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2023.06.07 04:33 WitSoT12-42 TRUTH
WE NEED OUR CREATOR. NOT ANOTHER GOD. OUR CREATOR. NOT ANOTHER GOD. CHRISTIANITY TAUGHT THE WORSHIPPING OF ANOTHER GOD, ANOTHER NAME, ANOTHER WAY. SCIENCE TAUGHT THE TAMPERING OF CREATION... ANY GUESSES AS TO WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE IN TODAY'S WORLD??? 1. JESUS (ANOTHER GOD) 2. THE CROSS (AN IDOL) 3. BLOOD (DEATH) ALL 3 ABOMINATIONS... HOW CAN YOU REACH OUR CREATOR THROUGH WHAT IS DESPISED??? YOU CAN'T THIS IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST. MARK IN RIGHT HAND: CHRISTIAN SYMBOLISM, IT IS USED TO CROSS ONE'S SELF, IN OATHS...AMERICANS USE IT TO COVER THEIR HEART AND PLEDGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO A PENTAGRAM COVERED BLOOD OVER PURITY IDOL: SATAN'S BANNER. MARK IN THE FOREHEAD IS REFERRING TO DECEIVED MINDS...THE FALSE WAYS WE WERE TAUGHT. THIS BOOK GIVEN BY FREEMASONRY IS A COMBINATION OF DECEPTION, FICTION, NON-FICTION AND TRUTH. OUR CREATOR IS SPIRITUAL, THE ONLY WAY TO DECIPHER TRUTH IS THROUGH THE SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, WHERE OUR CREATOR RESIDES, THE SPIRIT OF LIFE AND TRUTH , OUR HEARTS...OUR LIFELINES. THE SPIRIT WITHIN. THE GREAT I AM. WHO MAKES US, US: OUR CREATOR. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF DECEPTION CAN NOT CO-EXIST, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH (OUR CREATOR) CAN NOT INNER A DECEIVED MIND, THE ENEMY KNOWS THIS, THAT IS WHY WE WERE TAUGHT FALSE WAYS. A SPIRIT MUST BE COMPLETE TO BE WHOLE, HEART & MIND. IF YOU ARE TAUGHT FALSE WAYS, YOU ARE NEVER COMPLETE. AND THIS LEADS TO DEATH. THE ENEMY'S GOAL. TO GATHER SOULS UNTO HIMSELF, JUST WHAT WAS DONE BY THE WORSHIPPING OF ANOTHER GOD, ANOTHER NAME, ANOTHER WAY...
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2023.06.07 04:29 LetMePonderThis PTA Casting Notice (w/ screengrab)
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2023.06.07 03:58 NiftyKoala Ryan Seacrest’s girlfriend Aubrey Paige teases ‘exciting things to come’ as fans ask American Idol judge to propose – Diffudle
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2023.06.07 03:55 NiftyKoala Ryan Seacrest’s girlfriend Aubrey Paige teases ‘exciting things to come’ as fans ask American Idol judge to propose – Diffudle
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2023.06.07 03:54 proteinthrowaway12 I'm tired of christians
I have grown so so tired of the entitlement of Christians in America. This also goes for Catholics, Mormons, etc. but I will stick to referring to them as Christians as the umbrella term. I'm more of an agnostic theist and very comfortable in my system of beliefs, but everywhere I go so many people are preaching to me about God, and how God has blessed me with my talents, and that God has gotten me this far, and that God will get me through whatever I'm struggling with at the time. I'm perfectly fine with others believing in God and practicing their beliefs, but I draw the line when it comes to them pushing them on me.
It has gotten to the point that when I'm looking for someone to date, if I see that they're Christian it's an automatic deal breaker. I have reservations about even befriending someone who's Christian. I don't know if it's exclusive to American Christianity, but people just build their entire identity around it and seem to think it's their mission to speak for God and punish those who are "different", and decide what exactly it is that God wants from us.
I once had a Christian friend of mine tell me that she envisioned she was "planting seeds" in my mind that would eventually grow into Christian beliefs. And other Christian friends gasp and balk at our friend who was an atheist in middle school, deciding it was their mission to "save her" and bring her to church ceremonies. I just can't understand having the kind of gall to decide whether or not someone else's religious beliefs are okay or not, and even going so far as to say that they have to believe in a certain thing to be saved. I could go on and on, but the main thing that gets me is, isn't God supposed to love everyone? Isn't that his whole thing? If that's truly what they believe, then why are they so worked up about whether someone believes in God or not?
This is all sort of coming to a head for me and I needed to get it off my chest. My state is over 3/4 Christian, as well as being conservative and red. Everywhere I go, I can't escape people and commercials and billboards telling me to accept Jesus. Mormon kids show up at my door wanting to talk. I'm just really worn down by it all, especially by all the hate that's spread from it. The thing I want most of all is for them to shut their mouths and leave me be, like I let them be. Man.
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It has gotten to the point that when I'm looking for someone to date, if I see that they're Christian it's an automatic deal breaker. I have reservations about even befriending someone who's Christian. I don't know if it's exclusive to American Christianity, but people just build their entire identity around it and seem to think it's their mission to speak for God and punish those who are "different", and decide what exactly it is that God wants from us.
I once had a Christian friend of mine tell me that she envisioned she was "planting seeds" in my mind that would eventually grow into Christian beliefs. And other Christian friends gasp and balk at our friend who was an atheist in middle school, deciding it was their mission to "save her" and bring her to church ceremonies. I just can't understand having the kind of gall to decide whether or not someone else's religious beliefs are okay or not, and even going so far as to say that they have to believe in a certain thing to be saved. I could go on and on, but the main thing that gets me is, isn't God supposed to love everyone? Isn't that his whole thing? If that's truly what they believe, then why are they so worked up about whether someone believes in God or not?
This is all sort of coming to a head for me and I needed to get it off my chest. My state is over 3/4 Christian, as well as being conservative and red. Everywhere I go, I can't escape people and commercials and billboards telling me to accept Jesus. Mormon kids show up at my door wanting to talk. I'm just really worn down by it all, especially by all the hate that's spread from it. The thing I want most of all is for them to shut their mouths and leave me be, like I let them be. Man.
2023.06.07 03:44 Available-Ad7394 Where do I go from here?
I am struggling and am too embarrassed to express my feelings to the believers in my life.
Just a bit of backstory; I did not grow up in a Christian household. I occasionally went to a Catholic church because my parents claimed to be Catholic, but were extremely angry and different people on every other day of the week. They got divorced when I was 5 years old and after that, I did not go to church again for over a decade.
At the age of 18, I expressed an interest in Christianity and even begged my parents to come to church with me. They were also doing their own research on the religion and eventually agreed. However, after only a month of attending this church, I became very disconnected from God. In fact, I don’t even think I fully believed that God was real. I just wanted a community where I felt loved because my depression was so bad at the time, with 4 hospitalizations in one year.
After that one month of attending said church, I began dabbling in witchcraft, tarot cards, and astrology. I was searching so hard for the meaning of life because my depression had convinced me that there was not one. I idolized other gods and at one point, called upon the Greek goddess of witchcraft, Hecate, to take control and work with me as a deity for protection and healing. Since then, I knew that there was a shift in my behavior, but for the worst. I understand now that I invited dark forces into my life.
After wanting to feel a sense of comfort and love again, I approached Christianity once more. I loved the way that I felt in the community because they made me feel like I did have a purpose. With that, I got baptized - and not because I gave my life to Jesus, but because I wanted to fit in with the people who provided me with so much joy. Yet, nothing changed. Countless times, I have prayed to God and asked Him to reveal himself to me. I have cried out, pleading with Him because I still so badly am searching for a purpose. I have seen how He makes others feel and I constantly wonder why he has shown Himself to them and not me, even though I am begging. I feel like I have done everything that others have suggested - prayed and read the Bible, while asking for guidance and knowledge at the same time.
It is so difficult to put what I am experiencing into words, but I do know that I want so badly for this to be true. Where do I go from here? As someone who has trust issues and relies solely on what I can physically see, what do I do? I want to be happy and feel the unconditional love that I’ve heard as I’ve heard other believers talk about, but I feel like I have done everything. When I talk to God, I don’t feel anything, or like anyone is listening. I don’t feel the intensity that others speak about. What am I doing wrong?
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Just a bit of backstory; I did not grow up in a Christian household. I occasionally went to a Catholic church because my parents claimed to be Catholic, but were extremely angry and different people on every other day of the week. They got divorced when I was 5 years old and after that, I did not go to church again for over a decade.
At the age of 18, I expressed an interest in Christianity and even begged my parents to come to church with me. They were also doing their own research on the religion and eventually agreed. However, after only a month of attending this church, I became very disconnected from God. In fact, I don’t even think I fully believed that God was real. I just wanted a community where I felt loved because my depression was so bad at the time, with 4 hospitalizations in one year.
After that one month of attending said church, I began dabbling in witchcraft, tarot cards, and astrology. I was searching so hard for the meaning of life because my depression had convinced me that there was not one. I idolized other gods and at one point, called upon the Greek goddess of witchcraft, Hecate, to take control and work with me as a deity for protection and healing. Since then, I knew that there was a shift in my behavior, but for the worst. I understand now that I invited dark forces into my life.
After wanting to feel a sense of comfort and love again, I approached Christianity once more. I loved the way that I felt in the community because they made me feel like I did have a purpose. With that, I got baptized - and not because I gave my life to Jesus, but because I wanted to fit in with the people who provided me with so much joy. Yet, nothing changed. Countless times, I have prayed to God and asked Him to reveal himself to me. I have cried out, pleading with Him because I still so badly am searching for a purpose. I have seen how He makes others feel and I constantly wonder why he has shown Himself to them and not me, even though I am begging. I feel like I have done everything that others have suggested - prayed and read the Bible, while asking for guidance and knowledge at the same time.
It is so difficult to put what I am experiencing into words, but I do know that I want so badly for this to be true. Where do I go from here? As someone who has trust issues and relies solely on what I can physically see, what do I do? I want to be happy and feel the unconditional love that I’ve heard as I’ve heard other believers talk about, but I feel like I have done everything. When I talk to God, I don’t feel anything, or like anyone is listening. I don’t feel the intensity that others speak about. What am I doing wrong?
2023.06.07 03:23 Popular-Ad7103 forced religion on me
all my life i've had christianity forced on me and i had a "demon" in me if i didnt accept it, it angers me knowing that people will automatically call you evil because you dont want to worship the same "god" that they are worshipping (i dont worship any god) oh! they also say, if you're not worshipping god then you're worshipping the devil!! OFCCC it makes sense!! i refuse to worship your imaginary forced idol so that makes me a evil dooer!! boooo!! im a ghost! you got me!!
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2023.06.07 03:06 CaliCloudburst Family is an idol in American Christian culture
So I'm a single middle aged woman. It's really hard when the church shoves families with stay at home moms in your face. They believe that a woman's place is at home raising the children. It's almost impossible to find a women's Bible study that fits my schedule just because most of them are geared towards stay-at-home moms and take place during the day. A lot of the women's groups focus on issues like homemaking, how to be a good wife, how to raise your children in a Godly way, yadda yadda yadda. I really think the modern church is really out of touch with reality. Being a Christian woman isn't all about being a homemaker. I hold a full-time job and work mostly with men. Nothing the church has to offer addresses this. Why does that American church only see women as homemakers and rarely address real issues that single women deal with? Singles groups are typically nothing but meet markets. Why can't the church acknowledge that not all women have a desire to marry? Career women like me are left out in the cold. The church is so obsessed with forming perfect little nuclear families while excluding those of us who hold by the principle that it's better to stay single if you can because you can devote yourself completely to God. How did the church get to this point? They've made family an idol like it's the only reason God created women.
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2023.06.07 02:33 Then_Marionberry_259 JUN 06, 2023 CKG.V CHESAPEAKE GOLD ANNOUNCES AGM RESULTS
 | https://preview.redd.it/9euzc0d2rh4b1.png?width=3500&format=png&auto=webp&s=011e50e32c95f491c56f356f5ef48289df01d76e submitted by Then_Marionberry_259 to Treaty_Creek [link] [comments] Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 6, 2023) - Chesapeake Gold Corp. (TSXV: CKG) (OTCQX: CHPGF) ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the 2023 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on June 6, 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Chesapeake's shareholders voted in favour of all items of business. All director nominees were elected. The Company's Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan") was also approved by a majority of the shareholders. The Option Plan must be re-approved on an annual basis by the shareholders at each annual general meeting of the Company as required by the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. The Option Plan is a "rolling 10%" stock option plan whereby the Company may issue, pursuant to options granted to eligible persons, up to maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company determined at the time of grant. A total of 29,220,233 common shares were represented at the AGM, being 43.37% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares. The following is a tabulation of the votes submitted by proxy: https://preview.redd.it/krx5mfg2rh4b1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=281631c9544f94e9130a3b667a1d7c15a56e9d45 https://preview.redd.it/q1un1jh2rh4b1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=909c7cf3776eadebcc14ae51594699ef44d25715 Following the AGM, Chesapeake re-appointed Randy Reifel as Executive Chairman of the Board, Christian Falck as Audit Committee Chair and Lead Independent Director, and Lian Li as Compensation and Governance Committee Chair. About Chesapeake Chesapeake Gold Corp. is focused on the discovery, acquisition, and development of major gold-silver deposits in North and South America. Chesapeake's flagship asset is the Metates project ("Metates") located in Durango State, Mexico. Metates hosts one of the largest undeveloped gold-silver deposits in the Americas.1 For Further Information: For more information on Chesapeake and its Metates Project, please visit our website at www.chesapeakegold.com or contact Alan Pangbourne at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or +1 778 731 1362. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. Mexico's biggest undeveloped gold deposits as published by Bnamericas, Tuesday, November 24, 2020. To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/169018 https://preview.redd.it/liimbii2rh4b1.png?width=4000&format=png&auto=webp&s=634ed4014eabd6d7b9aaa3bcea3e147c9bc6642e
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2023.06.07 02:27 oh_my_lorte If the author of these comments is here...
