast with “ten horns”. Constantinople, the capital of a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years, fell to the Ottomans, the tenth dynasty of Islam. Dynasties counted by Islamicart.com which is no longer active. There is a hard copy of this.
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a problem with dates
A Historian –
A history of the Roman Empire 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.
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a something you’d love to see in the future
A Second Coming –
A short timer. Don’t have much time left. I think the time is near and even though missing it may be a good thing, I am really curious and would like to witness it. Either way, I should prepare the way. What can I do? Less everyday.
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Daily writing prompt
What’s something you’d love to see in the future, but know you probably won’t live to witness?
a calendar
A Common Year –
A new calendar starting in 622 would be 666 of the Julian Calendar starting with 44 BC. The Hijri year is 622 and the start of the Islamic calendar. A search of Daniel shows number refers to years. John knows Daniel is the place to go for clues. Follow the numbers.
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a belief in minimalism
A Wish That I Did –
A wife that won’t let me. I remember my brother telling me not to buy a big house. She will just fill it. That is what they do What can you do about it? My other brother told me not to get them mad.
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a number
A Year –
A clue from Daniel. John knows Daniel and Daniel knows number of years. Do we know what happened in the year 666? No. We do know that Muawiyah was preparing to attack Constantinople, the capital of a Christian empire that would last a thousand years, where they reigned with Christ. What does Gibbon know?
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a historical fit
A Prophecy Fulfilled –
A sea of glass. They used Greek fire on the Sea of Marmara that was like a sheet of glass to defeat the Islamic attackers. The city was Constantinople, the capital of a Christian empire that would last a thousand years. The year was 666. The Byzantine Empire survived this and many other sieges.
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a moment in my life that felt like it was straight out of a movie
A Football Game –
A team we couldn’t stop. I was left line backer and they scored on their first two possessions. They were on their way to a third one when the coach pulled me out. On the sideline I was able to see what they were doing and told the coach to put me in at left end and I would stop it. He did and they never made another first down. We won the game.
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Daily writing prompt
What’s a moment in your life that felt like it was straight out of a movie?
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