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    Problems with Adventist futurism

    A cautionary tale from an Adventist. Excerpt: There is among some Seventh-day Adventists an obsession with prophetic speculation. The present time of relative peace and waiting is disturbing to them, leading them to reinterpret apocalyptic prophecy along futurist lines. In the prophecies of...
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    “It’s Payback Time”: With Acquittal Certain, Trump Plots Revenge on Bolton, Impeachment Enemies

    Trump, says a source, wants Bolton to be criminally investigated for possibly mishandling classified information. Romney, Schiff, and Nadler are also in West Wing crosshairs. BY GABRIEL SHERMAN FEBRUARY 3, 2020 With Senate Republicans on track to acquit Donald Trump on Wednesday, Washington is...
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    More than a Mythological Place: Dilmun as a Site for Trade

    More than a Mythological Place: Dilmun as a Site for Trade Yet, Dilmun was not merely a mythological place. The existence of Dilmun can be found in Sumerian and Babylonian cuneiform records. One of the earliest known inscriptions mentioning Dilmun speaks of the tribute that they brought to...
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    An Ancient Moabite Altar Sheds Light on a Biblical War

    An Ancient Moabite Altar Sheds Light on a Biblical War An Ancient Moabite Altar Sheds Light on a Biblical War Aug. 26 2019 In 2010, archaeologists discovered a 2,800-year-old altar in a pagan sanctuary in the ancient city of Atarot, now in Jordan but once in the biblical kingdom of Moab...
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    A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation: Naim Stifan Ateek

    A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation: Naim ... A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation: Naim Stifan Ateek |palestinian-christian-cry-for-reconciliation-naim... A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation: Naim Stifan Ateek Twenty years in the writing, Canon Naim Ateek’s long...
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    Acosta Resigns

    Acosta resigns: U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigns amid questions about handling of Epstein case Embattled Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has announced he is resigning Friday morning. Acosta made the announcement himself, accompanying the president out of the White House residence...
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    Dilmun, the Sumerian Paradise Land

    Dilmun, the Sumerian Paradise Land By: Samuel Noah Kramer View PDF One of the most significant and impressive archaeological achievements of the twentieth century centers around the discovery of the ancient Indus civilization which probably flourished from about 2500 to 1500 B.C., and extended...
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    Who are the 144,000?

    The 144,000 Jews are a sort of “first fruits” (Revelation 14:4) of a redeemed Israel which has been previously prophesied (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:25–27), and their mission seems to be to evangelize the post-rapture world and proclaim the gospel during the tribulation period. Who are the...
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    7 years of Jewish Wars abomination of desolation

    The Jewish War stretched across seven years and six months from the arrival of the Roman army in A.D. 66 to its conclusion at the fall of Masada. It was 42 months from the arrival of the Roman army and their foreign legions to the destruction of the Temple during the grape harvest in August of...
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    7 Differences Between Galilee and Judea in the Time of Jesus

    Modern readers of the NT often know little about the geopolitical world of first-century Palestine. It is commonly assumed that “the Jews” were an undifferentiated community living amicably in the part of the world we now call “the Holy Land” united in their resentment of the political...
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    Hebrews adopted the Syriac Civilization

    Preface Hebrews adopted the Syriac Civilization Aryold J. Toynbee wrote: {p. 423} The Hebrews (including the Moabites) adopted not only the Canaanite language but also the Phoenician alphabet for writing it. ... The discovery of the Ugarit texts shows that the Biblical Psalms, whatever their...
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    Who Were the Philistines?

    Biblical Philistines and the 'Sea Peoples': Ancient Dna Is Starting to Reveal Who These Mystery People Were By Hannah Osborne On 7/3/19 at 2:01 PM EDT he ancient remains of 10 Biblical Philistines uncovered at an Iron Age cemetery are helping scientists understand who these people were and...
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    Maher al-Assad Is Angry! - The Syrian Observer

    Maher al-Assad Is Angry! - The Syrian Observer Maher al-Assad Is Angry! - The Syrian Observermaher-al-assad-is-angry.html Maher al-Assad Is Angry! Thursday July 4th, 2019 by Al-Modon (Lebanese news website) Major General Maher al-Assad, brother of the president, is agitated by the investigations...
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    Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World

    Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World Members of the earth's earliest known civilization, the Sumerians, looked on in shock and confusion some 6,000 years ago as God, the Lord Almighty, created Heaven and Earth. According to recently excavated clay tablets inscribed with...
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    The British have seized an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

    The Latest: Oil tanker stopped off Gibraltar at US request ... The Latest: Residents seek shelter after river floods homesoil-tanker-stopped-off-gibraltar-at... Jul 04, 2019 · TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Spain’s caretaker foreign minister...
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    Iran Threatens to Destroy Israel in 30 Minutes: Does this ...

    Iran Threatens to Destroy Israel in 30 Minutes: Does this Confirm Prophecy of a Speedy Gog and Magog? https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/132663/iran-threatens-destroy-israel-30-minutes... 1 day ago · Iran is over 1,100 miles from Israel. Intercontinental ballistic missiles travel at...
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    Independence Bell—July 4, 1776 (share this with your grandchildren)

    Independence Bell—July 4, 1776 by Anonymous THERE WAS A TUMULT in the city In the quaint old Quaker town, And the streets were rife with people Pacing restless up and down— People gathering at corners, Where they whispered each to each, And the sweat stood on their temples With the earnestness...
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    The Strait: Containing Threats in Bab al-Mandab

    The Strait Containing Threats in Bab al-Mandab Writer : Dr. Amani el-Taweel Monday, July 16, 2018 Currently Bab al-Mandab is witnessing an unprecedented escalation of threats endangering the global trade movement passing through the strait. The technological advancement associated with...
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    Hipsters, Flipsters and Fingerpoppin Daddies

    Have any of you all ever heard of this beat generation artist? Lord Buckley - Wikipedia By the mid-1930s, he was performing as emcee in Chicago at Leo Seltzer's dance marathons at the Chicago Coliseum,[8] and worked his own club, Chez Buckley, on Western Avenue through the early 1940s.[9]...
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    The Christian Dark Ages of Europe

    The Christian Dark Ages of Europe - humanreligions.info www.humanreligions.info/the_dark_ages.html “ After the many long centuries of the dark ages, by the 18th century there was a growing movement in a Europe that was learning from its past mistakes: religion was increasingly being seen as...
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