Category: Revelation
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The Main Point of John’s “Revelation”
2,000 years ago we were warned about the moment when 3 things come together: technology, participation in the system of commerce, and a test of loyalty to the State. This vision, written when commerce was still barter, and technology was the donkey, is the single most profound stroke of genius in literature. St. John’s percipience…
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Globalization and St. John’s Apocalypse
The dissolution of national identities derives inexorably from the Biblical view of the human heart. This trend over long history is not a Judeo-Christian prescription; it’s just a description. It is men who drive history, not something outside us. Technology is just the storehouse of men’s tools. And men make tools to, first, survive,…