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reply posted on 27-2-2004 @ 10:52 AM by Kriskaos
here is omething along the lines
REVELATION 9:1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the Abyss; 2 he opened the shaft of the Abyss and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth; 4 they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads; 5 they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man. 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them. 7 In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth; 9 they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the Abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.



reply posted on 27-2-2004 @ 11:04 AM by Byrd
You *are* aware that Venus transits the sun frequently, right?

It's a planet, it has a regular orbit which goes around the sun in a shorter time period than the Earth does. There've been others in the past (and a second transit follows 8 years after the initial event.) We'll see another one in 2012.

mercuri.am.ub.es...

Transits of Venus have been observed only in 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874, and 1882, and in the 18th century were the main way that the size and scale of the solar system were obtained. They also occured at other times in history... they just weren't observed.
www.williams.edu...

It's a planet, for Pete's sakes. It's in an orbit. It'll do this sort of thing until the sun swallows it in the red giant phase some 4 or 5 billion years from now.


reply posted on 27-2-2004 @ 11:31 AM by forsakenwayfarer
Originally posted by Byrd
You *are* aware that Venus transits the sun frequently, right?

It's a planet, it has a regular orbit which goes around the sun in a shorter time period than the Earth does. There've been others in the past (and a second transit follows 8 years after the initial event.) We'll see another one in 2012.

mercuri.am.ub.es...

Transits of Venus have been observed only in 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874, and 1882, and in the 18th century were the main way that the size and scale of the solar system were obtained. They also occured at other times in history... they just weren't observed.
www.williams.edu...

It's a planet, for Pete's sakes. It's in an orbit. It'll do this sort of thing until the sun swallows it in the red giant phase some 4 or 5 billion years from now.


of course it transits the sun a lot, but note: NO LIVING HUMAN has seen the transit of venus. as you said, the last one observed was 1882. hence i think the point that is made is that from a prophetic standpoint it would have to be an OBSERVABLE transit, not one which cannot be seen from earth. the bible was written in a time when the notion of travelling through space and the way the solar system works were never, ever put into consideration.
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