Rev. 22:1. "And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb."
Water in the Bible sometimes is symbolic of the Holy Spirit of God. We read about a well springing up giving life. we read about rivers of living water. The emphasis I suppose should be on the PURITY of the water. The word "PURE" means single without mixture. God is PURE. His words are PURE words. There is NO darkness is God.
Another thing I want you to notice is that the THRONE is now shared with Almighty God the Father and his Son Jesus. Is is called the throne of God AND of the Lamb.
Rev. 22:2. "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
In the midst of the flow of the river AND on either side of the river there was a TREE of life. Now when I read this I visualize a huge tree that the trunk of the tree spans not only the wide of the river but goes past the width of the river to be only both banks of the river as if the river flowed out of the tree of LIFE.
Notice that this tree of life has leaves and bears fruit. And not just one kind of fruit, but TWELVE different kinds of fruit. To ME, it appears that one kind of fruit will be for one specific MONTH of the year. And then this tree will bear a different fruit for the NEXT month of the year. And so forth until there is a specific fruit for each and every month of the year, where there are TWELVE months in the year. To ME, this clearly shows that the 1000 years is a LITERAL 1000 years. We may not be able to distinguish the day from the night, but it seems certain that we will know when the MONTH changes. So to ME, there does seem to be TIME, but I do not think we will be so conscious of time as much as many of us are now in this present world. And this may be only during this 1000 years. Once every one of the RIGHTEOUS have received ETERNAL LIFE, then TIME may cease to exist as we know it. On can only guess.
Also notice that the leaves are for HEALING. To ME this means that in the beginning of this 1000 year reign there will be people from all nations who have REPENTED of their sins in order to ENTER into the kingdom of God on this WAR torn planet that needs to be CLEANSED. There will be much hurt, pain and bitterness. A lot of "BAGGAGE" in those, who are in their mortal bodies, will brought into the kingdom of God that must be HEALED over time even to the third and fourth generation.
So symbolically we as the church who are IN this CITY of God are these leaves that descend from this city to minister the word of God to the people on the first earth to bring HEALING to them.
I do NOT see the need for healing of PHYSICAL sicknesses and diseases because of the next verse, which teaches us that there will be NO MORE CURSE.
Rev. 22:3. "And there shall be NO MORE CURSE: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:"
Now this may mean no more sickness and disease in the city itself, but I personally believe that there will be no more sickness and disease on the earth either during this 1000 years.
Now it may be that the MORTAL humans on the earth will need to be healed of physical sickness during the first and possibly the second generations, if so be, the leaves of healing are intended By John to mean physical healing. Satan will be bound during this 1000 years and the New Testament teaches us that it is Satan who OPPRESSES and bind sickness and disease on mankind. This is why I say perhaps some MORTAL humans may be sick with a physical disease needing to be healed. But after the first generation and no longer than the second generation ALL mortals should be healed of any physical sicknesses.
Rev. 22:4. "And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads."
The forehead may represent the brain, perhaps even the frontal lobe of the brains where communication is processed. This may mean that God is forever on our minds and in our thoughts, because now we behold the FACE of God. Or in may mean that we have a visible mark in our foreheads showing we are God's children.
Rev. 22:5. "And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever."
When it says that there will be no night THERE it seems to be saying that there will be no DARKNESS within the CITY of God. As far as outside the city we are told about OUTER DARKNESS. But we are also told that the nation shall walk IN the LIGHT of this city. So if it is taken literal then on the earth the sun may still be darkened and the only light will be from this city the NEW Jerusalem.
Certainly for those of us who are living IN this city of God will have NO CURSE and behold the face of God and be blessed beyond our thinking. But to ME, those outside the city, who remain down on the surface of the earth, still speaking of the FIRST earth and not the NEW earth, there is much work that needs to be done to CLEANSE all the CORRUPTION that was created by Satan before he was bound. Like the saying goes OLD HABITS die hard, or the old habits of sin will take some TIME to be healed. Just like in this present world when a sinner believes on Jesus all their past sins are cleansed away, but they still have the desires of the FLESH that they must LEARN how to put off using the promises of God and the power of his Spirit dwelling in them.