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2023.06.07 01:33 seffial Newsletter Week of June 6th 2023
Omnivoracious Listeners New Music Newsletter (Week of June 10th):
New LPs:
🇲🇽 Agora - 'Empire' (Genre: Prog Metal)
🇨🇭 All Life Ends - 'Miscreation' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇬🇭 Amaarae - 'Fountain Baby' (Genre: Neo Soul)
🇺🇸 American Trappist - 'Poison Revenge' (Genre: Indie Rock, Shoegaze)
🇨🇦 Amy Gabba & the Almost Famous - 'Screaming at the Top of My Lungs' (Genre: Punk Rock, Ska)
🇺🇸 Ane Diaz - 'Despechada' (Genre: Folk)
🇺🇸 Anna St. Louis - 'In the Air' (Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock)
🇫🇷 Aodon - 'Portraits' (Genre: Atmosherpic Black Metal)
🇸🇪 Art Nation - 'Inceptopm' (Genre: Heavy Metal)
🇳🇴 Autonomie - 'No Peace, Only Violence' (Genre: Thrash Metal)
🇫🇷 Avalanches - 'Megalithe' (Genre: Math Rock, Post-Rock)
🇩🇰 Avarice - 'Avarice' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇬🇧 Bag of Cans - 'We Are a Band' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇬🇧 Benedict Benjamin - 'Tunnel' (Genre: Psych Rock)
🇺🇸 Big Blood - 'First Aid Kit' (Genre: Psych Rock)
🇲🇾 Blackfire - 'The Enourmous Wrath' (Genre: Black, Thrash)
🇮🇹 Black Rainbows - 'Superskull' (Genre: Stoner Rock)
🇺🇸 BLK ODYSSY - 'DIAMONDS & FREAKS' (Genre: Hip-Hop)
🇬🇧 Bo Gritz - 'Chroma' (Genre: Noise Rock, Post-Punk)
🇩🇰 Boys From Heaven - 'The Descendant' (Genre: Pop-Rock, AOR)
🇺🇸 Brahmashiras - 'Brahmashiras' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇷 BURIAL HORDES - 'Ruins' (Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal)
🇸🇪 Carry the Torch - 'Delusion' (Genre: Death, Thrash)
🇸🇪 Cavern Deep - 'Part II - Breach' (Genre: Doom Metal)
🇦🇺 Celestial Burial - 'Genocidal Extinction' (Genre: Death Metal, Deathcore)
🇺🇸 Christian Lopez - 'Magdalena' (Genre: Folk Rock, Americana)
🇫🇷 Christine and the Queens - 'PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE' (Genre: Synthpop, Art Pop)
🇮🇹 Claustrum - 'Claustrum' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇳🇱 Come, Sweet Death - 'Imperishable' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇨🇭 Conjuring - 'Vis Naturae' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇯🇵 Crack6 - 'カナリア最終楽章:CODA' (Genre: Visual Kei, J-Pop)
🇺🇸 Crashing Wayward - 'Listen!' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇸🇪 Crossfade - 'Innocent Days' (Genre: Pop Rock)
🇵🇱 Cult Ov Black Blood - 'Apocalyptic Banner Ov Abaddon' (Genre: Black, Death)
🇬🇧 Dayshifter - 'Hiraeth' (Genre: Metalcore)
🇨🇦 Dead Quiet - 'IV: Sacrament' (Genre: Stoner Rock)
🇺🇸 Decisive Pink - 'Ticket to Fame' (Genre: Indietronica, Hyper Pop)
🇺🇸 Demsfightinwords - 'Vexation' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇮🇹 Desecrate - 'Lights of Contradiction' (Genre: Melodic Death Metal)
🇪🇸 Diovio - 'Cara Os Ceios Incrementes' (Genre: Melodic Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Dominic Sen - 'Apparation' (Genre: Indie Pop, Art Pop)
🇬🇧 Dream Wife - 'Social Lubrication' (Genre: Art Punk, Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 Drew Holcolmb & the Neighbors - 'Strongers No More' (Genre: Folk Rock, Americana)
🇮🇱 Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - 'Jarak Qaribak' (Genre: Experimental Rock)
🇳🇴 Ekrom - 'Uten Nådigst Formildelse' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Ellis Paul - '55' (Genre: Folk)
🇩🇪 Elvenpath - 'Faith Through the Fire' (Genre: Power Metal)
🇺🇸 Emile Mosseri - 'Heaven Hunters' (Genre: Modern Classical, Indie Rock)
🇩🇪 Eremit - 'Wearer of Numerous Forms' (Genre: Doom Sludge)
🇺🇸 Evidence of Struggle - 'Evidence of Struggle' (Genre: Progressive Rock, Post-Rock)
🇺🇸 Evil In - 'Age of Immortal Darkness' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇹🇷 Exnun - 'Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death' (Genre: Blackened Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Extreme - 'Six' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇱🇻 F/E/A - 'Anti' (Genre: Post-Rock)
🇮🇹 False Memories - 'Hybrid Ego System' (Genre: Dark Metal)
🇺🇸 Feeble Little Horse - 'Girl With Fish' (Genre: Noise Pop, Indie Rock)
🇨🇦 Fionn - 'I Might Start Smoking' (Genre: Indie Pop, Folk Pop)
🇫🇷 Fragile - '...About Going Home' (Genre: Post-Hardcore)
🇩🇪 Front Row Warriors - 'Wheel of Fortune' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇮🇸 Gabríel Ólafs - 'Lullabies for Piano and Cello' (Genre: Neo Classical, Folk)
🇬🇧 GALLUS - 'We Don't Like the People We've Become' (Genre: Alt Rock, Indie Punk)
🇺🇸 Gardner and James - 'No Strings' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇦🇺 GELD - 'Currency // Castration' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇧 Gengahr - 'Red Sun Titans' (Genre: Dreampop, Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 Glass Casket - 'Glass Casket' (Genre: Deathcore, Death Metal)
🇬🇧 Godflesh - 'PURGE' (Genre: Industrial Metal)
🇳🇴 Grant the Sun - 'Voyage' (Genre: Prog Metal, Post-Rock)
🇸🇪 Gravecrawler - 'The Horrors Unleashed' (Genre: Blackened Death Metal)
🇧🇪 Guilty as Charged - 'Depravity' (Genre: Heavy Metal)
🇩🇪 Halls of Oblivion - 'Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death' (Genre: Melodic Death Metal)
🇳🇴 Hammok - 'Now I Know' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇷 Hate Manifesto - 'ΑΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ' (Genre: Death, Black)
🇯🇵 H.U.G - 'HELIOS' (Genre: J-Rock, Visual Rock)
🇩🇰 Human Growth - 'Lube Factory' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇸🇪 Imperishable - 'Come, Sweet Death' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Infinite Bliss - '"We Reach for Crowded Aboveness"' (Genre: Drone, Shoegaze)
🇺🇸 Innerlove. - 'Roscoe' (Genre: Indie Pop, Emo)
🇺🇸 J Hacha De Zola - 'Wihtout a Tribe' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇺🇸 Janelle Monáe - 'The Age of Pleasure' (Genre: R&B, Pop)
🇺🇸 Jason Isbell and the 400 Units - 'Weathervanes' (Genre: Alt-Country, Americana)
🇨🇦 Jayda G - 'Guy' (Genre: House)
🇨🇭 JeGong - 'The Complex Inbetween' (Genre: Experimental Rock)
🇺🇸 Jenny Lewis - 'Joy'All' (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock)
🇨🇦 Jeremie Albino - 'Tears You Hude' (Genre: Americana)
🇺🇸 Jess Williamson - 'Time Ain't Accidental' (Genre: Americana)
🇺🇸 Jimmy Whispers - 'The Search for God' (Genre: Indie Pop Rock)
🇬🇧 Johnny the Boy - 'You' (Genre: Grunge, Doom Metal)
🇺🇸 Joudy - 'Destroy All Monsters' (Genre: Experimental Rock)
🇫🇮 Kaksonen - 'Universumin Kuningas' (Genre: Thrash Death)
🇬🇧 Keaton Henson - 'House Party' (Genre: Indie Folk, Modern Classical)
🇩🇪 Kickhunter - 'Now or Never' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇮🇹 King Howl - 'Homecoming' (Genre: Psych Rock, Blues Rock)
🇬🇧 King Krule - 'Space Heavy' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 KTHRTK - 'Dreams Are the Only Safe Place to Hide' (Genre: Heavy Metal)
🇨🇦 Lamb Faucet - 'Lamb Faucet' (Genre: Noise Rock, Psych Rock)
🇺🇸 Last Giant - 'Monuments' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇨🇦 Legion of Decadence - 'Swing It By' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇳🇱 Legion of the Damned - 'The Poison Chalice' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇨🇦 Lightning Dust - 'Nostalgia Killer' (Genre: Psych Folk)
🇬🇧 Loud George - 'Loud George' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇨🇦 Louise Campbell - 'Sources' (Genre: Modern Classical)
🇬🇧 Lunch Money Life - 'The God Phone' (Genre: Post-Rock, Nu Jazz)
🇺🇸 Masqued - 'When Demons Call' (Genre: Symphonic Metal, Prog Metal)
🇨🇭 Max Enix - 'Far From Home' (Genre: Post-Metal, Symphonic Metal)
🇬🇧 McFly - 'Power to Play' (Genre: Pop Rock)
🇫🇷 Miasmes - 'Répugnance' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Mighty Tortuga - 'The Plague Inside Your Head' (Genre: Emo, Alt Rock)
🇰🇷 Mountains - 'Old Friends' (Genre: Midwest Emo)
🇺🇸 Nad Navillus - 'Forgotten Portraits' (Genre: Soft Rock)
🇸🇬 Nerraka - 'Conquerors Ov the Nusantara' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇨🇦 Night Court - 'Humans!' (Genre: Post-Hardcore)
🇺🇸 No Lights - 'Dream Eraser' (Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Pop)
🇺🇸 Nora Stanley & Benny Bock - 'Distance of the Moon' (Genre: Jazz, Ambient)
🇯🇵 大山まき (Oyama Maki) - 'Valkyrie' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇨🇦 Pantayo - 'Ang Pagdaloy' (Genre: Synth Pop)
🇧🇷 Paranoid Existence - 'Drakaina' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇷🇺 Passéisme - 'Alternance' (Genre: Melodic Black Metal)
🇬🇧 Public Body - 'Big Mess' (Genre: Post-Punk)
🇺🇸 Pulsr - 'A View of Everything' (Genre: Indie Rock, Slowcore)
🇺🇸 Pyrexia - 'System of the Animal 25' (Genre: Brutal Death Metal)
🇬🇧 Rat Cage - 'Savage Visions' (Genre: D-Beat, Hardcore Punk)
🇺🇸 Ray Adler - 'II' (Genre: Prog Metal)
🇪🇸 Rise to Fall - 'The Fifth Dimension' (Genre: Melodic Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Rob Grant (Lana Del Rey's Father) - 'Lost at Sea' (Genre: Neo Classical)
🇺🇸 Ruiner - 'The Book of Patience' (Genre: Doom, Drone Metal)
🇬🇧 Samuel Nicholson - 'Birthday Suit' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇸🇪 Scar Symmetry - 'The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)' (Genre: Progressive Metal, Death Metal)
🇨🇭 Shakra - 'Invincible' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇬🇧 Silverhours - 'Madeleine Moment' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇪🇸 Siroll - 'Directe Del Camp' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇫🇮 Slow Fall - 'Obsidian Waves' (Genre: Prog Melodic Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Soft Kill - 'Metta World Peace' (Genre: Post-Punk, Gothic Rock)
🇺🇸 Sons of Venus - 'Crisis to Crisis' (Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock)
🇳🇴 SPLIT//BITE - '404 Ends' (Genre: Metallic Hardcore)
🇬🇧 Squid - 'O Monolith' (Genre: Post-Punk)
🇨🇦 Stasis - 'Six Shades of Red' (Genre: Melodic Metalcore)
🇺🇸 Stellar Circuits - 'Sight to Sound' (Genre: Progressive Metal)
🇧🇪 Stygian Love - 'Ghost Light' (Genre: Blackgaze)
🇺🇸 Superbloom - 'Life's a Blur' (Genre: Indie Grunge)
🇺🇸 Takacs - 'Deadfall' (Genre: Crossover Thrash)
🇬🇧 Teenage Waitress - 'Your Cuckoo' (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Synthpop)
🇫🇮 TEHNI - 'Valkama' (Genre: Dark Folk, Neo Folk)
🇨🇦 TEKE::TEKE - 'Hagata' (Genre: Psych Rock, J-Rock)
🇫🇷 Terrine - 'Standing Abs' (Genre: Heavy Metal, No Wave)
🇩🇰 The Arcane Order - 'Distortions From Cosmogony' (Genre: Tech Death Metal)
🇺🇸 The Biscuit Merchant - 'Phobia' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇬🇧 The Bleeding - 'Monokrator' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇬🇧 The Boo Radleys - 'Eight' (Genre: Dream Pop)
🇺🇸 The Bronzed Chorus - 'Aki' (Genre: Math Rock)
🇺🇸 The Dead Milkmen - 'Quaker City Quiet Pills' (Genre: Punk Rock)
🇺🇸 The Defiants - 'Drive' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇺🇸 The Donner Party - 'Cutting Class' (Genre: Crossover Thash)
🇺🇸 The Extensions - 'High Charisma' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇳🇴 The High Water Marks - 'Your Next Wolf' (Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 The Soiled Doves - 'Revenant Spiritts' (Genre: Prog Metal, Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇧 The View - 'Exorcism of Youth' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇬🇧 This Is the Kit - 'Careful of Your Keepers' (Genre: Alt Folk Rock)
🇺🇸 Tightwire - 'Head Full of Snakes' (Genre: Punk Rock)
🇳🇿 Tom Lark - 'Brave Star' (Genre: Indie Folk, Alt Country)
🇮🇹 Tony Tears - 'Pains' (Genre: Doom Metal, Prog Rock)
🇺🇸 Torture Rack - 'Primeval Onslaught' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Toxins - 'Existential Dread' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇨🇭 Trom - 'Liber Mud' (Genre: Gothic Metal)
🇺🇸 Twilight Road - 'Trapped' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇺🇸 Ultra Q - 'My Guardian Angel' (Genre: Alt Punk)
🇦🇺 Vasculitis - 'Masochistic Intestinal Eruption' (Genre: Brutal Death Metal)
🇩🇪 Voidhaven - 'Lithic' (Genre: Doom Death)
🇨🇦 Vortex - 'The Future Remains in Oblivion' (Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal)
🇰🇷 왑띠 Wapddi - '으악! 나는 내던져졌다!' (Genre: Indie Rock, Power Pop)
🇺🇸 WAXEN - 'Die Macht Von Hassen' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 We Are the Empty - 'The Desert' (Genre: Alt Metal, Prog Metal)
🇬🇧 Weekend Recovery - 'Esoteric' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇧🇷 Werewolf Bloodorder - 'The Rebirth of the Night and the Fog' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Youth Lagoon - 'Heaven Is a Junkyard' (Genre: Dreampop)
🇸🇮 Zorya - 'Mystic Lament' (Genre: Post-Black Metal)
New EPs:
🇫🇮 Angry Adults - 'Dust and Weight' (Genre: Punk Rock)
🇺🇸 Appalachian Winter - 'Wintermountains Rise' (Genre: Symphonic Black Metal)
🇬🇧 Before the Sirens - 'Desolate Seas & Darkened Skies' (Genre: Groove Metal)
🇺🇸 Cancer Christ - 'Satan Is a Bitch' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇨🇦 Envy of None - 'That Was Then, This Is Now' (Genre: Supergroup, Prog Rock)
🇦🇺 Futureheaven - 'Colourwaves' (Genre: Shoegaze, Dreampop)
🇦🇺 Gordon Holland - 'Skipping Stones on a Salt Lake' (Genre: Pop-Rock, Singer-Songwriter)
🇺🇸 I, Destroyer - 'Cold, Dead Hands' (Genre: Thrash, Speed Metal)
🇸🇪 Jesus Chrüsler Supercar - 'Rising' (Genre: Death N Roll)
🇺🇸 Kill Division - 'Thoughts and Prayers' (Genre: Death Metal, Grindcore)
🇺🇸 Kimberly Perry - 'Bloom' (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Pop)
🇬🇧 Legss - 'Fester' (Genre: Art-Rock)
🇫🇷 Mere Mortals - 'EP 2023' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇺🇦 Merzotna Potvora - 'Mertvyj Ščur' (Genre: Black Thrash)
🇬🇧 Minor Conflict - 'Bright Lights, Dead City' (Genre: Post-Punk)
🇬🇧 Misery Whip - 'Alpine Militant' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇬🇧 Rianne Downey - 'Method to My Madness' (Genre: Indie Pop)
🇩🇰 Riyah - 'Ripped Jeans' (Genre: Alt Metal)
🇩🇪 Showdown - 'Feel the Heat' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇫🇷 Sviatibor - 'Primal Flame Inheritance' (Genre: Ambient Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Warm Frames - 'Sniff This' (Genre: Noise Rock)
🇺🇸 Wesley Adams Cook - 'Caught in the Middle' (Genre: Indie Rock, Chamber Pop)
🇦🇺 Wifecult - 'Clarity in Kindness' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇺🇸 Wombo - 'Slab' (Genre: Post-Punk, Psych Rock)
🇦🇺 Woodes - 'Kingdom Come' (Genre: Indie Pop, Alt Indie)
New Remixes:
🇺🇸 Cynic - 'ReFocus' (Genre: Prog Rock)
🇺🇸 Mega Infinity - 'Remixed Heartache' (Genre: Hyperska, Ambient Ska)
New contributors have joined me on the newsletter! So you may see a few things you normally wouldn't while we work out the kinks, but you'll also see more info on the spreadsheet that's available in the server! We hope to bring back the For Fans of Section even more and resume highlighting debut releases! So come check it out if you're so inclined!
https://discord.gg/V5fZ38KSCY
Happy Listening!
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New LPs:
🇲🇽 Agora - 'Empire' (Genre: Prog Metal)
🇨🇭 All Life Ends - 'Miscreation' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇬🇭 Amaarae - 'Fountain Baby' (Genre: Neo Soul)
🇺🇸 American Trappist - 'Poison Revenge' (Genre: Indie Rock, Shoegaze)
🇨🇦 Amy Gabba & the Almost Famous - 'Screaming at the Top of My Lungs' (Genre: Punk Rock, Ska)
🇺🇸 Ane Diaz - 'Despechada' (Genre: Folk)
🇺🇸 Anna St. Louis - 'In the Air' (Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock)
🇫🇷 Aodon - 'Portraits' (Genre: Atmosherpic Black Metal)
🇸🇪 Art Nation - 'Inceptopm' (Genre: Heavy Metal)
🇳🇴 Autonomie - 'No Peace, Only Violence' (Genre: Thrash Metal)
🇫🇷 Avalanches - 'Megalithe' (Genre: Math Rock, Post-Rock)
🇩🇰 Avarice - 'Avarice' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇬🇧 Bag of Cans - 'We Are a Band' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇬🇧 Benedict Benjamin - 'Tunnel' (Genre: Psych Rock)
🇺🇸 Big Blood - 'First Aid Kit' (Genre: Psych Rock)
🇲🇾 Blackfire - 'The Enourmous Wrath' (Genre: Black, Thrash)
🇮🇹 Black Rainbows - 'Superskull' (Genre: Stoner Rock)
🇺🇸 BLK ODYSSY - 'DIAMONDS & FREAKS' (Genre: Hip-Hop)
🇬🇧 Bo Gritz - 'Chroma' (Genre: Noise Rock, Post-Punk)
🇩🇰 Boys From Heaven - 'The Descendant' (Genre: Pop-Rock, AOR)
🇺🇸 Brahmashiras - 'Brahmashiras' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇷 BURIAL HORDES - 'Ruins' (Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal)
🇸🇪 Carry the Torch - 'Delusion' (Genre: Death, Thrash)
🇸🇪 Cavern Deep - 'Part II - Breach' (Genre: Doom Metal)
🇦🇺 Celestial Burial - 'Genocidal Extinction' (Genre: Death Metal, Deathcore)
🇺🇸 Christian Lopez - 'Magdalena' (Genre: Folk Rock, Americana)
🇫🇷 Christine and the Queens - 'PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE' (Genre: Synthpop, Art Pop)
🇮🇹 Claustrum - 'Claustrum' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇳🇱 Come, Sweet Death - 'Imperishable' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇨🇭 Conjuring - 'Vis Naturae' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇯🇵 Crack6 - 'カナリア最終楽章:CODA' (Genre: Visual Kei, J-Pop)
🇺🇸 Crashing Wayward - 'Listen!' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇸🇪 Crossfade - 'Innocent Days' (Genre: Pop Rock)
🇵🇱 Cult Ov Black Blood - 'Apocalyptic Banner Ov Abaddon' (Genre: Black, Death)
🇬🇧 Dayshifter - 'Hiraeth' (Genre: Metalcore)
🇨🇦 Dead Quiet - 'IV: Sacrament' (Genre: Stoner Rock)
🇺🇸 Decisive Pink - 'Ticket to Fame' (Genre: Indietronica, Hyper Pop)
🇺🇸 Demsfightinwords - 'Vexation' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇮🇹 Desecrate - 'Lights of Contradiction' (Genre: Melodic Death Metal)
🇪🇸 Diovio - 'Cara Os Ceios Incrementes' (Genre: Melodic Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Dominic Sen - 'Apparation' (Genre: Indie Pop, Art Pop)
🇬🇧 Dream Wife - 'Social Lubrication' (Genre: Art Punk, Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 Drew Holcolmb & the Neighbors - 'Strongers No More' (Genre: Folk Rock, Americana)
🇮🇱 Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - 'Jarak Qaribak' (Genre: Experimental Rock)
🇳🇴 Ekrom - 'Uten Nådigst Formildelse' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Ellis Paul - '55' (Genre: Folk)
🇩🇪 Elvenpath - 'Faith Through the Fire' (Genre: Power Metal)
🇺🇸 Emile Mosseri - 'Heaven Hunters' (Genre: Modern Classical, Indie Rock)
🇩🇪 Eremit - 'Wearer of Numerous Forms' (Genre: Doom Sludge)
🇺🇸 Evidence of Struggle - 'Evidence of Struggle' (Genre: Progressive Rock, Post-Rock)
🇺🇸 Evil In - 'Age of Immortal Darkness' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇹🇷 Exnun - 'Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death' (Genre: Blackened Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Extreme - 'Six' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇱🇻 F/E/A - 'Anti' (Genre: Post-Rock)
🇮🇹 False Memories - 'Hybrid Ego System' (Genre: Dark Metal)
🇺🇸 Feeble Little Horse - 'Girl With Fish' (Genre: Noise Pop, Indie Rock)
🇨🇦 Fionn - 'I Might Start Smoking' (Genre: Indie Pop, Folk Pop)
🇫🇷 Fragile - '...About Going Home' (Genre: Post-Hardcore)
🇩🇪 Front Row Warriors - 'Wheel of Fortune' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇮🇸 Gabríel Ólafs - 'Lullabies for Piano and Cello' (Genre: Neo Classical, Folk)
🇬🇧 GALLUS - 'We Don't Like the People We've Become' (Genre: Alt Rock, Indie Punk)
🇺🇸 Gardner and James - 'No Strings' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇦🇺 GELD - 'Currency // Castration' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇧 Gengahr - 'Red Sun Titans' (Genre: Dreampop, Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 Glass Casket - 'Glass Casket' (Genre: Deathcore, Death Metal)
🇬🇧 Godflesh - 'PURGE' (Genre: Industrial Metal)
🇳🇴 Grant the Sun - 'Voyage' (Genre: Prog Metal, Post-Rock)
🇸🇪 Gravecrawler - 'The Horrors Unleashed' (Genre: Blackened Death Metal)
🇧🇪 Guilty as Charged - 'Depravity' (Genre: Heavy Metal)
🇩🇪 Halls of Oblivion - 'Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death' (Genre: Melodic Death Metal)
🇳🇴 Hammok - 'Now I Know' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇷 Hate Manifesto - 'ΑΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ' (Genre: Death, Black)
🇯🇵 H.U.G - 'HELIOS' (Genre: J-Rock, Visual Rock)
🇩🇰 Human Growth - 'Lube Factory' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇸🇪 Imperishable - 'Come, Sweet Death' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Infinite Bliss - '"We Reach for Crowded Aboveness"' (Genre: Drone, Shoegaze)
🇺🇸 Innerlove. - 'Roscoe' (Genre: Indie Pop, Emo)
🇺🇸 J Hacha De Zola - 'Wihtout a Tribe' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇺🇸 Janelle Monáe - 'The Age of Pleasure' (Genre: R&B, Pop)
🇺🇸 Jason Isbell and the 400 Units - 'Weathervanes' (Genre: Alt-Country, Americana)
🇨🇦 Jayda G - 'Guy' (Genre: House)
🇨🇭 JeGong - 'The Complex Inbetween' (Genre: Experimental Rock)
🇺🇸 Jenny Lewis - 'Joy'All' (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock)
🇨🇦 Jeremie Albino - 'Tears You Hude' (Genre: Americana)
