Explaining the seemingly universal appeal of unicorns anymore, one "expert in the field" reasoned, "That idea of openness to ideas, that you have to make a leap of faith in life to bond with a magical creature, is alluring. And it feels especially important now. Each era we create or revive myths to help make sense of the world. In recent times there have been vogues for aliens, zombies and vampires. But in a time of Trump and Brexit and terror, we’ve aligned ourselves with the unicorn – a symbol of hope and purity and strangeness."
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Among the prophetic visions laid out in Daniel 7, Daniel has a dream in which he sees a leopard, a lion and a bear in one.
"Daniel looks out into the future and he’s now looking at the 'end time,' " explains Jordan.
"Daniel looks out into the future and he’s now looking at the 'end time,' " explains Jordan.
“Daniel says, “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
[8] I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
[8] I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
“That little horn turns out to be the Antichrist so these four beasts represent kingdoms in the earth. You’ve got three—the leopard, the lion and the bear—and then you’ve got one you can’t even describe it’s so bad-looking. And that’s the one the Antichrist comes from.”
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The Book of Jude describes how in "the last days" ungodliness reaches its zenith. Jude 4 says, [4] For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the Book of Revelation, in the middle of the 70th Week, there’s an angel that flies in heaven and preaches what’s called "the everlasting gospel."
Revelation 14:6-7 says, [6] And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
[7] Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water
“Doesn’t that sound just about like what Solomon the preacher says at the end of Ecclesiastes? The message of Ecclesiastes is just the message the remnant in Israel is going to be delivering to the world!
[7] Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water
“Doesn’t that sound just about like what Solomon the preacher says at the end of Ecclesiastes? The message of Ecclesiastes is just the message the remnant in Israel is going to be delivering to the world!
"Do you remember what the conclusion of Ecclesiastes is at the end of the last chapter? Verses 13-14: [13] Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
[14] For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
[14] For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
“Do you understand there are tremendous messages in the Old Testament that God gives to Israel to take even to the nations of the world, and this ‘everlasting gospel’ is giving information for that ‘believing remnant’ to carry to the nations in that 70th Week of Daniel."
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