THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part III ******* Question: Why might some have rewritten the history concerning the reason the Phocas column was erected in the ruins of the Roman Forum in A.D. 608? ******* Answer: As explained in detail in Chapter XII of this book, the Emperor Phocas made a decree in A.D. …
Famous Women in History ******* Virginia Woolf was one of the most important authors of the 20th century. A pioneer of modernist literature, she and her work inspired such renowned writers as Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison. ******* “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that …
Personal Reflections ******* Hillsides of Scotland ******* The verdant-brown, unevenly checkered hills Of Scotland roll and twist through mist and rain. A blurry pond expands from storm-made rills, And flowers outside my pattered windowpane, . Thus sitting close upon the sill in streaks, Are blushing colors blending with the rues. But when the showers cease …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part II ******* Question: Why is the phrase “the end of the world” used when Jesus’ disciples reportedly asked him in Matthew, “Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and the end of the world?” (24:3) Answer: The writer of …
Famous Women in History ******* Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, awarded for her pioneering research on radioactivity, as well as the first person and only woman to win two Nobel Prizes. ******* “Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.”
Personal Reflections ******* Remembering ******* Two teacher lovers honeymooned the North, Staking a campsite deep in Dolly Copp. Rocketed spray mimicked July Fourth— Their sandy-stream plopping “the bunny hop.” . Between the hikes, they shopped the bargain books, Found a whale-oil lamp to electrify, And cooled their feet, wading the babbling brooks. They dreamed, spied …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part 1 ******* Question: What is meant by two phrases in the twelfth chapter of Daniel: “the time of the end” and “the end of the days”? ******* Answer: Some Christians, not familiar with prophetic interpretation or the Hebrew prophetically coded system, have thought that these coded phrases refer …
Famous Women in History ******* Emmeline Pankhurst was a political activist who organized the suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, which helped women win the right to vote and inspired feminist movements around the world. ******* “We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the …
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ******* An experience in a classroom during Allan’s Freshman year at Florida State University, when he had begun by majoring in Mathematics, before in his Sophomore year when he changed his major to English Education. ******* God Must Love Polyhedrons ******* A catastrophic assignment hit the class! For Mr. Hammerstrein had struck again! …
Influence of Daniel on Revelation, Part IV ******* Womanhood Introduced ******* As one further explores the influence of Daniel on John, perhaps a few clues will emerge to help answer some of these momentous concerns. Just as in Revelation 11, John combined the prophecies of Zechariah and Moses with Daniel’s dates for the Second Advent, …
Famous Women in History ******* In every aspect of life, from the arts to science and technology, women have excelled in the face of patriarchal and sexist societies, in which their achievements have often been downplayed or even credited to men. Though much has improved, thanks to the efforts of generations of activists and feminists, …
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ******* Allan’s poems for our two precious children, Drew and Danica ******* Andrew James Dermott, born June 14th ******* A Growing Son My son enjoys his newly found endowments: He throws his father now in wrestling matches, Outruns the graying beard, outhits his dad, And usually outsmarts him by the end of cards’ …
Influence of Daniel on Revelation, Part III ******* One Like the Son of Man ******* So, John apparently saw Daniel’s “one like the Son of man” as two beings as he did with Moses’ “a Prophet” as two prophets. Certainly, Jesus referred to himself as the son of man (Matthew 9:6), and John called him …
Famous Women in History ******* INTRODUCTION ******* Despite living in a world long dominated by men, women have shaped history just as much as their male counterparts. Women have held positions of power for millennia — as far back, at least, as 2400 BCE and the reign of the Sumerian queen Kubaba, the first recorded …
Honeymoon Adventure Continues ******* Remembering Two teacher lovers honeymooned the North, Staking a campsite deep in Dolly Copp. Rocketed spray mimicked July Fourth— Their sandy-stream plopping “the bunny hop.” . Between the hikes, they shopped the bargain books, Found a whale-oil lamp to electrify, And cooled their feet, wading the babbling brooks. They dreamed, spied …