🇺🇸 Jess Williamson - 'Time Ain't Accidental' (Genre: Americana)
🇺🇸 Jimmy Whispers - 'The Search for God' (Genre: Indie Pop Rock)
🇬🇧 Johnny the Boy - 'You' (Genre: Grunge, Doom Metal)
🇺🇸 Joudy - 'Destroy All Monsters' (Genre: Experimental Rock)
🇫🇮 Kaksonen - 'Universumin Kuningas' (Genre: Thrash Death)
🇬🇧 Keaton Henson - 'House Party' (Genre: Indie Folk, Modern Classical)
🇩🇪 Kickhunter - 'Now or Never' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇮🇹 King Howl - 'Homecoming' (Genre: Psych Rock, Blues Rock)
🇬🇧 King Krule - 'Space Heavy' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 KTHRTK - 'Dreams Are the Only Safe Place to Hide' (Genre: Heavy Metal)
🇨🇦 Lamb Faucet - 'Lamb Faucet' (Genre: Noise Rock, Psych Rock)
🇺🇸 Last Giant - 'Monuments' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇨🇦 Legion of Decadence - 'Swing It By' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇳🇱 Legion of the Damned - 'The Poison Chalice' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇨🇦 Lightning Dust - 'Nostalgia Killer' (Genre: Psych Folk)
🇬🇧 Loud George - 'Loud George' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇨🇦 Louise Campbell - 'Sources' (Genre: Modern Classical)
🇬🇧 Lunch Money Life - 'The God Phone' (Genre: Post-Rock, Nu Jazz)
🇺🇸 Masqued - 'When Demons Call' (Genre: Symphonic Metal, Prog Metal)
🇨🇭 Max Enix - 'Far From Home' (Genre: Post-Metal, Symphonic Metal)
🇬🇧 McFly - 'Power to Play' (Genre: Pop Rock)
🇫🇷 Miasmes - 'Répugnance' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Mighty Tortuga - 'The Plague Inside Your Head' (Genre: Emo, Alt Rock)
🇰🇷 Mountains - 'Old Friends' (Genre: Midwest Emo)
🇺🇸 Nad Navillus - 'Forgotten Portraits' (Genre: Soft Rock)
🇸🇬 Nerraka - 'Conquerors Ov the Nusantara' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇨🇦 Night Court - 'Humans!' (Genre: Post-Hardcore)
🇺🇸 No Lights - 'Dream Eraser' (Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Pop)
🇺🇸 Nora Stanley & Benny Bock - 'Distance of the Moon' (Genre: Jazz, Ambient)
🇯🇵 大山まき (Oyama Maki) - 'Valkyrie' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇨🇦 Pantayo - 'Ang Pagdaloy' (Genre: Synth Pop)
🇧🇷 Paranoid Existence - 'Drakaina' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇷🇺 Passéisme - 'Alternance' (Genre: Melodic Black Metal)
🇬🇧 Public Body - 'Big Mess' (Genre: Post-Punk)
🇺🇸 Pulsr - 'A View of Everything' (Genre: Indie Rock, Slowcore)
🇺🇸 Pyrexia - 'System of the Animal 25' (Genre: Brutal Death Metal)
🇬🇧 Rat Cage - 'Savage Visions' (Genre: D-Beat, Hardcore Punk)
🇺🇸 Ray Adler - 'II' (Genre: Prog Metal)
🇪🇸 Rise to Fall - 'The Fifth Dimension' (Genre: Melodic Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Rob Grant (Lana Del Rey's Father) - 'Lost at Sea' (Genre: Neo Classical)
🇺🇸 Ruiner - 'The Book of Patience' (Genre: Doom, Drone Metal)
🇬🇧 Samuel Nicholson - 'Birthday Suit' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇸🇪 Scar Symmetry - 'The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)' (Genre: Progressive Metal, Death Metal)
🇨🇭 Shakra - 'Invincible' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇬🇧 Silverhours - 'Madeleine Moment' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇪🇸 Siroll - 'Directe Del Camp' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇫🇮 Slow Fall - 'Obsidian Waves' (Genre: Prog Melodic Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Soft Kill - 'Metta World Peace' (Genre: Post-Punk, Gothic Rock)
🇺🇸 Sons of Venus - 'Crisis to Crisis' (Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock)
🇳🇴 SPLIT//BITE - '404 Ends' (Genre: Metallic Hardcore)
🇬🇧 Squid - 'O Monolith' (Genre: Post-Punk)
🇨🇦 Stasis - 'Six Shades of Red' (Genre: Melodic Metalcore)
🇺🇸 Stellar Circuits - 'Sight to Sound' (Genre: Progressive Metal)
🇧🇪 Stygian Love - 'Ghost Light' (Genre: Blackgaze)
🇺🇸 Superbloom - 'Life's a Blur' (Genre: Indie Grunge)
🇺🇸 Takacs - 'Deadfall' (Genre: Crossover Thrash)
🇬🇧 Teenage Waitress - 'Your Cuckoo' (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Synthpop)
🇫🇮 TEHNI - 'Valkama' (Genre: Dark Folk, Neo Folk)
🇨🇦 TEKE::TEKE - 'Hagata' (Genre: Psych Rock, J-Rock)
🇫🇷 Terrine - 'Standing Abs' (Genre: Heavy Metal, No Wave)
🇩🇰 The Arcane Order - 'Distortions From Cosmogony' (Genre: Tech Death Metal)
🇺🇸 The Biscuit Merchant - 'Phobia' (Genre: Death Thrash)
🇬🇧 The Bleeding - 'Monokrator' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇬🇧 The Boo Radleys - 'Eight' (Genre: Dream Pop)
🇺🇸 The Bronzed Chorus - 'Aki' (Genre: Math Rock)
🇺🇸 The Dead Milkmen - 'Quaker City Quiet Pills' (Genre: Punk Rock)
🇺🇸 The Defiants - 'Drive' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇺🇸 The Donner Party - 'Cutting Class' (Genre: Crossover Thash)
🇺🇸 The Extensions - 'High Charisma' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇳🇴 The High Water Marks - 'Your Next Wolf' (Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock)
🇺🇸 The Soiled Doves - 'Revenant Spiritts' (Genre: Prog Metal, Hardcore Punk)
🇬🇧 The View - 'Exorcism of Youth' (Genre: Indie Rock)
🇬🇧 This Is the Kit - 'Careful of Your Keepers' (Genre: Alt Folk Rock)
🇺🇸 Tightwire - 'Head Full of Snakes' (Genre: Punk Rock)
🇳🇿 Tom Lark - 'Brave Star' (Genre: Indie Folk, Alt Country)
🇮🇹 Tony Tears - 'Pains' (Genre: Doom Metal, Prog Rock)
🇺🇸 Torture Rack - 'Primeval Onslaught' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇺🇸 Toxins - 'Existential Dread' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇨🇭 Trom - 'Liber Mud' (Genre: Gothic Metal)
🇺🇸 Twilight Road - 'Trapped' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇺🇸 Ultra Q - 'My Guardian Angel' (Genre: Alt Punk)
🇦🇺 Vasculitis - 'Masochistic Intestinal Eruption' (Genre: Brutal Death Metal)
🇩🇪 Voidhaven - 'Lithic' (Genre: Doom Death)
🇨🇦 Vortex - 'The Future Remains in Oblivion' (Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal)
🇰🇷 왑띠 Wapddi - '으악! 나는 내던져졌다!' (Genre: Indie Rock, Power Pop)
🇺🇸 WAXEN - 'Die Macht Von Hassen' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 We Are the Empty - 'The Desert' (Genre: Alt Metal, Prog Metal)
🇬🇧 Weekend Recovery - 'Esoteric' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇧🇷 Werewolf Bloodorder - 'The Rebirth of the Night and the Fog' (Genre: Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Youth Lagoon - 'Heaven Is a Junkyard' (Genre: Dreampop)
🇸🇮 Zorya - 'Mystic Lament' (Genre: Post-Black Metal)
New EPs:
🇫🇮 Angry Adults - 'Dust and Weight' (Genre: Punk Rock)
🇺🇸 Appalachian Winter - 'Wintermountains Rise' (Genre: Symphonic Black Metal)
🇬🇧 Before the Sirens - 'Desolate Seas & Darkened Skies' (Genre: Groove Metal)
🇺🇸 Cancer Christ - 'Satan Is a Bitch' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇨🇦 Envy of None - 'That Was Then, This Is Now' (Genre: Supergroup, Prog Rock)
🇦🇺 Futureheaven - 'Colourwaves' (Genre: Shoegaze, Dreampop)
🇦🇺 Gordon Holland - 'Skipping Stones on a Salt Lake' (Genre: Pop-Rock, Singer-Songwriter)
🇺🇸 I, Destroyer - 'Cold, Dead Hands' (Genre: Thrash, Speed Metal)
🇸🇪 Jesus Chrüsler Supercar - 'Rising' (Genre: Death N Roll)
🇺🇸 Kill Division - 'Thoughts and Prayers' (Genre: Death Metal, Grindcore)
🇺🇸 Kimberly Perry - 'Bloom' (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Pop)
🇬🇧 Legss - 'Fester' (Genre: Art-Rock)
🇫🇷 Mere Mortals - 'EP 2023' (Genre: Hardcore Punk)
🇺🇦 Merzotna Potvora - 'Mertvyj Ščur' (Genre: Black Thrash)
🇬🇧 Minor Conflict - 'Bright Lights, Dead City' (Genre: Post-Punk)
🇬🇧 Misery Whip - 'Alpine Militant' (Genre: Death Metal)
🇬🇧 Rianne Downey - 'Method to My Madness' (Genre: Indie Pop)
🇩🇰 Riyah - 'Ripped Jeans' (Genre: Alt Metal)
🇩🇪 Showdown - 'Feel the Heat' (Genre: Hard Rock)
🇫🇷 Sviatibor - 'Primal Flame Inheritance' (Genre: Ambient Black Metal)
🇺🇸 Warm Frames - 'Sniff This' (Genre: Noise Rock)
🇺🇸 Wesley Adams Cook - 'Caught in the Middle' (Genre: Indie Rock, Chamber Pop)
🇦🇺 Wifecult - 'Clarity in Kindness' (Genre: Alt Rock)
🇺🇸 Wombo - 'Slab' (Genre: Post-Punk, Psych Rock)
🇦🇺 Woodes - 'Kingdom Come' (Genre: Indie Pop, Alt Indie)
New Remixes:
🇺🇸 Cynic - 'ReFocus' (Genre: Prog Rock)
🇺🇸 Mega Infinity - 'Remixed Heartache' (Genre: Hyperska, Ambient Ska)
New contributors have joined me on the newsletter! So you may see a few things you normally wouldn't while we work out the kinks, but you'll also see more info on the spreadsheet that's available in the server! We hope to bring back the For Fans of Section even more and resume highlighting debut releases! So come check it out if you're so inclined!
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Happy Listening!
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2023.06.07 00:52 kyuuei The Noodler's Ink Drama in one spot (Content Warning for the entire post)
Because this seems to come up a lot, I figured I'd put all of the drama surrounding what happened with Noodler's Ink into one spot so people can just link it. I'll try to keep my own personal ideas of this to a minimum except where I think context is more important than clear-cold-facts. This won't be super concise, but the TLDR of all the drama is this:
Noodlers put out, over the course of years, a couple different inks featuring Antisemitic labels. When called out originally, not much was done about this, but social media traction on this became very viral very quickly. Nathan issued an apology, and donated to the ADL, and took down not only those bottles but the labels of ANY ink with any depictions of other cultures/communities on the label as well. The fallout has been mixed with many people happy they did something about it and moving on and others boycotting the company for life.
Obviously, Content Warnings for political stuff, antisemitism, etc. from here on out.
I should also mention this is just going into antisemitic controversy and its fallout. Any opinions on quality control issues, feathering, pens, etc. are not included in this. Suffice to say, there are reasons people may dislike this brand outside of this drama, but none of that will be included here.
Nathan Tardiff owns/operates Noodler's ink. He has always been very open when speaking about his political viewpoints and is a very political person. And, according to the podcast I linked in this post, he also fashions himself as a history buff which is somewhat relevant.
As a side note for relevancy I think overall, is that Nathan has put out other inks over the years that have spoken to his direct political beliefs and have had general insensitivities. The two are heavily tied. Rino featured mask-wearing Rhinoceroses when the pandemic hit, and this was spoken about in the podcast linked as being a personal protest of sorts to mask mandates as he was an anti-masker. There are also more vague inks that have some harmful implications such as "Dragon's Napalm" and lots of inks named after Native Americans despite the fact Nathan nor the brand has any associations with native people which many would consider appropriation.
Now, we're at the start of the drama.
A few years back, Bernanke Red came out from Noodler's. It is hard to say WHEN this ink came out first, my preliminary research has not produced good results here, but it has been out at least since 2018. To my knowledge, the antisemitic label of Bernanke's red has existed since the creation of the ink, only recently being changed and taken down post drama fallout.
January 6th 2022 He came out with a new ink called Volcker Green. Some maybe important things to note are: this was posted on the 1 year anniversary the insurrection of the US, and as stated in the post Volcker's rule is meant to prevent corruption of banks. The label features former federal reserve chairs with Vockler (A christian man) with a halo on his head, and 2 others flanking him named Bernanke and Greenspan (both are Jewish) with horns on their head.
This is where I think it is worth stopping to mention that the harmful stereotype that Jews have horns has been a staple and pervasive in cultures across the globe for a Very, very long time. This comment provides some great links and a succinct way of explaining this for those who want more details here. I think it is also worth mentioning that many people may be unaware of this history and stereotype.
By the 12th, people were dropping the brand. Someone had posted on this reddit asking what was going on, and it was explained then that things were pretty not-okay. (My opinion here is because this was framed as a question and subsequently deleted and not outright showing what was going on like the May post, this did not get the same traction the other did and thus not the same exposure. This post had about 130 comments. The may post has 1,1k comments.) In this podcast discussion about this from Tokyo Inklings, (discussion starts at 30:50) Nathan has been called out for this before May 2022 when the real fallout started--but he did not change it until the May fallout. To quote the podcast: "The timeline on the surface was that people complained about these inks when they were released and then it was kind of like 'yeah yeah yeah.. whatever.' "
May 9th, 2022 this post on this reddit came out saying they'd never buy Noodler's ink again and clearly showed Bernanke Red's label. (This was the post I originally saw about the brand.) It features Bernanke in curved horns, with a forehead brand/tattoo of a common communist symbol, and words such as "debt addiction enabler" on it. This really seemed to be the post that sparked all of this coming to light undeniably. 1k comments later needless to say it was one of the busiest this reddit had been.
Stuff gets muddy here (and the podcast I linked sort of lays this strange timeline out better than I could), but on May 10th Goulet pens not really as a business but on a more personal note spoke of calling Nathan and saying he sounded very apologetic. "in all the years we’ve known Nathan, we’ve never known him to be antisemitic. Brian spent over an hour and a half on the phone with him tonight, and he was genuinely apologetic for his ignorance, to sum it up. If you know anything about Nathan, you know he is singularly laser focused on the issues of fiscal conservatism and freedom of speech, but unfortunately that has created some blind spots."
May 11th Noodler's themselves came out with an apology stating they had no idea that the pictures were directly linked to antisemitism, but that they would change them and donate to the ADL. (screenshot here if it's ever taken down)
That same day, Goulet said they were not carrying Noodler's products anymore. (screenshot)
Nathan pulled just about every ink he'd put out to change the labels of anything that could be seen as remotely offensive. It was a huge clean sweep because, as you can imagine, he had a Ton of them to change with this. 31 items to be exact according to the linked list + the two main ones posted.
Apologies and a burner month or so later, Goulet went back to carrying Noodler's after all the inks got rebranding.
Now. At this point. I would be remiss not to mention that there is a very long standing and closely knit tie between people who believe in conspiracy theories and antisemitism. " No critical introduction to conspiracy theories would be complete without a discussion of their strong and longstanding connection with antisemitism." There is also some very strong ties between far-right mentalities and antisemitism. There is more to break down here than one post can possibly allow, but the TLDR of this is that the venn diagram between these three is.. very circular. And, now-a-days, it is often on-brand for people into these things to give themselves plausible deniability. With social media posts getting people fired and saying something out loud plainly on video recording can ruin a career, people who have these sort of alt-right-far-right thoughts tend to... speak Around things. They don't Directly say "I hate Jews and Jews control the media" they will say "I hate the media and people pulling the strings behind the camera because it tries to control peoples' thoughts." When called out, "I had no idea there were Jewish people in media! I wasn't trying to be antisemitic!" Even if the only reason they believe this is due to the conspiracy theory that Jews control the media. There are lots of dog whistles for antisemitism, and often these are not well known and fly under the radar. People with antisemitic beliefs often bank on others not noticing or knowing so they can hide in plain sight, and deny if directly called out.
So, there are people with the viewpoint of: Lots of people do not know the history of horns and Jewish people, and it is easy to see how he might not have known that. Hell, I didn't know what most of my childhood songs were about growing up or that the star spangled banner has racist elements to it. He actually did something about it, and pulled Everything and changed it all which was probably at great expense to himself, and he apologized and donated money to the ADL. What more can people actually ask from a brand? People can learn and change.
(There are many, many more people with the viewpoint of I don't care about any of this drama and don't want to be involved in it.)
And there are people with the viewpoint of: He is a history buff. He's into conspiracy theories. He's into hard-right-leaning viewpoints and libertarian viewpoints. Dogwhistles are very present all over the place, Nathan undeniably used this imagery on multiple occasions and there is just too much here to believe he genuinely had No idea--at best he decided not to care or listen to the people telling him this was wrong. I do Not buy Nathan's apology that he had no idea this was directly antisemitic--especially as he had been told by other companies and people prior, and did not change it until this was hitting his wallet in a major way. (For full disclosure, I firmly am in this camp.)
I think it is also worth including this take on the clean sweep posted on the fountainpennetwork " I really have no idea why Nathan changed all of the ink names. Honestly, it feels reactionary and heavy handed in a "oh yeah? Well then I'll just chang ALL OF IT THEN!" as if to spite his face by cutting off his nose. Sure did manage to bring out the anti-PC police though, so maybe that was his goal: bring out the Whataboutists to dampen and soften the seriousness of the bottle imagery with constant refrains of "oh yeah? Well, what about...", creating false equivalences to somehow redeem putting horns on Jewish folks twice. But, if we want to analyze the sentiment of "where do we stop?", a good starting point may be to listen to any group that has, some within living memory, been oppressed, thrown into a concentration camp, or had an attempted genocide carried out to say that enough is enough when it comes to images and words that hearken back to that oppression. " (The irony that whataboutism was rampant in this thread is not lost on me.)
So, that's all the drama as best I can understand it. If there are serious and major corrections I will make them and appreciate anyone adding to it, I tried to make this as brief as possible without skimping on any contexts. I'm not a very concise person by nature.
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Noodlers put out, over the course of years, a couple different inks featuring Antisemitic labels. When called out originally, not much was done about this, but social media traction on this became very viral very quickly. Nathan issued an apology, and donated to the ADL, and took down not only those bottles but the labels of ANY ink with any depictions of other cultures/communities on the label as well. The fallout has been mixed with many people happy they did something about it and moving on and others boycotting the company for life.
Obviously, Content Warnings for political stuff, antisemitism, etc. from here on out.
I should also mention this is just going into antisemitic controversy and its fallout. Any opinions on quality control issues, feathering, pens, etc. are not included in this. Suffice to say, there are reasons people may dislike this brand outside of this drama, but none of that will be included here.
Nathan Tardiff owns/operates Noodler's ink. He has always been very open when speaking about his political viewpoints and is a very political person. And, according to the podcast I linked in this post, he also fashions himself as a history buff which is somewhat relevant.
As a side note for relevancy I think overall, is that Nathan has put out other inks over the years that have spoken to his direct political beliefs and have had general insensitivities. The two are heavily tied. Rino featured mask-wearing Rhinoceroses when the pandemic hit, and this was spoken about in the podcast linked as being a personal protest of sorts to mask mandates as he was an anti-masker. There are also more vague inks that have some harmful implications such as "Dragon's Napalm" and lots of inks named after Native Americans despite the fact Nathan nor the brand has any associations with native people which many would consider appropriation.