To say this another way some of those left of the nations called on Jesus to be saved ALIVE. Basically they will SURRENDER to Jesus who is making WAR with them, and will not be truly born again. This is what they will be TAUGHT of the Lord during the 1000 year reign of Jesus. Only Christians will rule and reign WITH Jesus UP in the CITY of God suspended in the AIR or sky over Jerusalem. The size of the city seems to even require the city to at least be partially is space orbiting the earth over Jerusalem. And to some on the earth it may APPEAR to be an alien invasion where the earth is being taken over by aliens. Please read the study '"WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT UFO'S?"
So to ME, this is just another reason why we should strive and persevere all the more to be found worthy to take part in the FIRST resurrection and be given ETERNAL LIFE so that we will be living IN the CITY.
Rev. 22:6. "And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done."
Now the subject changes to this angel or messenger talking with John and to ME I see John saying that the Lord God has sent him as an angel or MESSENGER to show US the CHURCH the things that must shortly be done.
Or this angel that is to say this MESSENGER is Jesus who was sent by Almighty God with this REVELATION from God to give to John and US the church, which to ME make more sense, because in the very next verse it definitely appears to be Jesus himself speaking that he is coming quickly.
Rev. 22:7. "Behold, I (clearly Jesus speaking) come QUICKLY: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book."
In the previous verse we read that Jesus must show us thing that must SHORTY be done, then in the very NEXT verse Jesus tells us that he is coming QUICKLY. Now to ME, I am see that this ONE thing that Jesus MUST WARN us about is that WHEN he comes, then his coming for US will be QUICKLY as in, in an MOMENT or a TWINKLING of an eye of time. We talked a little about this in chapter 1.
The Greek words that are used in BOTH Revelation 1: and here in Revelation 21:6 that is TRANSLATED as SHORTY are Strong's number 1722 plus another Greek word Strong's number 5034. These SAME Greek words are ALSO used in Acts 12:7 and Acts 22:18 and are translated as QUICKLY.
Here in this verse the word "QUICKLY" is the Greek word 5036 which is the same root word as Strong's number 5034. In other words, what I believe Jesus is saying that his COMING will be QUICKLY as in a MOMENT and in a TWINKLING of an eye.
And WHEN we begin to see the SIGNS of his coming then know that the time is at hand and these rest of these things that we are told about will shortly come to pass. But you have to keep in mind that John was told to write down what he heard and what he saw, which SOME of the things John wrote were ALREADY in the PAST when in wrote them, such as Jesus being born and being caught up into heaven in Revelation chapter 12.
In other words SOME of the things John wrote was for his day and other things happened throughout history but some things are specifically for the future and would take many hundreds of years to be fulfilled. So we cannot be so DOGMATIC to DEMAND that shortly means very very SOON and THEREFORE everything John wrote was for the early church and has nothing to do with us today.
To ME, it is certain that Jesus is WARNING us that when he comes he will come in and instant, in a moment of time so fast that there will be NO TIME to REPENT so you had better be READY at all time lest you be found naked or with SIN in your life and you be LEFT behind to suffer the WRATH of God.
As we keep reading this rest of this chapter you wills see what I mean by this.
Rev. 22:8. "And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things."
Now to ME I personally do NOT see John falling down and worshiping an ANGEL. Remember that very odd statement that John made in Revelation 21 about the "ANGEL" or messenger that measured the temple and John said it is the measure of a MAN, that is, of an ANGEL. Well to ME, it may have been that John SAW what look like a MAN, as is one like the Son of man. So to ME, I see this as John falling down to worship Jesus because Jesus just said to him behold I come QUICKLY. So John fell down at HIS feet to worship Jesus.
Yes it says "ANGEL" but keep in mind that the word angel simply means messenger and does not always demand that this messenger be an angelic being that is NOT a man. Also keep in mind that John was one of the apostles of Jesus and a Jew which I personally believe would NOT KNOWINGLY fall down an worship and ANGELIC being. But I do believe that John would fall down and worship his Lord and savior Jesus Christ. So then, with that being said let us take a look at what this angel or messenger said to John when Johns fell down to worship him.
Rev. 22:9. "Then said he unto me, See you do it NOT (in other words, do NOT worship ME): for (or BECAUSE) I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God."
So it seems to ME, that Jesus is instructing John as well as us the church to worship Almighty God the Father rather than himself.
We certainly know that we are NOT to worship ANGELS. John knew this being a direct disciple of Jesus, so why would John bow and worship an angel.
