A Fit with Daniel
A king of the south, Mohammed, and his daughter, Fatimah along with one of his commanders, Muawiyah, who will become even stronger is a good fit with Daniel. Some of the bibles use the word princes(25) instead of the more believable word commanders(11) or other words as we shall see in a following post.
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A Desolation
A third temple has not happened and will not happen. Not one stone here will be left upon another. Daniel has three references to the abomination. The first one is Antiochus IV and he shall make it desolate. The second is the Umayyad dynasty and they shall placethe Dome of the Rock which now stands in the holy place preventing the daily sacrifice.
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A Laity In Steubenville
A growing list of interesting people. Pints with Aquinas and scripture scholars at home on the banks of the Ohio. Clericalism is ignored here. A reason for hope if not faith. Matt Fradd and Benjamin Wiker and Scott Hahn have found a good place to practice their trade. Others may notice and join them.
A Dynasty
A beast. What makes a beast? The temple. Don’t mess with the temple. Daniel’s beasts did. Babylon destroyed the first temple. Greece desecrated the second. Rome destroyed the second. Islam is preventing the third. Enter the Dome of the Rock. What is now in the holy place spoken of by Jesus?
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A Tradition
A no brainer. It’s orthodox. A proven process. A standard that has always worked. Along comes social justice to remind us that we are not perfect and in order to achieve perfection we must get rid of everything that has worked in the past. Hang on to what you have. Don’t drink the kool aid. Stay the course.
A Dynasty
A hatred of the whore. Constantinople, Babylon the Great, fell to the tenth dynasty of Islam in 1453. This ended a thousand year Christian empire that started with the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire. Behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. The “ten horns” ties the fourth beast of Daniel to the second beast of John.
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A reformation of sorts. Down by the banks of the Ohio 33 miles west of Pittsburgh is where the laity are quietly rebuilding His Church. Francis of Assisi was told to repair His house. It might be something in the water that is attracting all these people to Steubenville. Maybe it is just a cheap place to live.
A Fear Of The Truth
A restriction of speech. Liars can’t handle the truth. They will attempt to suppress it. There will always be those with sufficient courage to speak it regardless of the consequences. Thank God for them. They will overcome the liars who run from the truth. So go ahead and speak the truth.
A Great City
A mystery and likely to remain so. Constantinople can be found no more at all and the merchants of the earth shall weep over the city with many waters and seven hills. Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen. 1204 and 1453. No other city has all these characteristics. Babylon the Great is Constantinople.
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A Chance To Repent
A fallback position. A return to what you once believed. If you have an ear, listen to what the Spirit said to the churches. He knows your works. He knows you can’t bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars.
