Tag: prophecy
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Falling Stars – Behind Blood Falls
A fearsome thing is coming upon the Earth. I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe…
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The Red Heifer – Behind Blood Falls
What is the big deal about a red heifer? Isn’t it just a cow? A heifer is a young, female bovine that has not yet given birth. After a heifer has had a calf, she is called a cow. A heifer born completely red, without so much as two hairs of a different color, is…
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The Third Temple: Will It Be Built? – Behind Blood Falls
A National Yearning Whose Time Has Come? As we read and study Biblical prophecy, we realize its fulfillment necessitates the presence of a Third Temple. Separate from Christian eschatology, Orthodox and Conservative Jews have long yearned for a new temple at its historical foundation on Mt. Moriah. Today, this movement is growing. The Temple Institute,…
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King Herod and the Temple Mount – Behind Blood Falls
The largest building on the Temple Mount in Jesus’ day wasn’t the Temple. Herod’s Royal Stoa won that designation. A stoa in classical Greek architecture is a covered portico or walkway. It was usually walled at the back, open at the entrance, and supported by columns. During his reign, Herod built a large, three-story stoa…
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Icy Desert – Behind Blood Falls
Desert at the Bottom of the World Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and the South Pole The southernmost point on the globe features a moving center, altitude sickness, and the largest desert on the planet. A desert is a region receiving less than 250 millimeters (ten inches) of precipitation per year and can be either a…
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In His Own Name – Behind Blood Falls
The Beasts of Revelation 13 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. –…
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The Prince to Come and the Harlot – Behind Blood Falls
Who Are the People of the Prince to Come? Then after the sixty-two weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. – Daniel 9:26 The context of the prophecy in Daniel 9 refers to a prince, or…
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The Year Without a Summer – Behind Blood Falls
The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurred on April 10, 1815. After centuries of dormancy, Indonesia’s Mount Tambora erupted with a roar in 1815, belching millions of tons of sulfur into the air. Steam and lesser eruptions occurred for the next six months to three years. The ash and pollution spread across the…
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Navigating an Alien World – Behind Blood Falls
It takes heavy-duty machines to traverse The Frozen Continent. Most travel to and from Antarctica and between stations there is by plane. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III The U.S. Air Force charters C-17 transports between Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station for the U.S. Antarctic Program. These hulking workhorses boast four Pratt and Whitney…
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The Brown Side of the Continent – Behind Blood Falls
Not all of Antarctica is covered with snow and ice. The McMurdo Dry Valleys lie west of McMurdo Sound and are considered one of the world’s most extreme deserts. The area features rocky terrain marked by low humidity and little snow or ice. These conditions are largely a result of the fierce katabatic winds that…
