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Monthly Archives: December 2022
666
Today’s theme has of course been made infamous in cinema. Films like The Omen and the Damian series portrays the antichrist since 666 is deeply ingrained on top of his head. Yet, the word antichrist does not appear in The … Continue reading
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Tagged 666, Aleister Crowley, antichrist, Behemoth, Leviathan
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The Woman and the Serpent
11:15-19 appears to bring John’s entire eschatological, cosmic vision to an end—the messianic woes have occurred; God’s kingdom has arrived; God’s enemies have been defeated; the final judgment has been pronounced; punishments have been dispensed; and rewards have been bestowed. … Continue reading
The Two Witnesses & The Seventh Trumpet
Chapter 11 is largely a puzzle for both interpreters and readers alike. It incorporates the measuring of the temple in Jerusalem with two witnesses that describe the end times and concluding with the blasting of the Seventh Trumpet. Exegesis is … Continue reading
Locusts!
I love to watch the old sci-fi films from the 50’s and 60’s—centering on themes such as giant leeches, ants, spiders and locusts. They entertain to the hilt and thrill to open dark corners of the mind where these creatures … Continue reading
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Tagged Abaddon, Hal Lindsey, locusts, the abyss, The Fifth Trumpet, The Sixth Trumpet
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The Seventh Seal
Today’s title has generated much interest in filmdom history, most particularly in a 1957 Swedish (sjunde inseglet) fantasy film adaptation written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it bespeaks of the journey of a … Continue reading
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Tagged aetos, censer, psalm 141, seven trumpets, Silence, The Seventh Seal, therible, Wormwood
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The 144,000
According to the JW publication, The Watchtower, 144,000 is the total number of people who will make it into heaven, and every last one of them will have been a Jehovah’s Witness. From time to time we receive these publications … Continue reading
The Four Horsemen
Just as the seven-eyed Lamb foreshadowed the eventual triumphant Christ, today’s ever-popular image of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ushers-in the manner of Death that will swiftly descend upon an evil world. They are harbingers of total destruction from … Continue reading
The Lamb and the Scroll
We next come to a chapter in Revelation that houses the beginning of those mind-boggling images. The most outstanding one is the Lamb with the Seven Eyes. Today’s accompanying image at the top is one representation envisioned in a science-fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged Altered States, evil-eye, seven eyes, The Lamb, The Scroll
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The Throne of the Unborn One
The call of John to “come up here” in 4:1 indicates a radical shift for the remainder of the Book of Revelation. What we have now are layers of extraordinary visionary experiences, some which in modern parlance would be considered … Continue reading