A Good Question –
A salvation might be attainable. Eternal life would be “having it all”.
a “having it all” meaning
a beast that was
A Beast That Was Not –
A beast that is yet to come. From a Christian point of view, the Roman Empire with seven dynasties was a beast until Constantine made the world safe for them. It wasn’t long before a different kind of beast came along to take peace from the world. Islam with ten dynasties. A beast that was diverse from all the others.
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a white horse
A White Sea –
A bow, a covenant with God. Constantine from the Aegean or Mediterranean aka white sea is the rider of the white horse. Mohammed is the rider of the red horse from the Red Sea. Marx, the father of communism from the Black Sea, is the rider of the black horse. Constantine, the greatest friend of Christianity, is followed by its two greatest threats.
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a person to talk to
A Live One –
A need for dialogue. Meditation is the way. A quiet space with a little light. Just listen and you will hear.
a bottomless pit
A Recapitulation –
A vision not in chronological order. In chapter 9 and 11 we have the beast coming out of the “bottomless pit” and in chapter 20 the beast is being cast into it. Victorinus was the first to suggest this theory of recapitulation. The bottomless pit is also consistent with the beast that was, is not, and yet is. The two beasts are really the same.
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a black horse
A Marxist Rider –
A father of communism from the Black Sea. A threat to Christianity. A threat to liberty. A class struggle that would lead to Russia and China. The Church had to be eliminated for communism to succeed. Over 100 million had to be killed. Don’t call it communism or marxism. Call it liberalism, progressivism, or socialism.
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a personal belonging
A Holding Most Dear –
A computer. A link to the world. I love links. Especially hot links. Connecting the dots with links. A dialogue with like minded individuals. Questions and answers. Let’s talk.
a fourth beast of Daniel
A Common Beast –
A second beast of the Apocalypse. John knows Daniel knows beasts. The beast which he saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. The “ten horns” also ties them together. Numbers tie history to the fulfillment of prophecy.
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a whore
A Great City –
A capital of an empire that lasted a thousand years. Constantinople is Babylon the Great. The Byzantine Empire lasted a thousand years and its capital was Constantinople. At the start there were the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire. At the end there was the tenth dynasty of Islam. All the pieces fit.
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a collection of books
A Reason To Doubt –
A healthy distrust of our leaders. Watergate. Question everything and everyone. The search for Truth starts with doubt. Seek and you shall find, ask and you shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you. Don’t forget to knock.
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