A Tough Call –
A first and second. Simon & Garfunkel and The Mamas & the Papas. The clear winner is Simon for this passage: In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
“I am leaving, I am leaving”
But the fighter still remains
Over 50 years later it still haunts me.
An honorable mention to “Jesus Christ Superstar”
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A Connection to John the Baptist –
A Lamb of God. A “bare record” clearly points to John the Baptist. So does the word “lamb”. This also explains why the time is at hand. He was preparing the way for the first coming. John the apostle knew all this when he added the seven churches and Jesus to his version of the Apocalypse.
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A Black Sea –
A pair of balances in his hand. The rider is Marx the father of communism that is the second greatest threat to the Church. Communism was also a problem for Islam. The pair of scales replaces the free market and eliminates the profit motive. Both Russia and China proved that it didn’t work. Calling it socialism doesn’t work either.
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A Most Important Topic –
A need to know. When teaching religion, I asked a history teacher how important history was. She replied how important religion was when teaching history. Religion drives history. The bible is a history book. Religion and history cannot be separated. Would like to be more informed about that.
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A John –
A canon that only considers apostles. So why did they think John wasn’t the apostle? The apostle wouldn’t use his name five times. He wouldn’t say lamb more times than Jesus. The Baptist would since he didn’t know Jesus was the Lamb. The apostle knew who “bare record” and Jesus.
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A Red Sea –
A great sword to take peace from the earth. The rider is Mohammed the father of Islam which is the fourth beast of Daniel and the second beast of the Apocalypse. It took them 44 years to get to Constantinople where they were stopped. It took them 110 years to get to Tours, France where they were stopped. The history of Islam is all the evidence you need to show that Islam is not a religion of peace.
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A Test Of The Imagination –
A deaf person could tell you if they knew how to talk. You can teach them how to write but can you teach them what music is like? How can we know what it is like?
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A City of God –
A new bible translated by Jerome precedes Augustine’s commentary on the Apocalypse in The City of God. Prior to the Vulgate many believed the Apocalypse did not belong in the bible. This was settled once and for all by Jerome who had the authority to define the bible. We still wonder about who wrote it and when.
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A Color –
A location for the four horsemen. The Red Sea and the Black Sea are obvious. The White Sea not so much unless you consider the Aegean or Mediterranean Sea aka the white sea by the Turks. Like numbers, colors are not subject to interpretation and translation errors. You can trust them. Your interpretation not so much.
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A Great Meal –
A time to enjoy food and drink. One of my favorites is hamburger steak on the grill, steamed corn on the cob, and sugared tomatoes. The best part is the two beers consumed while preparing it. You don’t need a holiday to do this.
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