A Change In What You See –
A better view. Of yourself if not of what you see. I am not a hard worker. It has been said that I have an artist’s temperament and only do what I want to do but somehow I get done what needs to be done. We have that duty.
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A Reason to Live –
A meaning for life. A test of wills. Don’t bury your talent. Learn what you can. Teach what you can. You will need help. Ask for it. Seek the truth. You will find it. Knock and it will be open unto you. The Truth will not only set you free, It will make you happy. It will help you pass the final test. We are being tested. You may not find that word in your bible.
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A Servant of God –
A “lamb” and the “bare record” ties John the Baptist to the Apocalypse. Vischer holds the Apocalypse to have been originally a purely Jewish composition. It would not have included the seven churches that Eusebius and Victorinus failed to recognize. There is a reasonable explanation why they didn’t.
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A Thinker –
A need to make sense of everything. My dad often said to me, “Sometimes we think too much.” One Christmas his brother gave all my brothers and sisters a dollar but gave me this cartoon of someone sitting behind a desk with the caption, “I am so smart I make myself sick”. I didn’t like being singled out so early in life and had to think about that.
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A Search for Truth –
A “love of truth seeks a holy leisure“, a Thomas quote of Augustine. Few have the time to devote to pure research and those who do need to share what they have learned. The internet makes this possible. Knowledge shall be increased. Search engines allow others to find what has been discovered. Seek, and ye shall find.
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A Lamb of God –
A voice crying is the wilderness. The word “lamb” is mentioned 27 times in the Apocalypse. John the Baptist knew the “Lamb of God”. He was preparing the way for “the time is at hand”. John the Baptist did not know Jesus was the Lamb of God. John the Apostle knew that and was also aware of his following.
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A List Of Three –
A revelation: Searching for clues. Writing a book. Posting online. I did all three in my study of the Apocalypse.
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A Problem With The Churches –
A strange commentary by Victorinus. He mentions the churches Paul wrote to but not the ones John wrote to. This is hard to believe but it would be consistent with both Eusebius and Victorinus looking at the Apocalypse John the Baptist wrote and that would not include the seven churches.
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A Witness –
A Church History that includes six of the seven churches that John wrote to but Eusebius never associates them with the Apocalypse. Victorinus doesn’t even mention them. Is it possible there is a version of Apocalypse that doesn’t include the seven churches? It could be a reasonable explanation for what we are looking at.
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A Family Reunion –
A reunion of any kind can promote strong family ties and long lasting friendships. An interest in ancestry produced a number of old pictures of family reunions which we continued. Early on I found myself doing school and work reunions in addition to family ones. They were all special and well worth the necessary efforts to arrange them. It all starts with the family. Protect it.
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