It may be that this was an angelic being, but I do not see where angelic beings are of the BRETHREN. To me it is for certain that angels are NOT men. They may appear or manifest in human form, but they are NOT of the BRETHREN in that they have a nature of a MAN. So John man have bowed down to an angelic being in the form of a man, but then again why would John worship a MAN?
But on the other hand Jesus was a partaker of HUMAN NATURE and became a MAN like unto us. So again, to ME, I see this as being JESUS saying to John do NOT worship me but rather worship Almighty God, because it was not yet his TIME to be worshiped by the angels and by men.
Now for me personally I HONOR Jesus. The Bible teaches us that we are to HONOR Jesus EVEN AS we HONOR the FATHER. I give Jesus THANKS for what he has done for us. I PRAISE the NAME of Jesus. I PRAY in the NAME of Jesus to the Father. I GLORIFY Jesus. I MAGNIFY the NAME of Jesus. I stand in the AUTHORITY of the NAME of Jesus and command Satan to leave and get behind me. But is all of this WORSHIP. If it is worship, then I worship Jesus even as I worship Almighty God the Father.
I do indeed see and understand that Jesus came OUT FROM DEITY or was made from deity, by the spoke word of Yahweh to become a human being and then AFTER the Son of MAN become obedient to do all his God and Father sent of COMMISSIONED him to accomplish, then the Father HIGHLY EXALTED the Son of MAN to become the SON OF GOD by giving the Son of MAN the divine nature of immortality to become DEITY of a God under the one true and only Almighty God Yahweh who alone has always been the immortal divine Spirit who dwelt IN Jesus during the days of his FLESH. So yes Jesus is a God who will be worshiped in the world to come and knowing this I do not see it wrong to worship Jesus now in this present world.
So then, if so be that this "messenger" was indeed Jesus, then what did Jesus mean by these words? Well again to me I see that Almighty God highly exalted his Son Jesus and gave him a NAME that is above every name and that one day EVERY tongue shall confess that NAME and every knee shall BOW DOWN to that NAME in the world to come so this is way the messenger said he was of the BRETHREN and told John to worship God only. This messenger could have been humbling himself saying I am not deserving to be worship so please worship God. To me I feel that John would not have worshiped any angel nor any man, but he may have worshiped Jesus after perceiving that this messenger was Jesus.
Please read Philippians 2:5-11 and you will see that this verse says that every knee shall bow to the NAME that Almighty God has given to his Son Jesus.
So then, whenever we HONOR, PRAISE of give GLORY to the NAME of Jesus we are giving GLORY to Almighty God the Father. The word of TRUTH teaches us that must must have BOTH the FATHER and the SON. So therefore I personally cannot believe those that teach that Jesus IS ALMIGHTY God the FATHER. The Bible teaches us that there are many THEOS or gods, but to US there is but ONE God EVEN the FATHER and ONE Lord Jesus Christ. I find that Jesus is and always will be UNDER and SUBJECT to his God and Father the one true and ONLY ALMIGHTY God.
Yes I believe that Jesus is God in that his God and Father HIGHLY EXALTED his Son to sit on his throne and rule as God. The Bible teaches that Jesus shall be called the God of all the earth. But to ME there is only ONE ALMIGHTY and MOST HIGH God which is the FATHER.
To ME, it is IMPORTANT to see that Jesus was ANOINTED with the Holy Spirit of Almighty God and this is HOW Jesus LIVED his life WITHOUT SIN and this is HOW Jesus did the many mighty miracles of healing that he did THROUGH the Holy Spirit of Almighty God DWELLING IN him, just like this SAME Holt Spirit DWELLS IN US the church, the BODY of Jesus Christ.
So then, when you truly SEE and BELIEVE this, then you will begin DOING the WORKS that Jesus did. You can read all the studies that I wrote concerning this subject of Jesus but for now let us move on to the next verse.
Rev. 22:10. "And he said unto me, Seal NOT the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand."
In other words, the words of this book of REVELATION are UNVEILED and NOT sealed so that we are to UNDERSTAND what is being spoke to us.
Rev. 22:11. " He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."