Now, we're at the start of the drama.
A few years back, Bernanke Red came out from Noodler's. It is hard to say WHEN this ink came out first, my preliminary research has not produced good results here, but it has been out at least since 2018. To my knowledge, the antisemitic label of Bernanke's red has existed since the creation of the ink, only recently being changed and taken down post drama fallout.
January 6th 2022 He came out with a new ink called Volcker Green. Some maybe important things to note are: this was posted on the 1 year anniversary the insurrection of the US, and as stated in the post Volcker's rule is meant to prevent corruption of banks. The label features former federal reserve chairs with Vockler (A christian man) with a halo on his head, and 2 others flanking him named Bernanke and Greenspan (both are Jewish) with horns on their head.
This is where I think it is worth stopping to mention that the harmful stereotype that Jews have horns has been a staple and pervasive in cultures across the globe for a Very, very long time. This comment provides some great links and a succinct way of explaining this for those who want more details here. I think it is also worth mentioning that many people may be unaware of this history and stereotype.
By the 12th, people were dropping the brand. Someone had posted on this reddit asking what was going on, and it was explained then that things were pretty not-okay. (My opinion here is because this was framed as a question and subsequently deleted and not outright showing what was going on like the May post, this did not get the same traction the other did and thus not the same exposure. This post had about 130 comments. The may post has 1,1k comments.) In this podcast discussion about this from Tokyo Inklings, (discussion starts at 30:50) Nathan has been called out for this before May 2022 when the real fallout started--but he did not change it until the May fallout. To quote the podcast: "The timeline on the surface was that people complained about these inks when they were released and then it was kind of like 'yeah yeah yeah.. whatever.' "
May 9th, 2022 this post on this reddit came out saying they'd never buy Noodler's ink again and clearly showed Bernanke Red's label. (This was the post I originally saw about the brand.) It features Bernanke in curved horns, with a forehead brand/tattoo of a common communist symbol, and words such as "debt addiction enabler" on it. This really seemed to be the post that sparked all of this coming to light undeniably. 1k comments later needless to say it was one of the busiest this reddit had been.
Stuff gets muddy here (and the podcast I linked sort of lays this strange timeline out better than I could), but on May 10th Goulet pens not really as a business but on a more personal note spoke of calling Nathan and saying he sounded very apologetic. "in all the years we’ve known Nathan, we’ve never known him to be antisemitic. Brian spent over an hour and a half on the phone with him tonight, and he was genuinely apologetic for his ignorance, to sum it up. If you know anything about Nathan, you know he is singularly laser focused on the issues of fiscal conservatism and freedom of speech, but unfortunately that has created some blind spots."
May 11th Noodler's themselves came out with an apology stating they had no idea that the pictures were directly linked to antisemitism, but that they would change them and donate to the ADL. (screenshot here if it's ever taken down)
That same day, Goulet said they were not carrying Noodler's products anymore. (screenshot)
Nathan pulled just about every ink he'd put out to change the labels of anything that could be seen as remotely offensive. It was a huge clean sweep because, as you can imagine, he had a Ton of them to change with this. 31 items to be exact according to the linked list + the two main ones posted.
Apologies and a burner month or so later, Goulet went back to carrying Noodler's after all the inks got rebranding.
Now. At this point. I would be remiss not to mention that there is a very long standing and closely knit tie between people who believe in conspiracy theories and antisemitism. " No critical introduction to conspiracy theories would be complete without a discussion of their strong and longstanding connection with antisemitism." There is also some very strong ties between far-right mentalities and antisemitism. There is more to break down here than one post can possibly allow, but the TLDR of this is that the venn diagram between these three is.. very circular. And, now-a-days, it is often on-brand for people into these things to give themselves plausible deniability. With social media posts getting people fired and saying something out loud plainly on video recording can ruin a career, people who have these sort of alt-right-far-right thoughts tend to... speak Around things. They don't Directly say "I hate Jews and Jews control the media" they will say "I hate the media and people pulling the strings behind the camera because it tries to control peoples' thoughts." When called out, "I had no idea there were Jewish people in media! I wasn't trying to be antisemitic!" Even if the only reason they believe this is due to the conspiracy theory that Jews control the media. There are lots of dog whistles for antisemitism, and often these are not well known and fly under the radar. People with antisemitic beliefs often bank on others not noticing or knowing so they can hide in plain sight, and deny if directly called out.
So, there are people with the viewpoint of: Lots of people do not know the history of horns and Jewish people, and it is easy to see how he might not have known that. Hell, I didn't know what most of my childhood songs were about growing up or that the star spangled banner has racist elements to it. He actually did something about it, and pulled Everything and changed it all which was probably at great expense to himself, and he apologized and donated money to the ADL. What more can people actually ask from a brand? People can learn and change.
(There are many, many more people with the viewpoint of I don't care about any of this drama and don't want to be involved in it.)
And there are people with the viewpoint of: He is a history buff. He's into conspiracy theories. He's into hard-right-leaning viewpoints and libertarian viewpoints. Dogwhistles are very present all over the place, Nathan undeniably used this imagery on multiple occasions and there is just too much here to believe he genuinely had No idea--at best he decided not to care or listen to the people telling him this was wrong. I do Not buy Nathan's apology that he had no idea this was directly antisemitic--especially as he had been told by other companies and people prior, and did not change it until this was hitting his wallet in a major way. (For full disclosure, I firmly am in this camp.)
I think it is also worth including this take on the clean sweep posted on the fountainpennetwork " I really have no idea why Nathan changed all of the ink names. Honestly, it feels reactionary and heavy handed in a "oh yeah? Well then I'll just chang ALL OF IT THEN!" as if to spite his face by cutting off his nose. Sure did manage to bring out the anti-PC police though, so maybe that was his goal: bring out the Whataboutists to dampen and soften the seriousness of the bottle imagery with constant refrains of "oh yeah? Well, what about...", creating false equivalences to somehow redeem putting horns on Jewish folks twice. But, if we want to analyze the sentiment of "where do we stop?", a good starting point may be to listen to any group that has, some within living memory, been oppressed, thrown into a concentration camp, or had an attempted genocide carried out to say that enough is enough when it comes to images and words that hearken back to that oppression. " (The irony that whataboutism was rampant in this thread is not lost on me.)
So, that's all the drama as best I can understand it. If there are serious and major corrections I will make them and appreciate anyone adding to it, I tried to make this as brief as possible without skimping on any contexts. I'm not a very concise person by nature.
2023.06.07 00:48 MirajaneAlpha22 I have finally given Jessica Jung's book Shine a chance... and here is a short review of it.
Before the main topic, I believe that it is worth noting that "Shine" falls within the YA genre. Meaning, my analysis of the book is primarily informed by comparisons to other YA novels with similar themes and storylines that I have encountered in my local library. Therefore, if you are seeking a scathing critique of the book, you will not find it here. There are also no strong spoilers, as I want to keep this review quite light.
In terms of my personal rating, I would assign "Shine" a moderate score of 3 out of 5. However, it is important to note that this rating is subject to change as I have yet to read subsequent books in the series, which...I don't really want to buy(?), so we shall see...
"Shine" by Jessica Jung: A Tale of Identity, Ambition, and Industry Realities
"Shine" by Jessica Jung takes readers on an immersive journey into the captivating and demanding world of K-pop. The novel centers around Rachel Kim, a determined Korean-American teenager with dreams of becoming a K-pop idol. As the plot unfolds, readers are drawn into Rachel's pursuit of her aspirations, witnessing the auditions, rigorous training, and the challenges she faces along the way. The intricacies of the plot reveal the transformative power of self-discovery, the complexities of the industry, and the sacrifices necessary to achieve success.
The characters in "Shine" are slightly developed, each with their own distinctive personalities that contribute to the driving force of the story. Rachel, the tenacious protagonist, embodies the hopes and struggles of countless aspiring artists. Her unwavering determination, resilience, and internal conflicts exemplify the universal themes of self-discovery and the pursuit of dreams. Supporting characters, such as Sarah, who is Rachel's fellow trainee and roommate at DB Entertainment. She provides a contrasting perspective, representing the internal conflicts faced by trainees in the K-pop industry. Sarah's character highlights the struggles of balancing dreams and aspirations with the harsh realities of the competitive music industry. , Gina is another trainee at DB Entertainment and a rival to Rachel. She is ambitious and driven, constantly seeking validation and recognition. Gina's character adds tension and competition to the story, showcasing the competitive nature of the industry and the pressures faced by aspiring idols, and Jason Lee, a successful idol who becomes a "mentor figure" for Rachel. These characters provide contrasting perspectives and serve as the catalyst for Rachel's growth. Their interactions and relationships with Rachel further amplify the complexities of the narrative.
"Shine" delves into a myriad of themes, and tries to transcend the surface-level portrayal of the K-pop industry. The novel explores the nuances of identity, ambition, and the sacrifices required within the industry. Rachel's journey becomes a vehicle for examining cultural identity, as she grapples with her Korean-American background and the expectations of the Korean music industry. The novel also sheds light on the pressures associated with conformity, the objectification of artists, and the challenges of maintaining mental and emotional well-being in a competitive environment.
Critics of "Shine" may argue that it adheres to certain stereotypes and tropes prevalent in the K-pop industry. The emphasis on physical appearance, the pressure to conform to a specific image, and the lack of exploration of certain dark aspects of the industry might be valid concerns. However, it is essential to consider that "Shine" draws from Jessica Jung's own experiences as a former K-pop idol, lending authenticity to the novel's depiction of the industry's realities.
The characters in "Shine" undergo some notable personal growth and development throughout the narrative. Rachel's character arc is particularly noteworthy, as she navigates the challenges of cultural identity, societal expectations, and the sacrifices required to achieve her dreams. Her determination is juxtaposed with moments of vulnerability and self-doubt, making her a relatable and empathetic protagonist. Sarah's character provides a contrasting perspective, highlighting the internal conflicts faced by trainees torn between their dreams and the harsh realities of the industry. The interactions between Rachel and the supporting characters further emphasize the importance of friendship, mentorship, and collaboration in the face of adversity.
"Shine" tackles a range of meaningful themes that extend beyond the realm of the K-pop industry. The novel prompts readers to reflect on the complexities of cultural identity and the struggles faced by individuals caught between multiple worlds. It delves into the societal pressures imposed on artists, particularly women, and the importance of maintaining authenticity in a world that demands conformity. Through Rachel's journey, the novel invites readers to contemplate the significance of self-acceptance, resilience, and the pursuit of passion in the face of obstacles.
In conclusion, Jessica Jung's "Shine" explores identity, ambition, and the K-pop industry through an interesting plot, relatable characters, and self-discovery, inspiring readers to embrace individuality and overcome challenges.
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In terms of my personal rating, I would assign "Shine" a moderate score of 3 out of 5. However, it is important to note that this rating is subject to change as I have yet to read subsequent books in the series, which...I don't really want to buy(?), so we shall see...
"Shine" by Jessica Jung: A Tale of Identity, Ambition, and Industry Realities
"Shine" by Jessica Jung takes readers on an immersive journey into the captivating and demanding world of K-pop. The novel centers around Rachel Kim, a determined Korean-American teenager with dreams of becoming a K-pop idol. As the plot unfolds, readers are drawn into Rachel's pursuit of her aspirations, witnessing the auditions, rigorous training, and the challenges she faces along the way. The intricacies of the plot reveal the transformative power of self-discovery, the complexities of the industry, and the sacrifices necessary to achieve success.
The characters in "Shine" are slightly developed, each with their own distinctive personalities that contribute to the driving force of the story. Rachel, the tenacious protagonist, embodies the hopes and struggles of countless aspiring artists. Her unwavering determination, resilience, and internal conflicts exemplify the universal themes of self-discovery and the pursuit of dreams. Supporting characters, such as Sarah, who is Rachel's fellow trainee and roommate at DB Entertainment. She provides a contrasting perspective, representing the internal conflicts faced by trainees in the K-pop industry. Sarah's character highlights the struggles of balancing dreams and aspirations with the harsh realities of the competitive music industry. , Gina is another trainee at DB Entertainment and a rival to Rachel. She is ambitious and driven, constantly seeking validation and recognition. Gina's character adds tension and competition to the story, showcasing the competitive nature of the industry and the pressures faced by aspiring idols, and Jason Lee, a successful idol who becomes a "mentor figure" for Rachel. These characters provide contrasting perspectives and serve as the catalyst for Rachel's growth. Their interactions and relationships with Rachel further amplify the complexities of the narrative.
"Shine" delves into a myriad of themes, and tries to transcend the surface-level portrayal of the K-pop industry. The novel explores the nuances of identity, ambition, and the sacrifices required within the industry. Rachel's journey becomes a vehicle for examining cultural identity, as she grapples with her Korean-American background and the expectations of the Korean music industry. The novel also sheds light on the pressures associated with conformity, the objectification of artists, and the challenges of maintaining mental and emotional well-being in a competitive environment.
Critics of "Shine" may argue that it adheres to certain stereotypes and tropes prevalent in the K-pop industry. The emphasis on physical appearance, the pressure to conform to a specific image, and the lack of exploration of certain dark aspects of the industry might be valid concerns. However, it is essential to consider that "Shine" draws from Jessica Jung's own experiences as a former K-pop idol, lending authenticity to the novel's depiction of the industry's realities.
The characters in "Shine" undergo some notable personal growth and development throughout the narrative. Rachel's character arc is particularly noteworthy, as she navigates the challenges of cultural identity, societal expectations, and the sacrifices required to achieve her dreams. Her determination is juxtaposed with moments of vulnerability and self-doubt, making her a relatable and empathetic protagonist. Sarah's character provides a contrasting perspective, highlighting the internal conflicts faced by trainees torn between their dreams and the harsh realities of the industry. The interactions between Rachel and the supporting characters further emphasize the importance of friendship, mentorship, and collaboration in the face of adversity.
"Shine" tackles a range of meaningful themes that extend beyond the realm of the K-pop industry. The novel prompts readers to reflect on the complexities of cultural identity and the struggles faced by individuals caught between multiple worlds. It delves into the societal pressures imposed on artists, particularly women, and the importance of maintaining authenticity in a world that demands conformity. Through Rachel's journey, the novel invites readers to contemplate the significance of self-acceptance, resilience, and the pursuit of passion in the face of obstacles.
In conclusion, Jessica Jung's "Shine" explores identity, ambition, and the K-pop industry through an interesting plot, relatable characters, and self-discovery, inspiring readers to embrace individuality and overcome challenges.
2023.06.07 00:45 LetterGrouchy6053 The bastardization of the Christian Church.
Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
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"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
2023.06.07 00:43 LetterGrouchy6053 The bastardization of the Christian Church.
Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
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"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
2023.06.07 00:40 LetterGrouchy6053 The bastardization of the Christian Church.
Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
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"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
2023.06.07 00:16 LetterGrouchy6053 The bastardization of the Christian Church.
Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
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"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.
2023.06.07 00:00 Mizzno [H] Games [W] Lost Ruins, Lone Fungus, Offers
For sale, for Steam gift cards (or gifted Steam Wallet balance):
For trade:
*tentatively up for trade, assuming I buy the bundle
WANT:
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- Dark Souls™: Prepare To Die™ Edition (removed from Steam Store;
$350$400 or best offer) - Fall Guys (removed from Steam Store)
- Fall Guys - Dragon Hugger Pack (removed from Steam Store)
- Fall Guys - Icy Adventure Pack (removed from Steam Store)
- Humble Hunie Sakura Bundle (can also trade for a full "charity" bundle (Australia Fire Relief Bundle or similar))
- Humble Sekai Project Bundle (can also trade for a full "charity" bundle (Stand with Ukraine Bundle or similar))
For trade:
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
- Lost Planet 3 - Complete
- Mega Man Legacy Collection
- STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
- 112 Operator
- 911 Operator
- The Amazing American Circus
- Armello
- Backbone
- Calico
- Cris Tales
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Farming Simulator 17
- Ghostrunner
- Gotham Knights
- Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
- Lust from Beyond: M Edition
- Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
- Orbital Racer
- Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition
- PAYDAY 2
- Pilgrims
- Soulblight
- Space Crew: Legendary Edition
- Starfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo key) and Starfinder Adventure: Junker's Delight (Paizo key)
- Strange Brigade
- Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
- System Shock 2
- System Shock: Enhanced Edition
- Ticket to Ride
- XCOM® 2
- X-Morph: Defense Complete Pack
- Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
- Fallout 76
- Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
- Othercide
- Shady Part of Me
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
- Baldur's Gate: Faces of Good and Evil
- Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
- Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
- Day of the Tentacle Remastered
- Grim Fandango Remastered
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- STAR WARS®: Knights of the Old Republic™ II
- Highway Blossoms
- HunieCam Studio
- KARAKARA
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- Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition
- The Elder Scrolls: Legends: 2 Card Packs (Skyrim) 1 Event Ticket 100 Gold 100 Souls
- ESO Vanity Pet: Bristlegut Piglet and 15 Days of ESO Plus
- Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-
- KARAKARA
- Memory's Dogma CODE:01
- Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project
- Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project - Season Pass
- A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met
- Sakura Angels
- Beach Bounce
- Beach Bounce - Soundtrack
- Blue Rose
- Lionessy Story
- My Personal Angel
- Natural - Beyond Nature -
- Postmen Of Horizon (removed from Steam Store)
- Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards]
- Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle
- Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition
- Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em
- Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
- Guns of Icarus Alliance
- Guns of Icarus Online
- Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
- Lethal League
- Tempest: Pirate Action RPG
- Tempest - Treasure Lands
- Tempest - Original Soundtrack
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf
- Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
- For The King
- Book of Demons
- PlateUp!
- Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
- Kingdom Two Crowns
- White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
- Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
- Steel Rats™
- Hue
- Sifu Deluxe Edition Upgrade Bundle (Epic key)
- Gal*Gun: Double Peace
- The Invisible Hours
- Synergia
- ROCKETRON
- Project Nimbus: Complete Edition
- Dead Age
- Dusk Diver 酉閃町
- Spirit Hunter: NG
- Slain: Back from Hell(?)
- Cook, Serve, Delicious!
- Tower of Time
- Danger Scavenger
- Survive the Nights
- The Beast Inside
- Valfaris
- Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition
- This War of Mine
- My Time At Portia
- 112 Operator
- 911 Operator
- Book of Demons
- Broken Age
- Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
- Crying Suns
- Crying Suns
- Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
- Driftland: The Magic Revival
- Liberated (GOG key)
- Moon Hunters
- Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
- Rustler (Grand Theft Horse)
- Wanderlust: Travel Stories (GOG key)
- WARSAW
- X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC (I believe this redeems as the linked Complete Pack, minus the soundtrack)
- ΔV: Rings of Saturn(?)
- Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
- Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
- Phoenix Point: Year One Edition
- Deliver Us The Moon
- Morkredd
- Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
- Space Crew: Legendary Edition
- Spirit Hunter: NG
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- Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- ENDLESS™ Space 2
- Surviving the Aftermath
- The Long Dark
- Blade Assault
- Founders' Fortune
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- Fallout 76
- Othercide
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
- ScourgeBringer
- Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
- HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition
- Sonic CD (removed from Steam Store)
- LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4
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- STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
- Bionic Commando
- Full Metal Furies
- Ultra Street Fighter® IV
- Starbound
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- Outlast 2
- BioShock 2
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition
- Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
- The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare
- Crusaders of the Lost Idols Legendary Starter Pack
- Project CARS (removed from Steam Store)
WANT:
- 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
- A Hat in Time
- Avernum: Escape from the Pit
- Bendy and the Ink Machine
- CrossCode
- Dead Rising 4
- Dungreed
- Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
- NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
- NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
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2023.06.06 23:44 InternetTraumatized An overview of the eschatology of some early saints
St. Justin Martyr (Dialogue with Trypho, ch. 80-81) says that there will be a first resurrection of the righteous where they dwell in a rebuilt Jerusalem for 1,000 years (keep in mind that Jerusalem had recently been destroyed due to the failure of the Bar Kokhba revolt), based off Isaiah 44 and 65 ("There shall be the new heaven and the new earth, and the former shall not be remembered, or come into their heart; but they shall find joy and gladness in it, which things I create. For, Behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and My people a joy; and I shall rejoice over Jerusalem, and be glad over My people ... According to the days of the tree of life shall be the days of my people," understanding the days of the tree of life to refer to 1,000 years since Genesis 5-11 shows the years of mankind decreasing further and further away from the number 1,000 corresponding to life in Paradise) as well as Revelation 20:4-6,9 ("And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years ... They [the nations] went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city"). Justin, however, also points out that some Orthodox Christians believe in this and some don't, and it's a matter of opinion alone. He doesn't say what the alternative might be however.
St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Against Heresies 5, ch. 25-36) says that at the end an unlawful and evil king will come, Antichrist, the summary of all demonic apostasy in history, who will take his seat in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Because the apostasy of Antichrist will recapitulate all apostasy, these events will also be the recapitulation of world history, and happen around the 6,000th year of creation; Genesis 1 must be understood as a prophecy, since one day is as a thousand years for the Lord (Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8). The first advent was halfway through the 6th day; the coming of Antichrist and the last great tribulation will be at the end of the 6th day as the culmination of everything that happened before. This is signified by the name of Antichrist, 666. 666 also signifies this by how, at the time of the apostasy leading to the flood, Noah was 600 years old (Genesis 7:6), and at the time of the persecution of God's people in Babylon, which itself was a prefiguration of the tribulation to come, King Nebuchadnezzar made an idolatrous status 60 cubits tall and 6 cubits wide (Daniel 3:1). This means Antichrist, and soon after him Christ, will come around the 6th century AD, following the chronology of the Septuagint.
The Roman Empire will begin to fall apart (Matthew 12:25) and be partitioned among ten kings, among whom the eighth will rise above the others, slaying three of the kings, to be the Antichrist and rule for 3.5 years during which he persecutes the Church as the Empire falls further apart (Daniel 2:33,41-43, 7:7-8,23-25, Revelation 17:3-18). It is this Antichrist of whom St. Paul speaks in 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12. He will come suddenly (1 Thessalonians 5:3) and will be a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Jeremiah 8:14-17) which is why this tribe is not given the promised inheritance (Revelation 7:4-8).
Because the existence of Antichrist will be permitted so as to recapitulate all apostasy and separate the righteous from the wicked as a great final exercise (Matthew 3:12, 13:24-30), God will confirm the wicked in their delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). Antichrist is the beast of the sea described in Revelation 13:1-10. His armor-bearer, the false prophet, is the beast of the earth described in Revelation 13:11-17.
He is the unjust judge the Lord speaks of in Luke 18:1-8, and the one who comes in his own name in John 5:43. The widow in Luke 18 is the unbelieving Jewish people, who will go to the Antichrist for help, and in response he will make a rebuilt Jerusalem his capital city and a rebuilt temple his house, during which time he will persecute the true temple which is the Church (Daniel 8:9-14,23-25). This is the last half-week of the prophecy of the 70 weeks (Daniel 9:27).
When the Lord comes to destroy him (Daniel 2:35,44, 7:9-14,21-22,26-27, 8:25), together with all the nations which will have become his servants (Isaiah 6:9-13, 13:6-22, 26:10-11), the saints will be resurrected. It must be so: we imitate our Lord (Luke 6:40) and therefore, just as He died, then rose from the dead, then ascended to the Father, we also must die, then rise from the dead, then ascend to the Father. It is at this first resurrection that the promise of the old covenant will be fulfilled (Genesis 13:14-15, 15:18-21, 27:28-29), it is the restoration promised by the prophets (Isaiah 26:19, 30:23-26, 58:13-14, Jeremiah 23:3-8, Ezekiel 28:25-26, 37:11-28), it is the kingdom and reward Christ speaks of (Matthew 19:29, 26:27, Luke 12:37-38, 14:12-13).
The saints will then rule in a beautified Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11-12, Baruch 5) for 1,000 years (Isaiah 65:17-25, Revelation 20:4-9), the true Sabbath.
After this, heaven and earth will pass away (Matthew 24:35, 1 Corinthian 7:31, Revelation 20:11) as the remaining dead will rise and all will be judged (Revelation 20:10-15). Then a new heaven and earth will be established (Isaiah 65:17-18) and the Jerusalem from above, which the Jerusalem from below is patterned after (Exodus 25:40), will come down and the saints will live in it for eternity (Galatians 4:26, Revelation 21:1-6).
St. Clement of Alexandria does not indulge in eschatology, but he does indicate the alternate tradition that Justin may have been referring to. While Justin and Irenaeus interpret the Old Testament to not have been entirely fulfilled yet, Clement takes a different approach and sees the Old Testament as entirely fulfilled within the time frame of the New Testament. We see this when he discusses the prophecy of the 70 weeks. Whereas Irenaeus sees the last half-week as referring to the Antichrist, Clement sees it as referring to Vespasian, and sees the abomination of desolation not to be the Antichrist taking his seat in a rebuilt temple in the future, but as something that already took place under Vespasian.
St. Hippolytus of Rome considers that the Antichrist, a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Genesis 49:16-18, Deuteronomy 33:22, Jeremiah 8:14-17), will defeat in battle the kings of Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia (Daniel 11:43), in a battle over who should rule over the Empire, while the Ammonites and Moabites become his willful subjects (Isaiah 11:11-14, Daniel 11:41). As a result of his victory he will begin to think himself to be God, and will move on to assault Tyre and Sidon (Isaiah 23:4-5), and it is him whom Isaiah 14:3-21 and Ezekiel 28:1-19 refer to. Then he will try to convince the unbelieving Jews that he is the Messiah by gathering them again from the dispersion and re-establishing the kingdom of Israel, but only because he aims to be recognized and worshipped as God. That Israel according to the flesh will persecute the true Israel, the Church, and will request the Antichrist to do this for them, is what is meant by Deuteronomy 32:34-35, Isaiah 8:6-8, 18:1-2, Jeremiah 4:11-18, Micah 5:5, Luke 18:1-8 and Revelation 12.
The beast of the sea is the Roman Empire itself, while the beast of the earth is both the Antichrist and the false prophet (represented by the two horns). The mark on the hand refers to mandatory sacrifice to the Antichrist as to an idol if one wants to buy food, and the mark on the forehead refers to the false glory he grants upon those who submit themselves to him; the persecution Antiochus IV Epiphanes led against the people of God was a prefiguration of this (2 Maccabees 6:7-11).
The last week of Daniel is the whole rule of Antichrist, but during the first half-week Enoch and Elijah, who were translated into heaven and did not die (Genesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11), will return to prophesy, be martyred and be resurrected (Revelation 11:3-12). The second half-week is when Antichrist will take his seat in the temple and severely persecute the Church (Daniel 11:11-12, Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Then Jesus Christ will return and all will be resurrected and judged.
St. Victorinus gave a thorough commentary on Revelation:
6:1-2 (1st seal): Jesus Christ Who conquered by the Gospel and sent the Holy Spirit as an arrow.
6:3-4 (2nd seal): The wars and rumors of war (Matthew 24:6-7).
6:5-6 (3rd seal): The famines (Matthew 24:7).
6:7-8 (4th seal): The pestilences and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7).
6:9-11 (5th seal): The persecution of the faithful (Matthew 24:9-10).
6:10-7:17 (6th seal): The last great tribulation. The blackening of the sun, the fall of the stars, the untimely fall of the figs, the receding of the sky, the removal of the mountains and islands refer to the Christians being deeply troubled or even falling into apostasy because of this great final hardship. The angel from the east who seals 144,000 from the tribes of Israel is Elijah, whose preaching converts many of the unbelieving Jews (Malachi 4:5-6), thereby replenishing the Church. Then the seven archangels destroy the kingdom of Antichrist (Micah 5:5-6, Matthew 13:27-30, Mark 13:27) and all the saints are gathered with Christ forever.
8:1-6 (7th seal): The silence signifies the eternal rest and the narrative might end here, but John starts again from the beginning which is why it ends.
9:13-11:14 (6th trumpet): The four angels at the Euphrates, which also represent the four corners of the earth, are four nations which join the kingdom of Antichrist in due time. The mighty angel is Jesus Christ, His feet of fire are the apostles, the seven thunders He utters are the Holy Spirit, the utterances themselves are the Christian mystagogy of the Old Testament which the Christian prophets are given to interpret now that the apostles have finished their work. John eating the book and being told to prophesy again refers to him committing Revelation to memory and formally publishing it after his labor in exile in Patmos was finished. The temple to be measured is the Orthodox faith, the measuring reed like to a rod is Revelation, the rod proper is the Gospel of John which he is to write later. The courtyard is unnecessary and is therefore not measured but is given over to be trampled by the Gentiles, that is, the heretics Valentinian and such are to be counted outside the Church. The trampling of the holy city for 3 years and a half refers to the rule of Antichrist, and likewise the two prophets will prophesy for 3 years and a half. The two prophets are Elijah who did not die (2 Kings 2:11) and Jeremiah who was to prophesy to the nations (Jeremiah 1:5-10), although some think it is rather Moses. They are the two olive trees of Zechariah 4:11-14, who stand beside the Lord of the earth, that is, either that they are kept in Paradise, or that they will stand before Antichrist. The beast from the pit is Antichrist. The two prophets are killed in Jerusalem, rise after three days and a half and ascend to heaven.
11:15-15:8 (7th trumpet): The heavenly temple, that is, Jesus, is made manifest, and the ark is the gift of the Gospel. The woman with child is Israel, the Church, the people of God. The dragon is Satan who seeks to persecute her and who brought down either 1/3rd of angels or 1/3rd of men with himself, and whose seven heads are the last seven Roman Emperors, as well as the ten horns. The child is Jesus Christ Who became incarnate, conquered, and ascended to heaven. The two wings by which the woman flees the dragon are the two prophets, and this refers to when the Church in Judea, closest to Antichrist's headquarters, will have to flee someplace safe (Matthew 24:15-28). The waters spewed forth by the dragon are the people willing to persecute the Church; the earth swallowing up the woman to protect her refers to the Lord saving the Christians from their tormentors, however it is not known whether this refers to a future event or to what has already happened historically. The battle between Michael and the dragon and the latter's fall from heaven is what triggers the rule of Antichrist; narratively it is before the Church is carried by the two prophets, but it must actually happen after since the prophets ministered in the 3.5 years before Antichrist's tyranny. The beast from the sea is the kingdom of Antichrist. The beast from the earth is the false prophet, who will establish his rule in Jerusalem (Daniel 11:45, Matthew 24:15). The two angels who command the final harvest are the two prophets. Now again, the narrative restarts from a third perspective: that of the unbelievers, upon whom the whole fury of God will fall.
16:17-19:21 (7th bowl): The woman on the beast is an image of Satan. What is called Babylon here and in Isaiah (13-14, 21, 47-48) and Sodom in Ezekiel (16) refers to Rome. The 5 kings who are already fallen are Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus. The king who currently is is Domitian. The king who is to come for a short time is Nerva. The 8th king is the one from whom the 7 proceed, that is, Nero in resurrected form, who will rule with 10 kings and will not be recognized but will rather appear to the unbelieving Jews to be the Christ (Daniel 11:29-37). Then Christ will return with His angelic hosts to bring forth judgment.
20 (The millennium): The binding of Satan happens at the first coming of Christ. The 1,000 years are symbolic (Psalm 105:8). The abyss is the hearts of unbelievers. He is sealed so that it is not right now self-evident who is the servant of God and who is the servant of Satan. But at the end of the millennium he is released for a short while, referring to the 3.5 years during which Antichrist will persecute the Church. The first resurrection is the resurrection of faith (Colossians 3:1). The number 1,000 is 10x100: the one who keeps the Decalogue and the perfection of purity is one who reigns with Christ and for whom Satan is bound, but he remains loosed for those who do not do this, and him being loosed anyway after the millennium refers to how many will apostatize due to being tempted by him.
Then the general resurrection occurs, the final judgment, and the heavenly Jerusalem (which is very symbolic) comes down.
St. John Chrysostom shows more fully the tradition that Clement earlier hinted at. The apostles ask when the end comes and when the temple will be destroyed; Matthew 24:4-14 answers the first question by giving a recapitulation of all that Christians will have to endure, and Matthew 24:15-22 answers the second question; the abomination of desolation refers to the armies of Vespasian surrounding Jerusalem. Matthew 24:23-28 is when Jesus warns about Antichrist, not as the abomination of desolation as Irenaeus and Hippolytus interpreted it, but as the false prophet and false Christ. Then of course Matthew 24:29-31 is about the second coming and the last judgment.
In his interpretation of 2 Thessalonians, John gives us more context. The restrainer mentioned by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 is the Roman Empire, which restrains the Antichrist because it is when the Empire falls apart that Antichrist will use the power vacuum to take his place as ruler. The mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who is a prefiguration of Antichrist. God will permit the appearance of Antichrist so as to confirm the wicked in their wickedness; they will claim to believe in him because of the signs he works, but in truth it will be because of the privileges he grants them and the unlawfulness he permits, as when Christ worked signs He was not believed (John 5:43). When Antichrist appears, he will abolish every idolatrous religion, but so as to be worshipped alone (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). He will sit in the temple of God; which does not refer specifically to the temple in Jerusalem, as in Irenaeus and Hyppolitus, but rather to the Christian Church, so that it is the churches that will be led to worship him as God.
But Elijah will return (Matthew 17:11), being to Christ's second coming what John the Baptist was to His first, then Jesus returns and all are resurrected and judged.
St. Jerome (Commentary on Daniel) says that it should be understood that the events that happened surrounding Antiochus IV Epiphanes are a prefiguration of what will happen surrounding Antichrist (Daniel 8:14).
At a time when the love of many will have grown cold (Luke 18:8), when the Roman Empire collapses, 10 kings will rule over its previous territories. Antichrist will rise from a small nation, which is the Hebrew people, and he will be seen as insignificant at first but will gain power through political intrigue, until he conquers Rome and becomes the first, and last, Jew to rule over the civilized world (Daniel 11:24). He will come from Babylon and first defeat the king of Egypt but will then be frightened by the resistance of Rome against him (Daniel 11:25-30), and will rather defeat the kings of Libya and Ethiopia then conquer Israel, but he will not conquer Edom, Moab and Ammon (Arabia), the deserts where the Christians will flee to (Daniel 11:40-41). He will be received by the Jews as the Christ, and he will put on the pretense of holiness and chastity although he will be a blasphemer (Daniel 11:37-39). As a result of his military victories, the remaining 7 kings will submit to him (Daniel 7:8). For 3.5 years he will rule over the whole world, he will sit in the temple in Jerusalem and claim to be God (Daniel 11:31), and he will persecute the Christians (Daniel 11:33), forbidding the true worship and desecrating the temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 12:11), that the Jews may also be tested, whether they choose Christ or Antichrist. The Christians will resist him for a little but many will die (Daniel 11:34).
However, he will make war against the north and the east and pitch his tent in Apedno near Nicopolis, formerly known as Emmaus, in Judea, then will go to the summit of the Mount of Olives, where the Lord will destroy him (Daniel 11:42-45, Isaiah 25:6-8). Then the resurrection and the final judgment will come, without a millennial kingdom since the saints are evidently not to inherit an earthly kingdom but a spiritual one (Daniel 7:18-19).
Concerning the 70 weeks of Daniel, Jerome suggests various interpretations he considers to be valid, some which make the final week to be about Antichrist and some that don't.
Some believe that the Antichrist has already come in the person of Emperor Nero (Daniel 11:30).
St. Augustine of Hippo (City of God 20) says that the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5-6) is the one referred to in John 5:22-26: it is not the resurrection of the body, but of the soul, as indeed the soul has a kind of death and a kind of resurrection from the dead (Matthew 8:22, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15). It is the resurrection of mercy, as opposed to the second resurrection, the resurrection of judgment (John 5:28-29). There is also the equally Orthodox opinion that the first resurrection is a future one, followed by a thousand-year sabbatical kingdom, as taught by Irenaeus, but it is only Orthodox if one believes that this kingdom is spiritual and not the kind of carnal, passionate kingdom expected by the Chiliasts. But if the first resurrection is the one we already participate in as Christians, then the thousand years can be a manner of speech since the time of the Church is happening during the latter half of the sixth millennium, so that it is called a millennium to recapitulate the actual final thousand years it takes place in (in which case the second resurrection is very soon from his perspective; keep in mind that the end of the sixth millennium would be around the year 500 AD and Augustine died in 430), or the millennium is far more symbolic, referring to all of world history (Psalm 105:8). At the end of the millennium Gog and Magog will launch a final great assault against the Church for 3.5 years. This does not refer to any one earthly nation but rather to the unbelieving world, which will oppress the Church wherever it is.
Antichrist will sit in the temple of God, but there are different opinions as to whether this refers to a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem or to the Church. Until then, what is keeping him from appearing is also not universally agreed upon: some believe it is the Roman Empire, and that the mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who either will be resurrected or perhaps has not actually died. Some believe that what is keeping Antichrist from appearing and what is the mystery of lawlessness is the number of wicked men in the Church, who, when they are sufficiently plentiful, will create a favorable environment for Antichrist, and that 1 John 2:18-19 refers to the same thing.
It is the common tradition that Antichrist will come among ten kings ruling the Empire among themselves, but it is dangerous to put too much trust into this, as the ten kings could instead be symbolic of all the kings prior to Antichrist.
Antichrist will persecute the Church for 3.5 years.
Soon before the end comes, Elijah will return and convert the Jews to Christianity (Malachi 4:5-6).
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What has become the general tradition in Eastern Orthodoxy, such as what is found liturgically or commonly? I'd say:
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St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Against Heresies 5, ch. 25-36) says that at the end an unlawful and evil king will come, Antichrist, the summary of all demonic apostasy in history, who will take his seat in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Because the apostasy of Antichrist will recapitulate all apostasy, these events will also be the recapitulation of world history, and happen around the 6,000th year of creation; Genesis 1 must be understood as a prophecy, since one day is as a thousand years for the Lord (Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8). The first advent was halfway through the 6th day; the coming of Antichrist and the last great tribulation will be at the end of the 6th day as the culmination of everything that happened before. This is signified by the name of Antichrist, 666. 666 also signifies this by how, at the time of the apostasy leading to the flood, Noah was 600 years old (Genesis 7:6), and at the time of the persecution of God's people in Babylon, which itself was a prefiguration of the tribulation to come, King Nebuchadnezzar made an idolatrous status 60 cubits tall and 6 cubits wide (Daniel 3:1). This means Antichrist, and soon after him Christ, will come around the 6th century AD, following the chronology of the Septuagint.
The Roman Empire will begin to fall apart (Matthew 12:25) and be partitioned among ten kings, among whom the eighth will rise above the others, slaying three of the kings, to be the Antichrist and rule for 3.5 years during which he persecutes the Church as the Empire falls further apart (Daniel 2:33,41-43, 7:7-8,23-25, Revelation 17:3-18). It is this Antichrist of whom St. Paul speaks in 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12. He will come suddenly (1 Thessalonians 5:3) and will be a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Jeremiah 8:14-17) which is why this tribe is not given the promised inheritance (Revelation 7:4-8).