Influence of Daniel on Revelation, Part II ******* Two Witnesses 1260 Years Prophesy Introduced ******* The next question is how could two witnesses or prophets prophesy in sackcloth for 1260 years? In Daniel 12, one witness stood on one shoreline of the River Hiddekel (the Word of God) and the other witness on the opposite …
PAUL’S TEACHINGS ABOUT WOMEN, Epilogue, Part 8 ******* Today, with varying views or understandings of the nature of Jehovah, Elohim—still that constant Being who had made man both male and female—has emerged as the one constant for a new age, an age that rules without favoring either sex or gender. A new word for this …
Our Honeymoon Adventure Continues ******* Climbing the Presidential Range ******* We’d climbed Mount Washington on our honeymoon, A joyous ascent with views for sixty miles. But now we slowly edged our way along The western slopes and ridges of Jefferson. When one-third up she grumbled, “It’s so hot!” Although I felt my shirt was glued …
Influence of Daniel on Revelation, Part I ******* It might be worthwhile to examine how Daniel’s dates influenced the apostle John when he was writing Revelation. Five of Daniel’s seven prophecies pertaining to the Second Advent particularly correlate to Revelation. Two are obvious; one other is mentioned by some biblical scholars and are discussed in …
PAUL’S TEACHINGS ABOUT WOMEN, Epilogue, Part 7 ******* The Law of Truth: Truth pounds error; any person or institution embracing the error also receives the pounding and eventually joins the dust carried away in the wind. To avoid the pounding, one must let go of the error. Denying the error and declaring the truth make …
Honeymoon Adventure Continues ******* Climbing Mt. Washington ******* My wife and I once climbed Mt. Washington as part of our belated honeymoon.But halfway up the rangers steered us off the trail covered from landslide in the night. So up the Lion’s Head we pulled our weighty bodies …
Daniel 12, Part II ******* Now, for one of the greatest prophecies in all the Bible! In Daniel 12:7 the personification of Purity from Daniel 10 was now standing directly on the waters of Hiddekel, the Word of God. Also, Daniel saw two witnesses on the opposite shores of the Word of God: 5 Then …
PAUL’S TEACHINGS ABOUT WOMEN, Epilogue, Part 6 ******* One of the defects of human nature is to look down on others so that we feel better about ourselves. The treatment of females in Africa, the Mideast, and Asia is obviously deplorable. But do Western men, at least in part, look down upon the developing nations’ …
Honeymoon Adventure ******* Allan and Lynn had quite an unexpected adventure climbing Mount Washington during their honeymoon. Due to a landslide on the Tuckerman Ravine trail, the usual way up Mount Washington, it was necessary to climb up the Lion’s Head trail. To say this was quite demanding is an understatement. They climbed over large …
DANIEL 12, Part I ******* In Daniel 10, as Daniel was resting next to the Hiddekel River, symbolic of the Word of God, absolute Purity or the Christ appeared to Daniel, and he was introduced to another angel, Michael (explained in the previous Blog 43). Daniel 12 presents the last four of Daniel’s prophecies pertaining …
PAUL’S TEACHINGS ABOUT WOMEN, Epilogue, Part 5 ******* If we are to accept the masculine and feminine nature of God as discussed in Chapters 2, 3, and 5, then the degree to which a society or culture grasps the nature of Deity can be measured in part by the degree to which that society or …
Personal Reflections ******* Allan had many other personal adventures, some in New Hampshire and Maine when he and his brothers hiked and camped during summer vacations. Allan met Lynn at Florida State University, and after they both graduated, they married in 1965. Allan was an English teacher in a high school and then a college …
Beyond the Dam – The fourth sonnet ******* Beyond the Dam What mighty waters flow this sunny day! How speeding current washes o’er and round Those rapids piercing powerful Penobscot’s sway Through manless scenes of nature’s roaring sound! . How waves of main wash o’er our logged deck! With raft, and paddle crude in hands, …
PAUL’S TEACHINGS ABOUT WOMEN, Epilogue, Part 4 ******* Human nature resists change. This resistance to change is perhaps one of humanity’s greatest weaknesses. Furthermore, one of the great ironies of humanity is that erroneous beliefs are often prolonged by superstitions, by misunderstandings, and, sometimes, by arrogance embodied in human institutions that claim to be the …
Michael in the Old and New Testament ******* Daniel being the only writer in the Old Testament to mention Gabriel, he is also the only one to speak of Michael. Daniel, next to the River Hiddekel (in Daniel 10:4-10), is introduced to Michael (verse 13). Then Michael was mentioned once more, in Daniel 12. Daniel …