What I see here is that at that precise MOMENT when Jesus come QUICKLY that those who are found to be WITH SIN in the lives will NOT be a partaker of ETERNAL LIFE, and ONLY those of us who are found to be WITHOUT SIN shall be accounted WORTHY to receive their reward of ETERNAL LIFE.
Do NOT be DECEIVED by the FALSE doctrine of once saved always saved. Jesus warns us to watch and be ready that no man TAKE our crown of ETERNAL LIFE. read the studies that I have on this subject about holiness and works and grace and salvation. Be like the men of Berea and search the TRUTH out for YOURSELF to be absolutely sure that what your are being taught is the WHOLE word of God. This is LIFE and DEATH we are talking about hear so are you going to TRUST you LIFE to the teachings of MEN? Get into the word of God and SEARCH the word daily to find out the TRUTH of God word for YOURSELF.
Rev. 22:12. "And, behold, I come quickly; and my REWARD (speaking of the promise of ETERNAL LIFE for those who are found FAITHFUL and without sin) is with me, to give every man ACCORDING as his WORK shall be."
Salvation is a TWO step PROCESS. First we are RECONCILED back to God as his GIFT to us and there is NOTHING that we DO except simply BELIEVE the gospel of Jesus Christ to receive this FIRST PART of salvation which is to be made righteous and be brought back into tight relationship with God. This is what the word SAVE means.
The second step of salvation which is to OBTAIN our REWARD of ETERNAL LIFE by walking in OBEDIENCE to God's word. In other words, if we do not CONTINUE to follow Jesus and go back into our old lifestyle of SIN and do not repent and we DIE in that lifestyle of SIN, then we would have believed in VAIN and we will NOT receive ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come.
So then, NO WORKS for the FIRST part and YES WORKS for the second part. But even then these works we do we do NOT do in our OWN strength but by FAITH in God's promises to help and strengthen us to over come the enemy. Let us move on to the next verse.
Rev. 22:13. "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."
This is the only place in the Bible where Jesus speaks these words "I am Alpha and Omega", which means the beginning and the ending, the first and the last.
And those that teach the ONENESS doctrine quote this verse quite often as showing proof that Jesus IS the FATHER. But just because Jesus says these words, "I am Alpha and Omega", does this really PROVE beyond any shadow of a doubt that Jesus, the SON of Almighty God, IS Almighty God the FATHER as in ONE and the SAME being but sometimes manifests as the Son and sometimes manifested as the FATHER.
Remember Jesus said I speak NOT of MYSELF, but as I HEAR what the FATHER says that I speak. Look what Jesus says in the very next verse about keeping the commandment of Almighty God the Father by saying blessed he is who keeps HIS commandments.
Please notice that Jesus did NOT say blessed is he that keeps MY commandments. To ME, IF Jesus was saying that he was Almighty God the FATHER when he said "I am Alpha and Omega" then why did he not go on in the next verse and say blessed is he who keeps MY commandments if he was TRULY saying that he is the one true and only ALMIGHTY God who is the FATHER?
Rev. 22:14. "Blessed are they that do HIS commandments (WHY? Why will we be blessed by keeping the commandments of Almighty God?), THAT (or in ORDER THAT) they (speaking of ONLY those that are found worthy by KEEPING the commandments of Almighty God) may have RIGHT to the tree of LIFE, and may ENTER in through the gates into the CITY."
Now even if you believe that Jesus IS the FATHER I am not here to DOGMATICALLY say that Jesus is NOT the FATHER. The may point of this verse is that you see the VITAL importance of OBEDIENCE to God's word so that you will be found FAITHFUL in the end in order to RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come.
I only point out these DIFFERENCES between Almighty God the FATHER and his SON Jesus so that you can see the Jesus did the WORKS that he did THROUGH the POWER of the Holy Spirit and NOT in his OWN strength. Let us continue with the next verse.
Rev. 22:15. "For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a LIE."
Most of us are pretty good with the so called BID sins, but sometimes do not keep in mind and always remember that even LYING can keep us from receiving our reward of ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come if we are not aware of all the excuses we make when the Holy Spirit is trying to get us NOT to lie.
Rev. 22:16. "I Jesus have sent mine angel (speaking of John as being a MESSENGER, which I personally believe is John. And on down the line of who ever believes John, then brings that same message and so forth and so on. we are all messengers of the gospel. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Thus we are all prophets foretelling what will be in the future every time we share the gospel of Jesus) to testify unto you these things in the CHURCHES. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."
