A Goal Interfered With –
A mission to reveal what I have learned. A need to say no to distractions. What have I learned? I can’t say no to distractions. What is my goal? To finish the race, fight the good fight, and keep the faith. Thank you Paul.
A Newton Project –
A commentary on the Apocalypse. “Amongst the Interpreters of the last age there is scarce one of note who hath not made some discovery worth knowing; and thence I seem to gather that God is about opening these mysteries. The success of others put me upon considering it; and if I have done anything which may be useful to following writers, I have my design.” Interesting.
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A First Coming –
A kingdom at hand. The time was near. John the Baptist knew the Lamb, a word used 27 times in the Apocalypse. He wrote the first one. Later John the apostle added Jesus and the seven churches. He knew about the followers of John the Baptist in Ephesus. There must be a third John.
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A Man of Few Words –
A wish to communicate with the fewest words possible. As a veteran of forums where posts were way too long, I have always tried to keep mine short. I have been told and believe that ‘less is more’. This is long enough.
A Prophecy Fulfilled –
A reliable connection with numbers and colors. Without them, your interpretation cannot be trusted. Translators cannot be trusted. What can be trusted? A literal sense of the word if it has been translated as such. The meaning of a word does not translate well which makes interpretation nearly impossible. It must be revealed. The wise will understand.
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A Conjecture –
A reasonable explanation to address what is not settled. Who wrote it? When was it written? Why was the Apocalypse written? The Apocalypse has “a decidedly Jewish complexion” and it was suggested that John the Baptist was the first writer. Others have suggested multiple writers. All named John.
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A Sunny Day –
A time when you can sit in the sun and not get hot. My favorite type of weather. This is how you get vitamin D, which is very important. Eggs are a good source when the sun doesn’t shine.
A Color –
A connection with history and prophecy. The translators didn’t know the meaning of numbers and colors so they were forced to use the literal sense of these words. With many of the other words they were able to translate the meaning and that is why we have so many different versions of the bible. We can’t understand any of it until it is revealed to us and when it is we will know that the end is near. And that’s the truth.
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A Date for the Apocalypse –
A bishop, John Chrysostom, is the writer according to the astronomer Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov who sets the date as 395. At this time five of the seven dynasties of Rome had fallen. Chrysostom was in Ephesus at the end of the fourth century. Would he not look for evidence of the most famous book of the bible? Was Chrysostom the third John of the Apocalypse?
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A Math Lesson –
A store in the classroom. It was just a counter with shelves that a few fathers built with 2×4’s on a Saturday morning. Everyone in all eight grades was asked to bring in a can of food. Using real money, each student would buy and sell two or three cans and make change. At the end of the year the cans were donated to a charity.
