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Structure of Daniel 8:10-12

Study: "And it waxed great , even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host , and by him the daily was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered." Daniel 8:10-12 Structure:   A     B C A' B' C'   1 2   1'                                 And it waxed great , even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground,      and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host ,

Structure of Revelation 4-20

Study: Notice the repeated words, phrases, and imagery... "...and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit ."  Revelation 9:1 "And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them."  Revelation 9:16 "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven , clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:"  Revelation 10:1 "And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them."  Revelation 11:7 "And the same hour was there a great earthquake , and the tenth part of the city fell , and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave

Structure of Daniel 8-12 (Another!)

Study: Notice the following repeated phrases and words: Daniel 9:5-11 : " We have sinned , and have committed iniquity , and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments :" Daniel 9:5 "Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets , which spake in thy name" " to our kings, our princes, and our fathers , and to all the people of the land." Daniel 9:6 "O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces , as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off," "through all the countries [ex. Babylon = Babel = "Confusion"] whither thou hast driven them , because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee." Daniel 9:7 "O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face ," " to o

Daniel 7 (the Biblical text and my YouTube visualization)

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Study: [ The Vision ] 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. 5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. 6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given

Daniel 2 (the Biblical text and my YouTube visualization)

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Study: [ Nebuchadnezzar Has a Nightmare and Seeks Understanding of It ] 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewar

Virginia, source of name (Whitney; Smith, The century dictionary and cyclopedia, 10 vols., 1901, vol. 8)

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Text: none Quote: Virginia (vėr-jin'i-ä), n . [[...] a general name for the region of the New World between New England and New York and the Spanish possessions: so named in honor of Queen Elizabeth, called "the Virgin queen," the name Virginia being supposed to be derived from L. virgo ( virgin- ), a virgin, but being prop. < L. Virginia , a fem. name, fem. of  Virginius , prop. Verginius , the name of a Roman gens.] [...] "Virginia," The century dictionary , in... Whitney, William Dwight; Smith, Benjamin Eli, The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world , 10 vols., New York: Published by The Century Co., 1901, vol. 8, p. 6765 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/centurydictiona08whit Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_