Here Jesus calls himself the bright and morning star and in Revelation 2: 25-28 tells us that he who over comes will he give the morning star.
28. And I will give him the morning star."
Now the CONTEXT here of everything else that were are GIVEN for over coming is POWER over the ENEMY, or those that persecuted and trouble us. So to ME I see the "morning star" here in Revelation 2: 25-28 as speaking of Satan, the morning star. Some disagree, because Jesus say that he is the bright and morning star and they argue that there can not be TWO morning stars referring to two different beings.
We all know that Satan is a counterfeit so why is it so hard to see that he would have a name or title very similar to Jesus. The word for star is the same in both verse, however the word for morning is different. Both words mean early in the morning, but they have different root words. The root word for Jesus mean upright and the root word for Satan means before. Remember we are told that Nimrod was a mighty hunter BEFORE the Lord meaning he was full of pride.
Rev 22:17. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hear say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."
In other words, after reading of all the judgments and plagues and great tribulation and persecution of the saints we are to say EVEN SO COME Lord Jesus. This may mean that our flesh wants Jesus to wait just a little longer for many different reasons. We might want our kids to grow up first. Then we will want them to have kids like we did. And then we will want our grand kids to grow up. Then our kids will do the same. There has to be some point where some must say EVEN SO come Lord. Some of our family may not be save yet so it will be hard for some to say EVEN SO come Lord Jesus.
This is why God will give us POWER to be his witnesses in the last day an proclaim to all that are thirsty to COME and take of the water of life freely. Time is growing short so those that we have prayed for and witness to for that last forty years with need to be committed into God hands so we can move on to those who ARE thirsty and HUNGRY for God who WANT to be saved. I am not saying for anyone to give up on their loved ones, but there comes a time when we must trust the God will bring OTHERS to prayer for them and witness to them when YOU commit them to God and go out and pray for and witness to OTHERS.
Rev. 22:18. "For I testify unto every man that HEARS the words of the prophecy of THIS book, If any man shall ADD unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:"
When the Mormons ADD the revelations from the angel Moroni to ADD the book of Moroni to the Holy Bible, then they are in danger of receiving the plagues written in this book!
When the Muslims ADD the revelations of Muhammad by including the Quran as ADDED authority to the Holy Bible, then they shall suffer the plagues written in this book!
Even the Jehovah's Witnesses when they place their writings of the Watch Tower Society that are INTERPRETATIONS of God's word above the Holy Bible by telling their people that they cannot understand the Bible without these writings of the Watch Tower, then they are in danger of receiving the plagues written in this book.
This goes also for the Roman Catholic church as well when they ADD church TRADITION as being EQUAL to the Holy Bible, they too are in danger of receiving the plagues of this book.
We only need the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible to show us the way to eternal life. All these ADDED things only confuse and hinder people from seeing the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God.
So put away all these ADDED so called "REVELATIONS" that CHANGE the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible.
If something is an INTERPRETATION then present it as an interpretation and being of your OWN opinion. State the FACTS as FACTS and everything else as INTERPRETATION. Do not read into the text your OWN personal interpretation even though "Orthodox" Christianity has accepted it as the truth for centuries, because it may be mere TRADITION that is being taught i the main stream orthodox church denominations.
Let us continue with the next verse.
Rev. 22:19. "And if any man shall TAKE AWAY from the words of the book of THIS prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
Again I believe that this is specifically speaking about taking away from the book of Revelation. But I have my own personal OPINION about some of these modern translations and how they leave out sometime whole verses of scripture. Let me give you just one example to make you AWARE that there are some pretty major CHANGES being made ever so subtly over the years.
Please read Romans 8:1 from the King James Version of the Bible and then I you can read this SAME verse from any modern translation such as the N.I.V. the New International Version and see for yourself that these newer translation are not merely changing a few words to help make the Bible to be easier to read and understand.
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,"
You see my dear brothers and sister in the Lord, these newer translations have LEFT OUT or have TAKEN AWAY the last half of this verse, which to ME is a pretty important message from God to leave out or to TAKE AWAY, because it is ONLY those who WALK in OBEDIENCE to the Holy Spirit and NOT after their OWN lust of their FLESH that will have NO CONDEMNATION because they REMAIN IN CHRIST Jesus by their OBEDIENCE to the word.
