Things Bob Thiel never thinks about
Hey Mr. Bob, what cha doin'? Have you had any of these sweet dreams lately?
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Things Bob Thiel never thinks about
Hey Mr. Bob, what cha doin'? Have you had any of these sweet dreams lately?
Our very own Beto Bwana Bob was seen crying at the local Denny's today as news broke that the CERN Accelerator in Switzerland may need to shut down for a while due to the current energy crisis in Europe. Beto's dreams of coming nuclear war have been postponed yet again!
Beto Bob has been hyperventilating for several years now that the CERN Accelerator was a sure sign of Armageddon. Beto Bob foresees the CERN Accelerator being used as a tool to design fusion bombs to kill Americans and British Israelite peoples.
Instead of some rogue “mad scientist,” suppose that the European consortium behind CERN will decide that it needs to develop such weapons for defensive and possibly offensive purposes.
Then suppose that they, consistent with various biblical prophecies (cf. Isaiah 10:5-12; Daniel 11:39) decide to use it against the USA and/or its British-descended allies.
In May of 2009, Dan Brown’s movie, Angels & Demons, had antimatter captured from part of CERN ‘s Large Hadron Collider. Now it has happened because of the LHC:
In the movie, which I saw in Arroyo Grande (California), antimatter played an important role. In Angels & Demons. someone stole captured antimatter from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider on the behalf of one trying to be an antipope. Many considered antimatter only existing in science fiction and that the portrayal in the movie was impossible. Yet, the collection of anti-matter can now be considered to be a science fact–and can exist for significant amounts of time (it is my understanding that CERN stopped holding it after 17 minutes, not that 17 minutes is the limit to its existence).
Imagine being such a mind-boggling prophet, which was foreordained by God to rise up in the end times, that you need to get your "visions" from conspiracy-laden Dan Brown novels and a B-rated Hollywood movie. How truly pathetic! Garbage novels equal garbage theologians.
Now if the Large Hadron Collider does have military potential, which I have long indicated that it does, all should understand that it is likely that the Europeans and not the Americans will benefit from it.
Historically, humans have seen that large physics projects tend to produce military weaponry.
The Large Hadron Collider is helping Europe get to the point it will have the technology it will need to temporarily ‘rule’ the world. There have been interesting developments from it so far and more are expected.
Presuming we see certain prophetic events unfold, I expect that the USA will be conquered by the end of 2028. Or sooner.
Arch of Titus in Rome celebrating the his victory over Jerusalem in 70 CE
Revelation is "a Failed prohecy" in the sense that the Romans won the day with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Messiah, neither Jewish nor Jewish Christian returned at the end of three and a half years. Within that time from 70 to 73 when Masada fell, the Romans put an end to any hope of Messianic deliverance.
Nero has often been thought to be "the Beast" and this may be possibly true in the minds of many in the day. "NERO" in Hebrew does spell out as 666. Some translations give 616 as the number of the Beast which translates into the more generic "Anti-Christ" evidently. Either way, it points towards the Caesars of 68 through 72 CE in the two years either side of the destruction of Jerusalem. Nero died in June of '68.
Rev 17:9 “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. 10 They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11 The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
In this prophetic scenerio, the first 5 meaning, Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC), Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero is the 6th and the one that "now is". Galba, who followed after Nero's suicide in '68, lasted just one year into '69 and is the 7th. The "Beast" who once was and now, or not yet, is the 8th and part of the succession of the 7. This can be seen as Vespasian who became Emperor in '71 declared so by his troops as his Son Titus destroyed Jerusalem during his return trip to Rome at Galba's assassination. Testy times those!
To give the times a fuller context, the complete 7 and beyond after the destruction of Jerusalem are
FIVE ARE FALLEN
1.Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC)
2.Augustus
3.Tiberius
4.Caligula
5. Claudius
ONE IS
6. Nero
YET TO COME FOR A SHORT SPACE
7. Galba
(Otho, Vitellius,)
(Vespasian was proclaimed Emperor in December of '69. Otho and Vitellius contested Vespasian's claim to the throne but didn't last but a few months each. The author of Revelation did not consider them players. Vespasian is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition" Vespasian is to be the last ruler of Rome, the man of sin, the antichrist who will be destroyed by the Jewish Christ, but it didn't work out that way. )
The 8th that was and is not, yet is...
8. Vespasian
9.Titus
10.Domitian (d. 96 AD).
The Foreign Kings who supported Rome in the Armies against Jerusalem
12 “The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13 They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.
And the Romans won. In this way the Prophecy of the Book of Revelation failed to deliver.
14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”
It's all fascinating of course. While agnostic at best in my views, I have always been and always will be fascinated with how we try to explain our world and the drama and trauma of political and religious intrigues and the Biblical view of how it all will work out even as it doesn't as we all might have hoped.
Vespasian builds the Colosseum in Rome in '72 and finishes it during the rule of his son, Titus.
(That passing of torches in both politics and religion from Father to Son has always been a perk of the position)