A Procrastinator –
A time to delay. Put off. Wait for insight. Ask AI. Pray. Ask wife.
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how you deal with uncertainty
a mystery
A Great City –
A beast that was, is not, and is yet to come. Constantinople can be found no more at all. It comes with two beasts. It started with the Roman Empire and ended with the Ottoman Empire a thousand years later. This is the mystery and it will likely remain so. Go figure.
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a history and commentary
A Record of What Wasn’t –
A problem with Eusebius and Victorinus. They don’t seem to be aware of the seven churches of the Apocalypse. Eusebius mentions six of the seven churches but never associates them with the Apocalypse. Victorinus mentions the seven churches that Paul wrote to but not the seven churches of the Apocalypse. Was there a version of the Apocalypse that did not have the seven churches?
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a moment when I was officially an adult
A First Child –
A waking up in the middle of the night to a screaming baby. Someone really depended on me. I was a father.
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Daily writing prompt
What’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult?
a destruction
A Temple –
A beast in the making. Babylon and Rome destroyed the first and second Temples. They are beasts. Greece is also a beast based on the desecration of the second Temple by Antiochus IV Epiphanes. What is in the holy place now preventing the third Temple? The Dome of the Rock makes Islam the fourth beast.
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a best restaurant
A Taste Of India –
A chicken curry with jeera basmati rice. It is a northern India recipe. I get it to go and bring a beer to drink while I’m waiting. It is always ready before I am finished. They are always happy to see me.
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a beast
A Temple –
A revelation in Daniel. What makes a beast a beast? Daniel knows beasts and abominations. Jesus wanted us to pay attention to them. An abomination is something that you do to the holy place. The Temple. Only a beast would mess with the Temple. With only two Temples, how do you get four beasts?
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a number of questions
A Reason for Prophecy –
A search for understanding. Why, Where, Who, When, and What????? The answers should make sense. All the questions must be considered. For the most part we are limited to speculation which should be consistent with what we do know. The first question is Why. Why was the Apocalypse written?
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a message to your past self
A Need To Ask For Help –
A need to spend more time with the kids. Listen to what others say. Pray.
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Daily writing prompt
If you had a time machine and could send just one message to your past self, what would it say?
a mark
A Number –
A year, a starting point, a date. Nearly all products have a mark or a date marking the beginning of its existence. A beast will also have a starting point and in most cases an end point. There could be an exception. One was diverse from all the beasts that were before it. How do we identify a beast?
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