To ME this OPENS the door to FALSE doctrine of DEVILS because some are taking verses like this and teaching that NO MATTER WHAT you DO you can NEVER LOSE your salvation once you accept Jesus as your savior, because the moment you accept Jesus as your savior you are IN Christ Jesus and THEREFORE there is NOW NO CONDEMNATION to those who are IN Christ Jesus. I will leave it at this before I write a whole other study. Let us continue with the next verse.
Rev. 22:20. " He (Jesus) which testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. EVEN SO, come, Lord Jesus."
After John hears these words he replies AMEN or so be it. EVEN SO, COME, Lord Jesus. In other words, no one is looking froward to this time of great tribulation, but we know that it must be so. Therefore we are to embrace these days ahead and know that God is our HELP and safe harbor during these days ahead. One last verse and we are finished with the book of Revelation.
Rev. 22:21. "The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
This word GRACE means FAVOR. God gives us FAVOR and BLESSINGS and PROTECTION and PEACE and JOY even in the midst of suffering. Please read the studies "YOU CAN HAVE JOY IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING" , which I renamed as "MUST CHRISTIANS SUFFER" and "WHAT THE TRUE MEANING OF GRACE"
This brings us to the end of this verse by verse study in the book of Revelation.
Thanks for reading I pray that your understanding of the SECOND coming of Jesus has been aided by this study in God's word. May God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God.
As I promised I have included ANOTHER interpretation of the seven VIALS or seven bowls depending on what translation you may be reading. You can read it now or return to my home page to read a different study by clicking on the link below or any other link you came across in this study.
ANOTHER interpretation of the seven vials being THE WRATH of God.
Now I believe and teach in the above study that the FIRST SIX SEALS and the FIRST SIX TRUMPETS, AND the FIRST SIX VIALS or bowls or first six LAST plagues were ALL speaking of the time of GREAT tribulation. While ONLY the SEVENTH SEAL, the SEVENTH TRUMPET, and the SEVENTH VIAL are THE WRATH of God.
But some teach that the seven VIALS or seven bowls are THE WRATH of God, meaning that ALL SEVEN vials or bowls are THE WRATH of God and NONE of these LAST SEVEN plagues have anything to do with the time of GREAT tribulation.
So I suppose ANOTHER way to INTERPRET Revelation chapters 15 and 16 would be that these seven LAST plagues actually take place AFTER the SECOND coming of Jesus when Jesus comes to RAPTURE or catch up the church and the 144,000 to be with him while the WRATH of God is being poured out upon the world.
I can see this as a possibility, but I do not see HOW we can account for Jesus coming yet AGAIN a THIRD time to gather together his saints in Revelation 16:15,16, unless we having Jesus SECOND coming being DIVIDED into TWO parts, the first part where Jesus comes in the AIR which will be before the 1000 years and we will reign with Jesus in the AIR for 1000 years. Then AFTER then 1000 years when Satan is loosed God will FINISH pouring out the REST or the LSAT HALF of his WRATH to make an end of sins and the wicked once and for all time.
I can see this happening, but to ME, this INTERPRETATION of the seven VIALS being THE WRATH of God would then mean that Jesus' SECOND coming would be before the 1000 year reign of Jesus and THEN Jesus would return AGAIN AFTER the 1000 year reign, which does makes sense to me, but it is more complicated to explain. And again it is an INTERPRETATION and not really clear.
If it was not for this one point I can see how one would INTERPRET the seven VIALS as the WRATH of God. I have had this thought myself, but I go more with the interpretation of the first six vials being the great tribulation and ONLY the seventh vial being the WRATH of God. Now I could be wrong in my interpretation of the FIRST SIX VIALS taking place DURING the time of GREAT tribulation and the SEVENTH VIAL being the WRATH of God, so I think it worth while to at least try to explain ANOTHER interpretation of the seven last plagues or the seven VIALS. This is why I am including this OTHER interpretation at the end of this verse by verse study of Revelation. EITHER way those who are found FAITHFUL at the SECOND coming of Jesus will be given ETERNAL LIFE and the SECOND DEATH will have NO power over us, so in truth it really does not matter all that much to ME. But for those who it may matter here goes another explanation of Revelation 15 and 16 where we read about the seven last plagues called the seven vials of bowls.
