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I am curious as to whether any reformed and/or preterists have read any of the works by Albertus Pieters. I rediscovered a book in my library that had been given to me by a friend and I had only done a cursory glance at it. It was written by Albertus Pieters (1869-1955) entitled, The Lamb, The Woman and the Dragon: An Exposition of the Revelation of St. John, 1937. Mine is the 2nd edition of ...

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I'm looking for someone to collaborate with me on writing a work of fiction similar to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and/or C.S. Lewis. It's not for a book and there is no profit in it, but it is mainly for fun and something else I will need to explain. I'm not looking for an English whiz, but someone decent with English and if nothing else, absurdly creative. In fact, I ...

Standard & Poor’s, the long-time trusted bastion of stock market data and indexing, has just recently revamped their website, and it now discourages the general public from accessing its vital stats. What was once clearly published regularly in an easily accessible part of their website is now hidden behind a registration page which requires first and last names, company name, email address, and phone number. And “why?” you may ask. We can’t be sure, but ...

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I hope that I can make a contribution to this forum and will be posting in the Theology section

I have about 30 years of study in the areas of the visions of the Bible prophets, exegesis, and ancient Middle Eastern history

He then continues with more details of the future events that will lead up to His visible return at the end of this present age. He does not explain to them that they would not personally be present during the coming 70th week which has been delayed until the fullness of the Gentiles are added.

The start date of this period is still yet future and is not revealed in scripture. It is ...

The scope of the visions given to the Old Testament prophets does not include the interlude between the first coming of the Lord and His departure at the end of the 69th week .... and the beginning of His coming hour of judgment which is still pending.

When He speaks as a prophet in Matthew 24 regarding coming His hour of trial and judgment, it is always in reference to the time frame ...

The Bible portrays an historical and a future linear time line of events related to the earth and human existence.

There are two distinct interludes or breaches in the continuous time lapse from the beginning of the Biblical account of the original creation of the universe and the end of this present universe.

The first breach is an unspecified amount of time running from the original creation to the remaking of the earth in preparation ...

The city of Atlanta recently announced that it was going to privatize its parking enforcement. As of November 1, ParkAtlanta, a privately-owned company, took over responsibility for enforcing the city's parking meters and ticketing, as well as the booting and towing of illegally-parked cars. The seven-year contract guarantees the city a $5.5 million paycheck each year, meaning a $38.5 million boost for the city, in addition to getting rid of the hassles of maintaining its ...

One of the arguments being used to justify bringing the 9/11 terrorists to New York City to be tried is to show the Muslim world how just our courts are. The Muslim world will see how we treat people accused of crimes and thereby Muslim radicals won’t want to kill us anymore. In a rational world, such a theory might work. But we don’t live in a rational world. But there is a problem with ...

I often hear of Christians who struggle with depression.

Heck, I'm one of them.

I once ran across a link to a series of audio lectures by a Christian counselor. In order to combat depression, he says, you should make sure that you are taking care of your daily chores...chores like vacuuming, cleaning, and washing clothes.

I decided to give it a shot. I made a deal with God...if I could live righteously for one ...