Because the existence of Antichrist will be permitted so as to recapitulate all apostasy and separate the righteous from the wicked as a great final exercise (Matthew 3:12, 13:24-30), God will confirm the wicked in their delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). Antichrist is the beast of the sea described in Revelation 13:1-10. His armor-bearer, the false prophet, is the beast of the earth described in Revelation 13:11-17.
He is the unjust judge the Lord speaks of in Luke 18:1-8, and the one who comes in his own name in John 5:43. The widow in Luke 18 is the unbelieving Jewish people, who will go to the Antichrist for help, and in response he will make a rebuilt Jerusalem his capital city and a rebuilt temple his house, during which time he will persecute the true temple which is the Church (Daniel 8:9-14,23-25). This is the last half-week of the prophecy of the 70 weeks (Daniel 9:27).
When the Lord comes to destroy him (Daniel 2:35,44, 7:9-14,21-22,26-27, 8:25), together with all the nations which will have become his servants (Isaiah 6:9-13, 13:6-22, 26:10-11), the saints will be resurrected. It must be so: we imitate our Lord (Luke 6:40) and therefore, just as He died, then rose from the dead, then ascended to the Father, we also must die, then rise from the dead, then ascend to the Father. It is at this first resurrection that the promise of the old covenant will be fulfilled (Genesis 13:14-15, 15:18-21, 27:28-29), it is the restoration promised by the prophets (Isaiah 26:19, 30:23-26, 58:13-14, Jeremiah 23:3-8, Ezekiel 28:25-26, 37:11-28), it is the kingdom and reward Christ speaks of (Matthew 19:29, 26:27, Luke 12:37-38, 14:12-13).
The saints will then rule in a beautified Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11-12, Baruch 5) for 1,000 years (Isaiah 65:17-25, Revelation 20:4-9), the true Sabbath.
After this, heaven and earth will pass away (Matthew 24:35, 1 Corinthian 7:31, Revelation 20:11) as the remaining dead will rise and all will be judged (Revelation 20:10-15). Then a new heaven and earth will be established (Isaiah 65:17-18) and the Jerusalem from above, which the Jerusalem from below is patterned after (Exodus 25:40), will come down and the saints will live in it for eternity (Galatians 4:26, Revelation 21:1-6).
St. Clement of Alexandria does not indulge in eschatology, but he does indicate the alternate tradition that Justin may have been referring to. While Justin and Irenaeus interpret the Old Testament to not have been entirely fulfilled yet, Clement takes a different approach and sees the Old Testament as entirely fulfilled within the time frame of the New Testament. We see this when he discusses the prophecy of the 70 weeks. Whereas Irenaeus sees the last half-week as referring to the Antichrist, Clement sees it as referring to Vespasian, and sees the abomination of desolation not to be the Antichrist taking his seat in a rebuilt temple in the future, but as something that already took place under Vespasian.
St. Hippolytus of Rome considers that the Antichrist, a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Genesis 49:16-18, Deuteronomy 33:22, Jeremiah 8:14-17), will defeat in battle the kings of Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia (Daniel 11:43), in a battle over who should rule over the Empire, while the Ammonites and Moabites become his willful subjects (Isaiah 11:11-14, Daniel 11:41). As a result of his victory he will begin to think himself to be God, and will move on to assault Tyre and Sidon (Isaiah 23:4-5), and it is him whom Isaiah 14:3-21 and Ezekiel 28:1-19 refer to. Then he will try to convince the unbelieving Jews that he is the Messiah by gathering them again from the dispersion and re-establishing the kingdom of Israel, but only because he aims to be recognized and worshipped as God. That Israel according to the flesh will persecute the true Israel, the Church, and will request the Antichrist to do this for them, is what is meant by Deuteronomy 32:34-35, Isaiah 8:6-8, 18:1-2, Jeremiah 4:11-18, Micah 5:5, Luke 18:1-8 and Revelation 12.
The beast of the sea is the Roman Empire itself, while the beast of the earth is both the Antichrist and the false prophet (represented by the two horns). The mark on the hand refers to mandatory sacrifice to the Antichrist as to an idol if one wants to buy food, and the mark on the forehead refers to the false glory he grants upon those who submit themselves to him; the persecution Antiochus IV Epiphanes led against the people of God was a prefiguration of this (2 Maccabees 6:7-11).
The last week of Daniel is the whole rule of Antichrist, but during the first half-week Enoch and Elijah, who were translated into heaven and did not die (Genesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11), will return to prophesy, be martyred and be resurrected (Revelation 11:3-12). The second half-week is when Antichrist will take his seat in the temple and severely persecute the Church (Daniel 11:11-12, Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Then Jesus Christ will return and all will be resurrected and judged.
St. Victorinus gave a thorough commentary on Revelation:
6:1-2 (1st seal): Jesus Christ Who conquered by the Gospel and sent the Holy Spirit as an arrow.
6:3-4 (2nd seal): The wars and rumors of war (Matthew 24:6-7).
6:5-6 (3rd seal): The famines (Matthew 24:7).
6:7-8 (4th seal): The pestilences and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7).
6:9-11 (5th seal): The persecution of the faithful (Matthew 24:9-10).
6:10-7:17 (6th seal): The last great tribulation. The blackening of the sun, the fall of the stars, the untimely fall of the figs, the receding of the sky, the removal of the mountains and islands refer to the Christians being deeply troubled or even falling into apostasy because of this great final hardship. The angel from the east who seals 144,000 from the tribes of Israel is Elijah, whose preaching converts many of the unbelieving Jews (Malachi 4:5-6), thereby replenishing the Church. Then the seven archangels destroy the kingdom of Antichrist (Micah 5:5-6, Matthew 13:27-30, Mark 13:27) and all the saints are gathered with Christ forever.
8:1-6 (7th seal): The silence signifies the eternal rest and the narrative might end here, but John starts again from the beginning which is why it ends.
9:13-11:14 (6th trumpet): The four angels at the Euphrates, which also represent the four corners of the earth, are four nations which join the kingdom of Antichrist in due time. The mighty angel is Jesus Christ, His feet of fire are the apostles, the seven thunders He utters are the Holy Spirit, the utterances themselves are the Christian mystagogy of the Old Testament which the Christian prophets are given to interpret now that the apostles have finished their work. John eating the book and being told to prophesy again refers to him committing Revelation to memory and formally publishing it after his labor in exile in Patmos was finished. The temple to be measured is the Orthodox faith, the measuring reed like to a rod is Revelation, the rod proper is the Gospel of John which he is to write later. The courtyard is unnecessary and is therefore not measured but is given over to be trampled by the Gentiles, that is, the heretics Valentinian and such are to be counted outside the Church. The trampling of the holy city for 3 years and a half refers to the rule of Antichrist, and likewise the two prophets will prophesy for 3 years and a half. The two prophets are Elijah who did not die (2 Kings 2:11) and Jeremiah who was to prophesy to the nations (Jeremiah 1:5-10), although some think it is rather Moses. They are the two olive trees of Zechariah 4:11-14, who stand beside the Lord of the earth, that is, either that they are kept in Paradise, or that they will stand before Antichrist. The beast from the pit is Antichrist. The two prophets are killed in Jerusalem, rise after three days and a half and ascend to heaven.
11:15-15:8 (7th trumpet): The heavenly temple, that is, Jesus, is made manifest, and the ark is the gift of the Gospel. The woman with child is Israel, the Church, the people of God. The dragon is Satan who seeks to persecute her and who brought down either 1/3rd of angels or 1/3rd of men with himself, and whose seven heads are the last seven Roman Emperors, as well as the ten horns. The child is Jesus Christ Who became incarnate, conquered, and ascended to heaven. The two wings by which the woman flees the dragon are the two prophets, and this refers to when the Church in Judea, closest to Antichrist's headquarters, will have to flee someplace safe (Matthew 24:15-28). The waters spewed forth by the dragon are the people willing to persecute the Church; the earth swallowing up the woman to protect her refers to the Lord saving the Christians from their tormentors, however it is not known whether this refers to a future event or to what has already happened historically. The battle between Michael and the dragon and the latter's fall from heaven is what triggers the rule of Antichrist; narratively it is before the Church is carried by the two prophets, but it must actually happen after since the prophets ministered in the 3.5 years before Antichrist's tyranny. The beast from the sea is the kingdom of Antichrist. The beast from the earth is the false prophet, who will establish his rule in Jerusalem (Daniel 11:45, Matthew 24:15). The two angels who command the final harvest are the two prophets. Now again, the narrative restarts from a third perspective: that of the unbelievers, upon whom the whole fury of God will fall.
16:17-19:21 (7th bowl): The woman on the beast is an image of Satan. What is called Babylon here and in Isaiah (13-14, 21, 47-48) and Sodom in Ezekiel (16) refers to Rome. The 5 kings who are already fallen are Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus. The king who currently is is Domitian. The king who is to come for a short time is Nerva. The 8th king is the one from whom the 7 proceed, that is, Nero in resurrected form, who will rule with 10 kings and will not be recognized but will rather appear to the unbelieving Jews to be the Christ (Daniel 11:29-37). Then Christ will return with His angelic hosts to bring forth judgment.
20 (The millennium): The binding of Satan happens at the first coming of Christ. The 1,000 years are symbolic (Psalm 105:8). The abyss is the hearts of unbelievers. He is sealed so that it is not right now self-evident who is the servant of God and who is the servant of Satan. But at the end of the millennium he is released for a short while, referring to the 3.5 years during which Antichrist will persecute the Church. The first resurrection is the resurrection of faith (Colossians 3:1). The number 1,000 is 10x100: the one who keeps the Decalogue and the perfection of purity is one who reigns with Christ and for whom Satan is bound, but he remains loosed for those who do not do this, and him being loosed anyway after the millennium refers to how many will apostatize due to being tempted by him.
Then the general resurrection occurs, the final judgment, and the heavenly Jerusalem (which is very symbolic) comes down.
St. John Chrysostom shows more fully the tradition that Clement earlier hinted at. The apostles ask when the end comes and when the temple will be destroyed; Matthew 24:4-14 answers the first question by giving a recapitulation of all that Christians will have to endure, and Matthew 24:15-22 answers the second question; the abomination of desolation refers to the armies of Vespasian surrounding Jerusalem. Matthew 24:23-28 is when Jesus warns about Antichrist, not as the abomination of desolation as Irenaeus and Hippolytus interpreted it, but as the false prophet and false Christ. Then of course Matthew 24:29-31 is about the second coming and the last judgment.
In his interpretation of 2 Thessalonians, John gives us more context. The restrainer mentioned by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 is the Roman Empire, which restrains the Antichrist because it is when the Empire falls apart that Antichrist will use the power vacuum to take his place as ruler. The mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who is a prefiguration of Antichrist. God will permit the appearance of Antichrist so as to confirm the wicked in their wickedness; they will claim to believe in him because of the signs he works, but in truth it will be because of the privileges he grants them and the unlawfulness he permits, as when Christ worked signs He was not believed (John 5:43). When Antichrist appears, he will abolish every idolatrous religion, but so as to be worshipped alone (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). He will sit in the temple of God; which does not refer specifically to the temple in Jerusalem, as in Irenaeus and Hyppolitus, but rather to the Christian Church, so that it is the churches that will be led to worship him as God.
But Elijah will return (Matthew 17:11), being to Christ's second coming what John the Baptist was to His first, then Jesus returns and all are resurrected and judged.
St. Jerome (Commentary on Daniel) says that it should be understood that the events that happened surrounding Antiochus IV Epiphanes are a prefiguration of what will happen surrounding Antichrist (Daniel 8:14).
At a time when the love of many will have grown cold (Luke 18:8), when the Roman Empire collapses, 10 kings will rule over its previous territories. Antichrist will rise from a small nation, which is the Hebrew people, and he will be seen as insignificant at first but will gain power through political intrigue, until he conquers Rome and becomes the first, and last, Jew to rule over the civilized world (Daniel 11:24). He will come from Babylon and first defeat the king of Egypt but will then be frightened by the resistance of Rome against him (Daniel 11:25-30), and will rather defeat the kings of Libya and Ethiopia then conquer Israel, but he will not conquer Edom, Moab and Ammon (Arabia), the deserts where the Christians will flee to (Daniel 11:40-41). He will be received by the Jews as the Christ, and he will put on the pretense of holiness and chastity although he will be a blasphemer (Daniel 11:37-39). As a result of his military victories, the remaining 7 kings will submit to him (Daniel 7:8). For 3.5 years he will rule over the whole world, he will sit in the temple in Jerusalem and claim to be God (Daniel 11:31), and he will persecute the Christians (Daniel 11:33), forbidding the true worship and desecrating the temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 12:11), that the Jews may also be tested, whether they choose Christ or Antichrist. The Christians will resist him for a little but many will die (Daniel 11:34).
However, he will make war against the north and the east and pitch his tent in Apedno near Nicopolis, formerly known as Emmaus, in Judea, then will go to the summit of the Mount of Olives, where the Lord will destroy him (Daniel 11:42-45, Isaiah 25:6-8). Then the resurrection and the final judgment will come, without a millennial kingdom since the saints are evidently not to inherit an earthly kingdom but a spiritual one (Daniel 7:18-19).
Concerning the 70 weeks of Daniel, Jerome suggests various interpretations he considers to be valid, some which make the final week to be about Antichrist and some that don't.
Some believe that the Antichrist has already come in the person of Emperor Nero (Daniel 11:30).
St. Augustine of Hippo (City of God 20) says that the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5-6) is the one referred to in John 5:22-26: it is not the resurrection of the body, but of the soul, as indeed the soul has a kind of death and a kind of resurrection from the dead (Matthew 8:22, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15). It is the resurrection of mercy, as opposed to the second resurrection, the resurrection of judgment (John 5:28-29). There is also the equally Orthodox opinion that the first resurrection is a future one, followed by a thousand-year sabbatical kingdom, as taught by Irenaeus, but it is only Orthodox if one believes that this kingdom is spiritual and not the kind of carnal, passionate kingdom expected by the Chiliasts. But if the first resurrection is the one we already participate in as Christians, then the thousand years can be a manner of speech since the time of the Church is happening during the latter half of the sixth millennium, so that it is called a millennium to recapitulate the actual final thousand years it takes place in (in which case the second resurrection is very soon from his perspective; keep in mind that the end of the sixth millennium would be around the year 500 AD and Augustine died in 430), or the millennium is far more symbolic, referring to all of world history (Psalm 105:8). At the end of the millennium Gog and Magog will launch a final great assault against the Church for 3.5 years. This does not refer to any one earthly nation but rather to the unbelieving world, which will oppress the Church wherever it is.
Antichrist will sit in the temple of God, but there are different opinions as to whether this refers to a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem or to the Church. Until then, what is keeping him from appearing is also not universally agreed upon: some believe it is the Roman Empire, and that the mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who either will be resurrected or perhaps has not actually died. Some believe that what is keeping Antichrist from appearing and what is the mystery of lawlessness is the number of wicked men in the Church, who, when they are sufficiently plentiful, will create a favorable environment for Antichrist, and that 1 John 2:18-19 refers to the same thing.
It is the common tradition that Antichrist will come among ten kings ruling the Empire among themselves, but it is dangerous to put too much trust into this, as the ten kings could instead be symbolic of all the kings prior to Antichrist.
Antichrist will persecute the Church for 3.5 years.
Soon before the end comes, Elijah will return and convert the Jews to Christianity (Malachi 4:5-6).
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What has become the general tradition in Eastern Orthodoxy, such as what is found liturgically or commonly? I'd say:
- The first resurrection is Christ's resurrection, which we share in through baptism.
- The millennium refers to the era of the Church.
- The Old Testament was completely fulfilled by the end of the 1st century AD. We are not looking forward to a future earthly kingdom (even of a spiritual nature) before the eternal Kingdom of God; the kingdom in question, such as what is prophesied by Ezekiel in the last few chapters, is the Church, and as Christians we already judge and possess all things.
- The book of Daniel was mostly fulfilled in 1, 2 and 3 Maccabees. Even things referring to the resurrection of the dead in the Old Testament find their fulfillment in the resurrection of Christ primarily.
- The four kingdoms in Daniel are the Babylonians, Medo-Persians, Greeks and Romans; or the Babylonians, Medes, Persians and Greco-Romans as expressed in the Syriac tradition. But in any case the Kingdom of God was established, and the Roman Empire was destroyed, when the rock sewn without hands crushed it, that is, when Christ was born of the Virgin. Through His Church He has conquered Rome since, and in fact nearly all nations by now.
- There will be an Antichrist, who will unite the world religions and try to eliminate the Church. It will be a short-lived but intense final tribulation we will go through before the resurrection, final judgment and universal establishment of the Kingdom of God. Enoch and Elijah will return to preach. We do not know when this will happen, nor what form the kingdom of Antichrist will take...
- ... and that's okay. We're not very much concerned with what the end times will look like. We have been in the end times since Christ became the firstborn of the dead and sent His Holy Spirit upon us. I'm far more likely to meet Christ when I die, whenever that is, than when Antichrist comes. The apostle Paul gave one key method to be ready for Antichrist anyway: to hold onto the tradition that he transmitted (2 Thessalonians 2:15), which is in 1 Thessalonians 4. Practice Orthodoxy and everything will turn out alright.
- The millenarism of some saints like Irenaeus is not accepted, in part because it became a defining feature of some heresies (like the Modalists who believed that at the return of Jesus there would be a millennial kingdom, then the illusion of the person of the Son would vanish and there would remain the only true person of the Father), and in part because, well, time proved it wrong—they expected the return of Christ to happen about 500 years after Christ, yet here we are.
- There is no doctrine of the Rapture. This is strictly a recent Protestant innovation. All instances I can find of the saints interpreting the relevant passages (like Luke 17:22:36 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) understand them to be about the righteous going up to welcome the returning Lord when He comes, and nothing else.
2023.06.06 23:42 InternetTraumatized An overview of the eschatology of some early saints
St. Justin Martyr (Dialogue with Trypho, ch. 80-81) says that there will be a first resurrection of the righteous where they dwell in a rebuilt Jerusalem for 1,000 years (keep in mind that Jerusalem had recently been destroyed due to the failure of the Bar Kokhba revolt), based off Isaiah 44 and 65 ("There shall be the new heaven and the new earth, and the former shall not be remembered, or come into their heart; but they shall find joy and gladness in it, which things I create. For, Behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and My people a joy; and I shall rejoice over Jerusalem, and be glad over My people ... According to the days of the tree of life shall be the days of my people," understanding the days of the tree of life to refer to 1,000 years since Genesis 5-11 shows the years of mankind decreasing further and further away from the number 1,000 corresponding to life in Paradise) as well as Revelation 20:4-6,9 ("And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years ... They [the nations] went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city"). Justin, however, also points out that some Orthodox Christians believe in this and some don't, and it's a matter of opinion alone. He doesn't say what the alternative might be however.
St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Against Heresies 5, ch. 25-36) says that at the end an unlawful and evil king will come, Antichrist, the summary of all demonic apostasy in history, who will take his seat in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Because the apostasy of Antichrist will recapitulate all apostasy, these events will also be the recapitulation of world history, and happen around the 6,000th year of creation; Genesis 1 must be understood as a prophecy, since one day is as a thousand years for the Lord (Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8). The first advent was halfway through the 6th day; the coming of Antichrist and the last great tribulation will be at the end of the 6th day as the culmination of everything that happened before. This is signified by the name of Antichrist, 666. 666 also signifies this by how, at the time of the apostasy leading to the flood, Noah was 600 years old (Genesis 7:6), and at the time of the persecution of God's people in Babylon, which itself was a prefiguration of the tribulation to come, King Nebuchadnezzar made an idolatrous status 60 cubits tall and 6 cubits wide (Daniel 3:1). This means Antichrist, and soon after him Christ, will come around the 6th century AD, following the chronology of the Septuagint.
