I’ve been trying to stay away from the peripheral craziness bc there’s so much crazy stuff going on in the center ring right now. That being said, you do know about the Baptists and the red heifer, right? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-717650
Yeah, I heard about that. I’d prefer not to think about peripheral craziness but it just floats past and because I have lived in various places in the USA and met many different kinds of people in this mad country—my brain is unfortunately very sticky for certain information.
It might be hard to let that one just slip right down the memory hole though.
Btw gotta love the way Wiktionary tranſcribes these Bible passages: “Speak vnto the childꝛen of Iſrael, that they bring thee a red heifer without ſpot, wherein is no blemiſh, and vpon which neuer came yoke.” [Num. 19:1-2]
“Now they need to build a Temple. But it’s like buying a really nice car. If you don’t have the key, you aren’t going anywhere. The red heifer is the key to making the Temple work like it’s supposed to.” Quote from the red heifer procurer.
Right! It’s like those NYT quizzes, “Can you put these events in chronological order?” Third Temple, War between Gog and Magog (Armageddon), The Antichrist, Christ returns to judge the quick and the dead, The Rapture, the unraptured pitched into a lake of fire… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_YIeb0H7o
I only know second-hand. In Catholic school, we were told Revelations was about the time it was written in by a guy who was (understandably) upset by Roman Empire shit. Though to the extent history repeats itself evil political leader causing apocalyptic conditions is not gonna happen only once.
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Btw gotta love the way Wiktionary tranſcribes these Bible passages: “Speak vnto the childꝛen of Iſrael, that they bring thee a red heifer without ſpot, wherein is no blemiſh, and vpon which neuer came yoke.” [Num. 19:1-2]