Chuck,
Thanks for your comments.
1) Regarding the meaning of 'a time, times and half a time', you will
find my interpretation substantiated by the experts in a footnote to the
NIV Daniel 12:7.
2) Then, with respect to your comments re A4, I read nothing sinister in
the fact that NA has not (yet) followed the European lead. What is
significant, I believe, is the fact that this artefact (whose metric
dimensions echo the Bible's opening words) is exceedingly prolific in
our day.
3) You suspect I am using some circular arguments. Can you elaborate?
May I suggest that you set the contents and claims of this page against
the backcloth of the earlier pages of 'The Other Bible Code'.
God does indeed work in mysterious ways! My hope is that we Christians
will reject the view that the age of miracles is past, and gone forever;
that we will allow for the Almighty acting as he will, and respond
accordingly; that we will resist the now almost automatic tendency to
'filter out' of our input stream all hints of the miraculous.
Again, thanks for writing!
Shalom!
Vernon
Vandergraaf, Chuck wrote:
>
> Vernon,
>
> A few points: Rev 12:14 in my NIV software version reads: "The woman was
> given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place
> prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time,
> times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach. " Nowhere does it say
> that 'times' means two time periods. IMHO, unless you can substantiate your
> 'leap of faith,' you are grasping at straws. Deut 12:7, again in my NIV
> version, reads: "There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your
> families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand
> to, because the LORD your God has blessed you." No mention of any time
> period, period! Is there an error in your web page or do you use a different
> version of the New Testament?
>
> As to your reference to A4 paper, the standard in non-North American
> countries (and a royal pain to me when I wait to print out a manuscript sent
> to me by a non-NA correspondent because the printer prompts me to insert the
> proper sized paper), does this suggest that the choice of A4 paper has been
> divinely inspired? IOW, are we, NA inhabitants, "beyond the pale?" Or,
> could it possibly be that the use of A4 paper is "mark of the beast" and
> that, in time, no one will be able to buy or sell or do commerce unless
> (s)he has the "mark of the beast" i.e., A4 paper?
>
> Some points to ponder.
>
> I'm not sure where you are heading with your approach. If you can see God's
> wisdom, power, and glory in this, good for you. I would guess, though, that
> you present some circular arguments and that it is unlikely that it will
> bring (m)any to realize the saving power of Jesus's death on the cross.
> But, God does work in mysterious ways.
>
> Shalom!
>
> Chuck Vandergraaf
> Pinawa, MB
>
> > ----------
> > From: Vernon Jenkins[SMTP:vernon.jenkins@virgin.net]
> > Reply To: vernon.jenkins@virgin.net
> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 5:01 PM
> > To: asa@calvin.edu
> > Subject: Exceptional Measures
> >
> > To the forum:
> >
> > The Book of Revelation speaks of a harrowing period of time in three
> > distinct ways: first as 1260 days (12:6), then as three-and-a-half years
> > (12:14), and finally as 42 months (13:5). This intriguing variety of
> > expression used by the author leads, on closer examination, to some
> > interesting conclusions involving in particular a latter-day artefact:
> > the ISO standard A4 sheet of cut paper.
> >
> > Details may be found under the heading "Exceptional Measures" at the URL
> >
> > http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/index.htm
> >
> > With all good wishes,
> >
> > Vernon
> >
> >
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