The Roman Empire will begin to fall apart (Matthew 12:25) and be partitioned among ten kings, among whom the eighth will rise above the others, slaying three of the kings, to be the Antichrist and rule for 3.5 years during which he persecutes the Church as the Empire falls further apart (Daniel 2:33,41-43, 7:7-8,23-25, Revelation 17:3-18). It is this Antichrist of whom St. Paul speaks in 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12. He will come suddenly (1 Thessalonians 5:3) and will be a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Jeremiah 8:14-17) which is why this tribe is not given the promised inheritance (Revelation 7:4-8).
Because the existence of Antichrist will be permitted so as to recapitulate all apostasy and separate the righteous from the wicked as a great final exercise (Matthew 3:12, 13:24-30), God will confirm the wicked in their delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). Antichrist is the beast of the sea described in Revelation 13:1-10. His armor-bearer, the false prophet, is the beast of the earth described in Revelation 13:11-17.
He is the unjust judge the Lord speaks of in Luke 18:1-8, and the one who comes in his own name in John 5:43. The widow in Luke 18 is the unbelieving Jewish people, who will go to the Antichrist for help, and in response he will make a rebuilt Jerusalem his capital city and a rebuilt temple his house, during which time he will persecute the true temple which is the Church (Daniel 8:9-14,23-25). This is the last half-week of the prophecy of the 70 weeks (Daniel 9:27).
When the Lord comes to destroy him (Daniel 2:35,44, 7:9-14,21-22,26-27, 8:25), together with all the nations which will have become his servants (Isaiah 6:9-13, 13:6-22, 26:10-11), the saints will be resurrected. It must be so: we imitate our Lord (Luke 6:40) and therefore, just as He died, then rose from the dead, then ascended to the Father, we also must die, then rise from the dead, then ascend to the Father. It is at this first resurrection that the promise of the old covenant will be fulfilled (Genesis 13:14-15, 15:18-21, 27:28-29), it is the restoration promised by the prophets (Isaiah 26:19, 30:23-26, 58:13-14, Jeremiah 23:3-8, Ezekiel 28:25-26, 37:11-28), it is the kingdom and reward Christ speaks of (Matthew 19:29, 26:27, Luke 12:37-38, 14:12-13).
The saints will then rule in a beautified Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11-12, Baruch 5) for 1,000 years (Isaiah 65:17-25, Revelation 20:4-9), the true Sabbath.
After this, heaven and earth will pass away (Matthew 24:35, 1 Corinthian 7:31, Revelation 20:11) as the remaining dead will rise and all will be judged (Revelation 20:10-15). Then a new heaven and earth will be established (Isaiah 65:17-18) and the Jerusalem from above, which the Jerusalem from below is patterned after (Exodus 25:40), will come down and the saints will live in it for eternity (Galatians 4:26, Revelation 21:1-6).
St. Clement of Alexandria does not indulge in eschatology, but he does indicate the alternate tradition that Justin may have been referring to. While Justin and Irenaeus interpret the Old Testament to not have been entirely fulfilled yet, Clement takes a different approach and sees the Old Testament as entirely fulfilled within the time frame of the New Testament. We see this when he discusses the prophecy of the 70 weeks. Whereas Irenaeus sees the last half-week as referring to the Antichrist, Clement sees it as referring to Vespasian, and sees the abomination of desolation not to be the Antichrist taking his seat in a rebuilt temple in the future, but as something that already took place under Vespasian.
St. Hippolytus of Rome considers that the Antichrist, a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Genesis 49:16-18, Deuteronomy 33:22, Jeremiah 8:14-17), will defeat in battle the kings of Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia (Daniel 11:43), in a battle over who should rule over the Empire, while the Ammonites and Moabites become his willful subjects (Isaiah 11:11-14, Daniel 11:41). As a result of his victory he will begin to think himself to be God, and will move on to assault Tyre and Sidon (Isaiah 23:4-5), and it is him whom Isaiah 14:3-21 and Ezekiel 28:1-19 refer to. Then he will try to convince the unbelieving Jews that he is the Messiah by gathering them again from the dispersion and re-establishing the kingdom of Israel, but only because he aims to be recognized and worshipped as God. That Israel according to the flesh will persecute the true Israel, the Church, and will request the Antichrist to do this for them, is what is meant by Deuteronomy 32:34-35, Isaiah 8:6-8, 18:1-2, Jeremiah 4:11-18, Micah 5:5, Luke 18:1-8 and Revelation 12.
The beast of the sea is the Roman Empire itself, while the beast of the earth is both the Antichrist and the false prophet (represented by the two horns). The mark on the hand refers to mandatory sacrifice to the Antichrist as to an idol if one wants to buy food, and the mark on the forehead refers to the false glory he grants upon those who submit themselves to him; the persecution Antiochus IV Epiphanes led against the people of God was a prefiguration of this (2 Maccabees 6:7-11).
The last week of Daniel is the whole rule of Antichrist, but during the first half-week Enoch and Elijah, who were translated into heaven and did not die (Genesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11), will return to prophesy, be martyred and be resurrected (Revelation 11:3-12). The second half-week is when Antichrist will take his seat in the temple and severely persecute the Church (Daniel 11:11-12, Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Then Jesus Christ will return and all will be resurrected and judged.
St. Victorinus gave a thorough commentary on Revelation:
6:1-2 (1st seal): Jesus Christ Who conquered by the Gospel and sent the Holy Spirit as an arrow.
6:3-4 (2nd seal): The wars and rumors of war (Matthew 24:6-7).
6:5-6 (3rd seal): The famines (Matthew 24:7).
6:7-8 (4th seal): The pestilences and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7).
6:9-11 (5th seal): The persecution of the faithful (Matthew 24:9-10).
6:10-7:17 (6th seal): The last great tribulation. The blackening of the sun, the fall of the stars, the untimely fall of the figs, the receding of the sky, the removal of the mountains and islands refer to the Christians being deeply troubled or even falling into apostasy because of this great final hardship. The angel from the east who seals 144,000 from the tribes of Israel is Elijah, whose preaching converts many of the unbelieving Jews (Malachi 4:5-6), thereby replenishing the Church. Then the seven archangels destroy the kingdom of Antichrist (Micah 5:5-6, Matthew 13:27-30, Mark 13:27) and all the saints are gathered with Christ forever.
8:1-6 (7th seal): The silence signifies the eternal rest and the narrative might end here, but John starts again from the beginning which is why it ends.
9:13-11:14 (6th trumpet): The four angels at the Euphrates, which also represent the four corners of the earth, are four nations which join the kingdom of Antichrist in due time. The mighty angel is Jesus Christ, His feet of fire are the apostles, the seven thunders He utters are the Holy Spirit, the utterances themselves are the Christian mystagogy of the Old Testament which the Christian prophets are given to interpret now that the apostles have finished their work. John eating the book and being told to prophesy again refers to him committing Revelation to memory and formally publishing it after his labor in exile in Patmos was finished. The temple to be measured is the Orthodox faith, the measuring reed like to a rod is Revelation, the rod proper is the Gospel of John which he is to write later. The courtyard is unnecessary and is therefore not measured but is given over to be trampled by the Gentiles, that is, the heretics Valentinian and such are to be counted outside the Church. The trampling of the holy city for 3 years and a half refers to the rule of Antichrist, and likewise the two prophets will prophesy for 3 years and a half. The two prophets are Elijah who did not die (2 Kings 2:11) and Jeremiah who was to prophesy to the nations (Jeremiah 1:5-10), although some think it is rather Moses. They are the two olive trees of Zechariah 4:11-14, who stand beside the Lord of the earth, that is, either that they are kept in Paradise, or that they will stand before Antichrist. The beast from the pit is Antichrist. The two prophets are killed in Jerusalem, rise after three days and a half and ascend to heaven.
11:15-15:8 (7th trumpet): The heavenly temple, that is, Jesus, is made manifest, and the ark is the gift of the Gospel. The woman with child is Israel, the Church, the people of God. The dragon is Satan who seeks to persecute her and who brought down either 1/3rd of angels or 1/3rd of men with himself, and whose seven heads are the last seven Roman Emperors, as well as the ten horns. The child is Jesus Christ Who became incarnate, conquered, and ascended to heaven. The two wings by which the woman flees the dragon are the two prophets, and this refers to when the Church in Judea, closest to Antichrist's headquarters, will have to flee someplace safe (Matthew 24:15-28). The waters spewed forth by the dragon are the people willing to persecute the Church; the earth swallowing up the woman to protect her refers to the Lord saving the Christians from their tormentors, however it is not known whether this refers to a future event or to what has already happened historically. The battle between Michael and the dragon and the latter's fall from heaven is what triggers the rule of Antichrist; narratively it is before the Church is carried by the two prophets, but it must actually happen after since the prophets ministered in the 3.5 years before Antichrist's tyranny. The beast from the sea is the kingdom of Antichrist. The beast from the earth is the false prophet, who will establish his rule in Jerusalem (Daniel 11:45, Matthew 24:15). The two angels who command the final harvest are the two prophets. Now again, the narrative restarts from a third perspective: that of the unbelievers, upon whom the whole fury of God will fall.
16:17-19:21 (7th bowl): The woman on the beast is an image of Satan. What is called Babylon here and in Isaiah (13-14, 21, 47-48) and Sodom in Ezekiel (16) refers to Rome. The 5 kings who are already fallen are Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus. The king who currently is is Domitian. The king who is to come for a short time is Nerva. The 8th king is the one from whom the 7 proceed, that is, Nero in resurrected form, who will rule with 10 kings and will not be recognized but will rather appear to the unbelieving Jews to be the Christ (Daniel 11:29-37). Then Christ will return with His angelic hosts to bring forth judgment.
20 (The millennium): The binding of Satan happens at the first coming of Christ. The 1,000 years are symbolic (Psalm 105:8). The abyss is the hearts of unbelievers. He is sealed so that it is not right now self-evident who is the servant of God and who is the servant of Satan. But at the end of the millennium he is released for a short while, referring to the 3.5 years during which Antichrist will persecute the Church. The first resurrection is the resurrection of faith (Colossians 3:1). The number 1,000 is 10x100: the one who keeps the Decalogue and the perfection of purity is one who reigns with Christ and for whom Satan is bound, but he remains loosed for those who do not do this, and him being loosed anyway after the millennium refers to how many will apostatize due to being tempted by him.
Then the general resurrection occurs, the final judgment, and the heavenly Jerusalem (which is very symbolic) comes down.
St. John Chrysostom shows more fully the tradition that Clement earlier hinted at. The apostles ask when the end comes and when the temple will be destroyed; Matthew 24:4-14 answers the first question by giving a recapitulation of all that Christians will have to endure, and Matthew 24:15-22 answers the second question; the abomination of desolation refers to the armies of Vespasian surrounding Jerusalem. Matthew 24:23-28 is when Jesus warns about Antichrist, not as the abomination of desolation as Irenaeus and Hippolytus interpreted it, but as the false prophet and false Christ. Then of course Matthew 24:29-31 is about the second coming and the last judgment.
In his interpretation of 2 Thessalonians, John gives us more context. The restrainer mentioned by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 is the Roman Empire, which restrains the Antichrist because it is when the Empire falls apart that Antichrist will use the power vacuum to take his place as ruler. The mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who is a prefiguration of Antichrist. God will permit the appearance of Antichrist so as to confirm the wicked in their wickedness; they will claim to believe in him because of the signs he works, but in truth it will be because of the privileges he grants them and the unlawfulness he permits, as when Christ worked signs He was not believed (John 5:43). When Antichrist appears, he will abolish every idolatrous religion, but so as to be worshipped alone (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). He will sit in the temple of God; which does not refer specifically to the temple in Jerusalem, as in Irenaeus and Hyppolitus, but rather to the Christian Church, so that it is the churches that will be led to worship him as God.
But Elijah will return (Matthew 17:11), being to Christ's second coming what John the Baptist was to His first, then Jesus returns and all are resurrected and judged.
St. Jerome (Commentary on Daniel) says that it should be understood that the events that happened surrounding Antiochus IV Epiphanes are a prefiguration of what will happen surrounding Antichrist (Daniel 8:14).
At a time when the love of many will have grown cold (Luke 18:8), when the Roman Empire collapses, 10 kings will rule over its previous territories. Antichrist will rise from a small nation, which is the Hebrew people, and he will be seen as insignificant at first but will gain power through political intrigue, until he conquers Rome and becomes the first, and last, Jew to rule over the civilized world (Daniel 11:24). He will come from Babylon and first defeat the king of Egypt but will then be frightened by the resistance of Rome against him (Daniel 11:25-30), and will rather defeat the kings of Libya and Ethiopia then conquer Israel, but he will not conquer Edom, Moab and Ammon (Arabia), the deserts where the Christians will flee to (Daniel 11:40-41). He will be received by the Jews as the Christ, and he will put on the pretense of holiness and chastity although he will be a blasphemer (Daniel 11:37-39). As a result of his military victories, the remaining 7 kings will submit to him (Daniel 7:8). For 3.5 years he will rule over the whole world, he will sit in the temple in Jerusalem and claim to be God (Daniel 11:31), and he will persecute the Christians (Daniel 11:33), forbidding the true worship and desecrating the temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 12:11), that the Jews may also be tested, whether they choose Christ or Antichrist. The Christians will resist him for a little but many will die (Daniel 11:34).
However, he will make war against the north and the east and pitch his tent in Apedno near Nicopolis, formerly known as Emmaus, in Judea, then will go to the summit of the Mount of Olives, where the Lord will destroy him (Daniel 11:42-45, Isaiah 25:6-8). Then the resurrection and the final judgment will come, without a millennial kingdom since the saints are evidently not to inherit an earthly kingdom but a spiritual one (Daniel 7:18-19).
Concerning the 70 weeks of Daniel, Jerome suggests various interpretations he considers to be valid, some which make the final week to be about Antichrist and some that don't.
Some believe that the Antichrist has already come in the person of Emperor Nero (Daniel 11:30).
St. Augustine of Hippo (City of God 20) says that the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5-6) is the one referred to in John 5:22-26: it is not the resurrection of the body, but of the soul, as indeed the soul has a kind of death and a kind of resurrection from the dead (Matthew 8:22, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15). It is the resurrection of mercy, as opposed to the second resurrection, the resurrection of judgment (John 5:28-29). There is also the equally Orthodox opinion that the first resurrection is a future one, followed by a thousand-year sabbatical kingdom, as taught by Irenaeus, but it is only Orthodox if one believes that this kingdom is spiritual and not the kind of carnal, passionate kingdom expected by the Chiliasts. But if the first resurrection is the one we already participate in as Christians, then the thousand years can be a manner of speech since the time of the Church is happening during the latter half of the sixth millennium, so that it is called a millennium to recapitulate the actual final thousand years it takes place in (in which case the second resurrection is very soon from his perspective; keep in mind that the end of the sixth millennium would be around the year 500 AD and Augustine died in 430), or the millennium is far more symbolic, referring to all of world history (Psalm 105:8). At the end of the millennium Gog and Magog will launch a final great assault against the Church for 3.5 years. This does not refer to any one earthly nation but rather to the unbelieving world, which will oppress the Church wherever it is.
Antichrist will sit in the temple of God, but there are different opinions as to whether this refers to a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem or to the Church. Until then, what is keeping him from appearing is also not universally agreed upon: some believe it is the Roman Empire, and that the mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who either will be resurrected or perhaps has not actually died. Some believe that what is keeping Antichrist from appearing and what is the mystery of lawlessness is the number of wicked men in the Church, who, when they are sufficiently plentiful, will create a favorable environment for Antichrist, and that 1 John 2:18-19 refers to the same thing.
It is the common tradition that Antichrist will come among ten kings ruling the Empire among themselves, but it is dangerous to put too much trust into this, as the ten kings could instead be symbolic of all the kings prior to Antichrist.
Antichrist will persecute the Church for 3.5 years.
Soon before the end comes, Elijah will return and convert the Jews to Christianity (Malachi 4:5-6).
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What has become the general tradition, such as what is found liturgically or commonly? I'd say:
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St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Against Heresies 5, ch. 25-36) says that at the end an unlawful and evil king will come, Antichrist, the summary of all demonic apostasy in history, who will take his seat in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Because the apostasy of Antichrist will recapitulate all apostasy, these events will also be the recapitulation of world history, and happen around the 6,000th year of creation; Genesis 1 must be understood as a prophecy, since one day is as a thousand years for the Lord (Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8). The first advent was halfway through the 6th day; the coming of Antichrist and the last great tribulation will be at the end of the 6th day as the culmination of everything that happened before. This is signified by the name of Antichrist, 666. 666 also signifies this by how, at the time of the apostasy leading to the flood, Noah was 600 years old (Genesis 7:6), and at the time of the persecution of God's people in Babylon, which itself was a prefiguration of the tribulation to come, King Nebuchadnezzar made an idolatrous status 60 cubits tall and 6 cubits wide (Daniel 3:1). This means Antichrist, and soon after him Christ, will come around the 6th century AD, following the chronology of the Septuagint.
The Roman Empire will begin to fall apart (Matthew 12:25) and be partitioned among ten kings, among whom the eighth will rise above the others, slaying three of the kings, to be the Antichrist and rule for 3.5 years during which he persecutes the Church as the Empire falls further apart (Daniel 2:33,41-43, 7:7-8,23-25, Revelation 17:3-18). It is this Antichrist of whom St. Paul speaks in 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12. He will come suddenly (1 Thessalonians 5:3) and will be a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Jeremiah 8:14-17) which is why this tribe is not given the promised inheritance (Revelation 7:4-8).
Because the existence of Antichrist will be permitted so as to recapitulate all apostasy and separate the righteous from the wicked as a great final exercise (Matthew 3:12, 13:24-30), God will confirm the wicked in their delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). Antichrist is the beast of the sea described in Revelation 13:1-10. His armor-bearer, the false prophet, is the beast of the earth described in Revelation 13:11-17.
He is the unjust judge the Lord speaks of in Luke 18:1-8, and the one who comes in his own name in John 5:43. The widow in Luke 18 is the unbelieving Jewish people, who will go to the Antichrist for help, and in response he will make a rebuilt Jerusalem his capital city and a rebuilt temple his house, during which time he will persecute the true temple which is the Church (Daniel 8:9-14,23-25). This is the last half-week of the prophecy of the 70 weeks (Daniel 9:27).
When the Lord comes to destroy him (Daniel 2:35,44, 7:9-14,21-22,26-27, 8:25), together with all the nations which will have become his servants (Isaiah 6:9-13, 13:6-22, 26:10-11), the saints will be resurrected. It must be so: we imitate our Lord (Luke 6:40) and therefore, just as He died, then rose from the dead, then ascended to the Father, we also must die, then rise from the dead, then ascend to the Father. It is at this first resurrection that the promise of the old covenant will be fulfilled (Genesis 13:14-15, 15:18-21, 27:28-29), it is the restoration promised by the prophets (Isaiah 26:19, 30:23-26, 58:13-14, Jeremiah 23:3-8, Ezekiel 28:25-26, 37:11-28), it is the kingdom and reward Christ speaks of (Matthew 19:29, 26:27, Luke 12:37-38, 14:12-13).
The saints will then rule in a beautified Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11-12, Baruch 5) for 1,000 years (Isaiah 65:17-25, Revelation 20:4-9), the true Sabbath.
