A Most Important –
A life eternal. Life has meaning. We are being tested. Can we be trusted? What we do here determines that.
a spirituality in my life
a christian empire
A Big Part –
A key to understanding the Apocalypse. They reigned with Christ a thousand years. The Byzantine Empire has all the pieces. Babylon the Great. Seven Heads. Ten Horns. Two Beasts. All the pieces fit. The numbers fit. They fit with Daniel. This is where you start.
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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 self care practice
A Morning Bike Ride –
A necessary exercise. More important than the diet which is in second place.
a governor
A High Priest –
A candlestick and olive tree. Two witnesses. A search for two olive trees leads to Zechariah 4:3 and that leads to Zerubbabel a governor who is always associated with Joshua a high priest. Church and state. History has two Christian empires; the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. Both were defeated by the horns of the second beast. The Byzantines actually used Greek Fire coming out of the mouths of animal figures mounted on the boats to defeat the Muslim attackers.
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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 waste of time
A Movie –
A second or third time. An old movie with lots of stars. Many are free on YouTube but hard to find. The day is too long for old people who run out of energy and need something to fill the time.
a river runs through it
A New Jerusalem –
A new earth with no more sea. Just a river. It is here now. Just as Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, Rome, the New Jerusalem is the center of the Christian religion. See the map. A river and twelve gates. Three in each direction.
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a little horn
A Caliph –
A sultan, and a perfect fit with Saladin if you know how to count caliphates, sultanates, or dynasties and can tell the difference. Islam can and they counted ten as in ten horns and they shall hate the whore. A connection between Daniel and the Apocalypse. Connected with numbers.
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a childhood food
A Strong Memory –
A breakfast treat. Cheerios. During the week we got oatmeal. Sometimes with raisins. On Sunday we got Cheerios.
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