Now this may take awhile to explain what I mean by this so please be patient with me. First of all I want you to notice the wording of LAST plagues. Well is Zechariah we are told that those who do not come up and worship the Lord from year to year DURING the 1000 year reign of Jesus, then they will NOT have rain on their crops. And if they continue to do this the next year, then they will suffer the PLAGUE of God.
Please read Zechariah 14:9-21, which describes the LAST PLAGUE of Almighty God.
10. All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it (speaking of Jerusalem) shall be LIFTED UP, and inhabited in HER PLACE (this could be meaning the rebuilding of Jerusalem or perhaps this may mean the city of God the New Jerusalem LIFTED UP above where the earthly city of Jerusalem was before it was made desolate), from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's wine presses.
11. And men shall dwell in IT, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be SAFELY inhabited (to ME, I see that during this 1000 year reign of Jesus there will be NO more WAR or even small battles, but people will dwell safely. This verse specifically says Jerusalem, and I believe it could be because the city of Jerusalem was just destroyed but not all the people of Jerusalem).
13. And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
17. And it shall be, that whoso will NOT come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon THEM (speaking of those who are DISOBEDIENT and who do NOT go up from year to year to worship the Lord) shall be NO rain.
20. In that day (speaking of the 1000 year reign of Jesus) shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
21. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts."
So then, to ME, I am seeing these seven LAST PLAGUES as being poured out AT the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus. In other words, the first six of these last seven plagues are poured out when Satan is loose at the END of the 1000 year and when the people of the nations that are being DECEIVED do not repent, then FIRE from God comes down during the SEVENTH VIAL as being the LAST HALF of God's WRATH.
Now the reason WHY I say the last HALF of God's WRATH is because we know that God will show MERCY during the pouring out of his WRATH upon his people Israel so that they be NOT utterly destroyed AT the SECOND coming of Jesus before this 1000 year reign of Jesus. Also in Revelation 8:1 we see that when the SEVENTH SEAL is opened that there is SILENCE in heaven for the SPACE of HALF and HOUR.
"And when he had opened the seventh seal (which is the WRATH of Almighty God), there was silence in heaven about the space of HALF an HOUR."
Now to ME, I see the HOUR of God's judgment as being the WRATH of God. We can see this in several passages of scripture. We just read about the HOUR of God's judgment in chapter 14. Please read Revelation 14:6,7 again.
7. Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the HOUR of his judgment IS COME: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."
Again to ME, the HOUR of God's judgment is the WRATH of Almighty God. So then HALF and HOUR would be HALF of God's WRATH being poured out AT the SECOND coming of Jesus and the LAST HALF of God's WRATH will be poured out at the END of the 1000 year reign, thus being the LAST of the seven LAST plagues, or the seven VIALS or the seven bowls.
We are told of TWO WARS or BATTLES. The first is the battle of ARMAGEDDON, which is fought AT the SECOND coming of Jesus. And the FINAL battle is fought at the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
So to ME, IF these seven last plagues or the seven VIALS are the WRATH of God, the to ME they ALL must be poured out at the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus in order to account for Jesus coming as a THIEF in BETWEEN the SIXTH vial and the SEVENTH vial.
I can see this happening as a possibility, but in order for it to make any sense to ME, then when Jesus come AT his SECOND coming he REMAINS in the AIR for 1000 years and then at the END of the 1000 years there is ANOTHER GATHERING TOGETHER of the saints, who are taken to the SAME place called ARMAGEDDON to help execute the final last HALF of the WRATH of God.
You can see why I say it is COMPLICATED to explain. This is why I prefer the first interpretation that I gave to you in the main part of this study and just include this interpretation as just another way to explain the seven last plagues without questioning the Bible scholars who wrote the translations of the Bible into the English language. So Christians really get upset when you question the different translation of the Bible into English so when I say that I personally believe that the word "WRATH" should have been translated as "FIERCENESS", then some think that I am changing the Bible to fit what I want it to say. And this is simply nit true. I am just offer you my many hours of prayer and study and trying to give you ALL the evidence so that you can draw your OWN conclusions.
Again EITHER way you want to INTERPRET the seven VIALS or bowls the END result will still be the same when it come to concerning US the CHURCH because we are NOT appoint to the WRATH of Almighty God.