After this, heaven and earth will pass away (Matthew 24:35, 1 Corinthian 7:31, Revelation 20:11) as the remaining dead will rise and all will be judged (Revelation 20:10-15). Then a new heaven and earth will be established (Isaiah 65:17-18) and the Jerusalem from above, which the Jerusalem from below is patterned after (Exodus 25:40), will come down and the saints will live in it for eternity (Galatians 4:26, Revelation 21:1-6).
St. Clement of Alexandria does not indulge in eschatology, but he does indicate the alternate tradition that Justin may have been referring to. While Justin and Irenaeus interpret the Old Testament to not have been entirely fulfilled yet, Clement takes a different approach and sees the Old Testament as entirely fulfilled within the time frame of the New Testament. We see this when he discusses the prophecy of the 70 weeks. Whereas Irenaeus sees the last half-week as referring to the Antichrist, Clement sees it as referring to Vespasian, and sees the abomination of desolation not to be the Antichrist taking his seat in a rebuilt temple in the future, but as something that already took place under Vespasian.
St. Hippolytus of Rome considers that the Antichrist, a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan (Genesis 49:16-18, Deuteronomy 33:22, Jeremiah 8:14-17), will defeat in battle the kings of Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia (Daniel 11:43), in a battle over who should rule over the Empire, while the Ammonites and Moabites become his willful subjects (Isaiah 11:11-14, Daniel 11:41). As a result of his victory he will begin to think himself to be God, and will move on to assault Tyre and Sidon (Isaiah 23:4-5), and it is him whom Isaiah 14:3-21 and Ezekiel 28:1-19 refer to. Then he will try to convince the unbelieving Jews that he is the Messiah by gathering them again from the dispersion and re-establishing the kingdom of Israel, but only because he aims to be recognized and worshipped as God. That Israel according to the flesh will persecute the true Israel, the Church, and will request the Antichrist to do this for them, is what is meant by Deuteronomy 32:34-35, Isaiah 8:6-8, 18:1-2, Jeremiah 4:11-18, Micah 5:5, Luke 18:1-8 and Revelation 12.
The beast of the sea is the Roman Empire itself, while the beast of the earth is both the Antichrist and the false prophet (represented by the two horns). The mark on the hand refers to mandatory sacrifice to the Antichrist as to an idol if one wants to buy food, and the mark on the forehead refers to the false glory he grants upon those who submit themselves to him; the persecution Antiochus IV Epiphanes led against the people of God was a prefiguration of this (2 Maccabees 6:7-11).
The last week of Daniel is the whole rule of Antichrist, but during the first half-week Enoch and Elijah, who were translated into heaven and did not die (Genesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11), will return to prophesy, be martyred and be resurrected (Revelation 11:3-12). The second half-week is when Antichrist will take his seat in the temple and severely persecute the Church (Daniel 11:11-12, Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Then Jesus Christ will return and all will be resurrected and judged.
St. Victorinus gave a thorough commentary on Revelation:
6:1-2 (1st seal): Jesus Christ Who conquered by the Gospel and sent the Holy Spirit as an arrow.
6:3-4 (2nd seal): The wars and rumors of war (Matthew 24:6-7).
6:5-6 (3rd seal): The famines (Matthew 24:7).
6:7-8 (4th seal): The pestilences and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7).
6:9-11 (5th seal): The persecution of the faithful (Matthew 24:9-10).
6:10-7:17 (6th seal): The last great tribulation. The blackening of the sun, the fall of the stars, the untimely fall of the figs, the receding of the sky, the removal of the mountains and islands refer to the Christians being deeply troubled or even falling into apostasy because of this great final hardship. The angel from the east who seals 144,000 from the tribes of Israel is Elijah, whose preaching converts many of the unbelieving Jews (Malachi 4:5-6), thereby replenishing the Church. Then the seven archangels destroy the kingdom of Antichrist (Micah 5:5-6, Matthew 13:27-30, Mark 13:27) and all the saints are gathered with Christ forever.
8:1-6 (7th seal): The silence signifies the eternal rest and the narrative might end here, but John starts again from the beginning which is why it ends.
9:13-11:14 (6th trumpet): The four angels at the Euphrates, which also represent the four corners of the earth, are four nations which join the kingdom of Antichrist in due time. The mighty angel is Jesus Christ, His feet of fire are the apostles, the seven thunders He utters are the Holy Spirit, the utterances themselves are the Christian mystagogy of the Old Testament which the Christian prophets are given to interpret now that the apostles have finished their work. John eating the book and being told to prophesy again refers to him committing Revelation to memory and formally publishing it after his labor in exile in Patmos was finished. The temple to be measured is the Orthodox faith, the measuring reed like to a rod is Revelation, the rod proper is the Gospel of John which he is to write later. The courtyard is unnecessary and is therefore not measured but is given over to be trampled by the Gentiles, that is, the heretics Valentinian and such are to be counted outside the Church. The trampling of the holy city for 3 years and a half refers to the rule of Antichrist, and likewise the two prophets will prophesy for 3 years and a half. The two prophets are Elijah who did not die (2 Kings 2:11) and Jeremiah who was to prophesy to the nations (Jeremiah 1:5-10), although some think it is rather Moses. They are the two olive trees of Zechariah 4:11-14, who stand beside the Lord of the earth, that is, either that they are kept in Paradise, or that they will stand before Antichrist. The beast from the pit is Antichrist. The two prophets are killed in Jerusalem, rise after three days and a half and ascend to heaven.
11:15-15:8 (7th trumpet): The heavenly temple, that is, Jesus, is made manifest, and the ark is the gift of the Gospel. The woman with child is Israel, the Church, the people of God. The dragon is Satan who seeks to persecute her and who brought down either 1/3rd of angels or 1/3rd of men with himself, and whose seven heads are the last seven Roman Emperors, as well as the ten horns. The child is Jesus Christ Who became incarnate, conquered, and ascended to heaven. The two wings by which the woman flees the dragon are the two prophets, and this refers to when the Church in Judea, closest to Antichrist's headquarters, will have to flee someplace safe (Matthew 24:15-28). The waters spewed forth by the dragon are the people willing to persecute the Church; the earth swallowing up the woman to protect her refers to the Lord saving the Christians from their tormentors, however it is not known whether this refers to a future event or to what has already happened historically. The battle between Michael and the dragon and the latter's fall from heaven is what triggers the rule of Antichrist; narratively it is before the Church is carried by the two prophets, but it must actually happen after since the prophets ministered in the 3.5 years before Antichrist's tyranny. The beast from the sea is the kingdom of Antichrist. The beast from the earth is the false prophet, who will establish his rule in Jerusalem (Daniel 11:45, Matthew 24:15). The two angels who command the final harvest are the two prophets. Now again, the narrative restarts from a third perspective: that of the unbelievers, upon whom the whole fury of God will fall.
16:17-19:21 (7th bowl): The woman on the beast is an image of Satan. What is called Babylon here and in Isaiah (13-14, 21, 47-48) and Sodom in Ezekiel (16) refers to Rome. The 5 kings who are already fallen are Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus. The king who currently is is Domitian. The king who is to come for a short time is Nerva. The 8th king is the one from whom the 7 proceed, that is, Nero in resurrected form, who will rule with 10 kings and will not be recognized but will rather appear to the unbelieving Jews to be the Christ (Daniel 11:29-37). Then Christ will return with His angelic hosts to bring forth judgment.
20 (The millennium): The binding of Satan happens at the first coming of Christ. The 1,000 years are symbolic (Psalm 105:8). The abyss is the hearts of unbelievers. He is sealed so that it is not right now self-evident who is the servant of God and who is the servant of Satan. But at the end of the millennium he is released for a short while, referring to the 3.5 years during which Antichrist will persecute the Church. The first resurrection is the resurrection of faith (Colossians 3:1). The number 1,000 is 10x100: the one who keeps the Decalogue and the perfection of purity is one who reigns with Christ and for whom Satan is bound, but he remains loosed for those who do not do this, and him being loosed anyway after the millennium refers to how many will apostatize due to being tempted by him.
Then the general resurrection occurs, the final judgment, and the heavenly Jerusalem (which is very symbolic) comes down.
St. John Chrysostom shows more fully the tradition that Clement earlier hinted at. The apostles ask when the end comes and when the temple will be destroyed; Matthew 24:4-14 answers the first question by giving a recapitulation of all that Christians will have to endure, and Matthew 24:15-22 answers the second question; the abomination of desolation refers to the armies of Vespasian surrounding Jerusalem. Matthew 24:23-28 is when Jesus warns about Antichrist, not as the abomination of desolation as Irenaeus and Hippolytus interpreted it, but as the false prophet and false Christ. Then of course Matthew 24:29-31 is about the second coming and the last judgment.
In his interpretation of 2 Thessalonians, John gives us more context. The restrainer mentioned by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 is the Roman Empire, which restrains the Antichrist because it is when the Empire falls apart that Antichrist will use the power vacuum to take his place as ruler. The mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who is a prefiguration of Antichrist. God will permit the appearance of Antichrist so as to confirm the wicked in their wickedness; they will claim to believe in him because of the signs he works, but in truth it will be because of the privileges he grants them and the unlawfulness he permits, as when Christ worked signs He was not believed (John 5:43). When Antichrist appears, he will abolish every idolatrous religion, but so as to be worshipped alone (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). He will sit in the temple of God; which does not refer specifically to the temple in Jerusalem, as in Irenaeus and Hyppolitus, but rather to the Christian Church, so that it is the churches that will be led to worship him as God.
But Elijah will return (Matthew 17:11), being to Christ's second coming what John the Baptist was to His first, then Jesus returns and all are resurrected and judged.
St. Jerome (Commentary on Daniel) says that it should be understood that the events that happened surrounding Antiochus IV Epiphanes are a prefiguration of what will happen surrounding Antichrist (Daniel 8:14).
At a time when the love of many will have grown cold (Luke 18:8), when the Roman Empire collapses, 10 kings will rule over its previous territories. Antichrist will rise from a small nation, which is the Hebrew people, and he will be seen as insignificant at first but will gain power through political intrigue, until he conquers Rome and becomes the first, and last, Jew to rule over the civilized world (Daniel 11:24). He will come from Babylon and first defeat the king of Egypt but will then be frightened by the resistance of Rome against him (Daniel 11:25-30), and will rather defeat the kings of Libya and Ethiopia then conquer Israel, but he will not conquer Edom, Moab and Ammon (Arabia), the deserts where the Christians will flee to (Daniel 11:40-41). He will be received by the Jews as the Christ, and he will put on the pretense of holiness and chastity although he will be a blasphemer (Daniel 11:37-39). As a result of his military victories, the remaining 7 kings will submit to him (Daniel 7:8). For 3.5 years he will rule over the whole world, he will sit in the temple in Jerusalem and claim to be God (Daniel 11:31), and he will persecute the Christians (Daniel 11:33), forbidding the true worship and desecrating the temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 12:11), that the Jews may also be tested, whether they choose Christ or Antichrist. The Christians will resist him for a little but many will die (Daniel 11:34).
However, he will make war against the north and the east and pitch his tent in Apedno near Nicopolis, formerly known as Emmaus, in Judea, then will go to the summit of the Mount of Olives, where the Lord will destroy him (Daniel 11:42-45, Isaiah 25:6-8). Then the resurrection and the final judgment will come, without a millennial kingdom since the saints are evidently not to inherit an earthly kingdom but a spiritual one (Daniel 7:18-19).
Concerning the 70 weeks of Daniel, Jerome suggests various interpretations he considers to be valid, some which make the final week to be about Antichrist and some that don't.
Some believe that the Antichrist has already come in the person of Emperor Nero (Daniel 11:30).
St. Augustine of Hippo (City of God 20) says that the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5-6) is the one referred to in John 5:22-26: it is not the resurrection of the body, but of the soul, as indeed the soul has a kind of death and a kind of resurrection from the dead (Matthew 8:22, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15). It is the resurrection of mercy, as opposed to the second resurrection, the resurrection of judgment (John 5:28-29). There is also the equally Orthodox opinion that the first resurrection is a future one, followed by a thousand-year sabbatical kingdom, as taught by Irenaeus, but it is only Orthodox if one believes that this kingdom is spiritual and not the kind of carnal, passionate kingdom expected by the Chiliasts. But if the first resurrection is the one we already participate in as Christians, then the thousand years can be a manner of speech since the time of the Church is happening during the latter half of the sixth millennium, so that it is called a millennium to recapitulate the actual final thousand years it takes place in (in which case the second resurrection is very soon from his perspective; keep in mind that the end of the sixth millennium would be around the year 500 AD and Augustine died in 430), or the millennium is far more symbolic, referring to all of world history (Psalm 105:8). At the end of the millennium Gog and Magog will launch a final great assault against the Church for 3.5 years. This does not refer to any one earthly nation but rather to the unbelieving world, which will oppress the Church wherever it is.
Antichrist will sit in the temple of God, but there are different opinions as to whether this refers to a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem or to the Church. Until then, what is keeping him from appearing is also not universally agreed upon: some believe it is the Roman Empire, and that the mystery of lawlessness already at work is Nero, who either will be resurrected or perhaps has not actually died. Some believe that what is keeping Antichrist from appearing and what is the mystery of lawlessness is the number of wicked men in the Church, who, when they are sufficiently plentiful, will create a favorable environment for Antichrist, and that 1 John 2:18-19 refers to the same thing.
It is the common tradition that Antichrist will come among ten kings ruling the Empire among themselves, but it is dangerous to put too much trust into this, as the ten kings could instead be symbolic of all the kings prior to Antichrist.
Antichrist will persecute the Church for 3.5 years.
Soon before the end comes, Elijah will return and convert the Jews to Christianity (Malachi 4:5-6).
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What has become the general tradition, such as what is found liturgically or commonly? I'd say:
- The first resurrection is Christ's resurrection, which we share in through baptism.
- The millennium refers to the era of the Church.
- The Old Testament was completely fulfilled by the end of the 1st century AD. We are not looking forward to a future earthly kingdom (even of a spiritual nature) before the eternal Kingdom of God; the kingdom in question, such as what is prophesied by Ezekiel in the last few chapters, is the Church, and as Christians we already judge and possess all things.
- The book of Daniel was mostly fulfilled in 1, 2 and 3 Maccabees. Even things referring to the resurrection of the dead in the Old Testament find their fulfillment in the resurrection of Christ primarily.
- The four kingdoms in Daniel are the Babylonians, Medo-Persians, Greeks and Romans; or the Babylonians, Medes, Persians and Greco-Romans as expressed in the Syriac tradition. But in any case the Kingdom of God was established, and the Roman Empire was destroyed, when the rock sewn without hands crushed it, that is, when Christ was born of the Virgin. Through His Church He has conquered Rome since, and in fact nearly all nations by now.
- There will be an Antichrist, who will unite the world religions and try to eliminate the Church. It will be a short-lived but intense final tribulation we will go through before the resurrection, final judgment and universal establishment of the Kingdom of God. Enoch and Elijah will return to preach. We do not know when this will happen, nor what form the kingdom of Antichrist will take...
- ... and that's okay. We're not very much concerned with what the end times will look like. We have been in the end times since Christ became the firstborn of the dead and sent His Holy Spirit upon us. I'm far more likely to meet Christ when I die, whenever that is, than when Antichrist comes. The apostle Paul gave one key method to be ready for Antichrist anyway: to hold onto the tradition that he transmitted (2 Thessalonians 2:15), which is in 1 Thessalonians 4. Practice Orthodoxy and everything will turn out alright.
- The millenarism of some saints like Irenaeus is not accepted, in part because it became a defining feature of some heresies (like the Modalists who believed that at the return of Jesus there would be a millennial kingdom, then the illusion of the person of the Son would vanish and there would remain the only true person of the Father), and in part because, well, time proved it wrong—they expected the return of Christ to happen about 500 years after Christ, yet here we are.
- There is no doctrine of the Rapture. This is strictly a recent Protestant innovation. All instances I can find of the saints interpreting the relevant passages (like Luke 17:22:36 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) understand them to be about the righteous going up to welcome the returning Lord when He comes, and nothing else.
2023.06.06 23:40 OsGameThreads Game Thread: Orioles @ Brewers - Tue, Jun 06 @ 07:40 PM EDT
Orioles @ Brewers - Tue, Jun 06
Game Status: In Progress - Score: 3-3
Bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, bases empty, 0-0 count with Felix Bautista pitching and Brian Anderson batting. Blake Perkins is on deck, and Luis Urias is in the hole.Links & Info
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| Orioles Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frazier - 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .305 | .398 |
| 2 | Rutschman - C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .284 | .399 | .431 |
| 3 | Santander - RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .255 | .329 | .462 |
| McKenna - RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .286 | .369 | |
| 4 | Hays - LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .305 | .344 | .492 |
| 5 | Hicks, A - CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .226 | .309 | .345 |
| 6 | Mountcastle - 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .231 | .268 | .429 |
| 7 | Urías, R - 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .238 | .326 | .336 |
| 8 | O'Hearn - DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .302 | .345 | .566 |
| 9 | Mateo - SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .272 | .382 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 |
| Orioles |
|---|
| BATTING: 2B: Hays (15, Peralta, F); Frazier (10, Peralta, F). HR: Hicks, A (2, 2nd inning off Peralta, F, 1 on, 0 out); O'Hearn (3, 7th inning off Payamps, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Frazier 3; Hays 3; Hicks, A 4; O'Hearn 5; Rutschman. RBI: Hicks, A 2 (8); O'Hearn (15). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Santander; Hicks, A. Team RISP: 1-for-4. Team LOB: 5. |
| Brewers Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelich - LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .355 | .399 |
| 2 | Singleton - 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 | .167 | .091 |
| a-Miller, O - 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .313 | .350 | .463 | |
| 3 | Contreras, Wm - C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .231 | .333 | .402 |
| 4 | Tellez - DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .239 | .321 | .467 |
| 5 | Anderson, B - 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .332 | .402 |
| 6 | Toro - 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .429 | .500 | .857 |
| 1-Perkins, B - RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .174 | .273 | |
| 7 | Urías, L - 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 |
| 8 | Turang - SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .206 | .256 | .309 |
| 9 | Wiemer - CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .209 | .281 | .373 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 |
| Brewers |
|---|
| a-Struck out for Singleton in the 7th. 1-Ran for Toro in the 6th. |
| BATTING: 2B: Yelich 2 (9, Gibson, Gibson). 3B: Turang (2, Gibson). TB: Anderson, B; Toro; Turang 4; Yelich 5. RBI: Anderson, B (31); Toro (3); Turang (14). 2-out RBI: Anderson, B; Toro. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wiemer; Miller, O; Contreras, Wm; Anderson, B; Turang 2; Yelich. Team RISP: 3-for-15. Team LOB: 11. |
| Orioles Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 96-58 | 3.87 |
| Baumann | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17-10 | 4.13 |
| Coulombe | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22-11 | 2.01 |
| Cano | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25-17 | 1.11 |
| Bautista, F | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8-6 | 1.26 |
| Totals | 8.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| Brewers Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peralta, F | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 98-63 | 4.55 |
| Peguero, E | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-10 | 2.61 |
| Payamps | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18-11 | 2.54 |
| Megill | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17-10 | 4.66 |
| Williams, D | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11-8 | 0.44 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Inning | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bottom 1 | Brian Anderson singles on a line drive to left fielder Austin Hays. Christian Yelich scores. William Contreras to 3rd. | 1-0 MIL |
| Bottom 1 | Abraham Toro singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Anthony Santander. William Contreras scores. Brian Anderson to 2nd. | 2-0 MIL |
| Top 2 | Aaron Hicks homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Austin Hays scores. | 2-2 |
| Top 7 | Ryan O'Hearn homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. | 3-2 BAL |
| Bottom 8 | Brice Turang singles on a line drive to center fielder Aaron Hicks. Blake Perkins scores. | 3-3 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orioles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Brewers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
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