Thanks again for reading and I pray that you have come away more enlighten as to what to expect in these last days when Jesus will come again.


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Cell Phone Reviews
Verizon Android Tablets
By John V.
Introduction and Design
Interface, Organizer and Messaging
Camera, Multimedia, Internet and Connectivity
Performance and Conclusion
Acer ICONIA TAB A500 specifications
Are you curious about all the fanfare surrounding Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets, but you're seemingly hesitant about picking one up since the current selections are just too exorbitantly priced for you? Well, you might find the Acer ICONIA TAB A500 especially gratifying since its starting price of $449.99 is by far its most attractive offering – and at the same time, it won't bite you much in the wallet compared to the competition. In addition to packing along all of the lovely wonders that the tablet optimized platform has to offer, there are still some impressive things that make it a reasonable contemporary offering, which of course, makes it an equal contender to the other Honeycomb flavored tablets available on the market. Can this truly be the one that will proliferate Honeycomb to the masses?
microUSB cable
Micro-fiber cleaning cloth
Product Safety Brochure
Despite sharing the same display size as the Motorola XOOM, the Acer ICONIA TAB A500 is noticeably larger, bulkier, and heavier (25.75 oz) to hold in the hands – thus, coming across as being rather cumbersome. In terms of design, it's neither boring or eye catching with its pointed tapered edges, but rather, it manages to trick the eye by making it appear as though that it's streamlined. We obviously adore seeing it utilizing a brushed aluminum exterior, although it only provides a subtle sense of durability – it's noticeable that its quality is not on par to premium tablets like the iPad 2.
The Acer ICONIA TAB A500 utilize a brushed aluminum exterior
Matching the size of the Motorola XOOM's display, its 10.1"WXGA (1280 x 800) capacitive touchscreen is very sharp looking and produces some iridescent looking colors; despite its support for 262k colors only. In fact, it rivals the one used by the XOOM, but its brightness output appears to be slightly stronger. Combining that with its acceptable viewing angles, colors maintain their appearance in almost all angles, which in turn, allow it to be visible in outdoor conditions. However, the display isn't as sturdy as we'd like because two scratches soon appeared on the surface after some use – making it seem as though it's more susceptible to scratching. Strangely, there might be some sort of bug with it because we experienced seeing the display randomly turning at various interval when it's completely off.
Viewing angles
Color production
Peeking at the left edge, we find its microHDMI port, 3.5mm headset jack, and a reasonably sized dedicated power button that has some good feedback to it. Oppositely on the right side, you'll locate its proprietary power port, microUSB port for data connection, manual reset button, and a standard USB port. Interestingly enough, you can connect a flash drive to it for additional storage, or simply use it to charge other devices – like your handset.
The left edge
The right side of the Acer ICONIA TAB A500
Meanwhile, the orientation lock and volume rocker are all positioned on the top edge of the tablet. Even though the chrome accent of the volume rocker looks nice, we're not fans of its stiff feel. Additionally, there is a plastic flap that can be removed to access its working microSD card slot, and an empty space that would be used for the SIM card slot. Conversely, the only thing found on the bottom side is a dock port – albeit, there is no mention as to what exact accessories would use it.
The top edge
The bottom
The microSD and SIM card slots
Near the upper left corner of its display, there's a 2-megapixel front-facing camera positioned in the bezel surrounding the display that's used for video chatting and self-portraits. Turning to its rear, you'll locate its 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, that's primarily your go to thing for shooting photos and videos. Finally, the tablet has stereo audio support thanks to its left and right speakers.
The back side
The Acer ICONIA TAB A500 has a 5MP camera
Next page: Interface, Organizer and Messaging
Display 10.1 inches 800 x 1280 pixels
Camera 5 MP (Single camera) 2 MP front
Hardware 1GB RAM
Storage 16GB, microSDHC
OS Android 4.0.3

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Miniature of the Pope sending legates, and a legate before Philip, with an illuminated initial 'E'(n)., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the
Miniature of the submission of the Normans, and Philip Augustus attacking Rouen., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of the siege of Loches, with an illuminated initial 'P'(uis)., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of fighting in Aquitaine., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of Amaury lecturing at Paris, and retracting before the Pope, with an illuminated initial 'E'(n)., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of a battle with the Count of Auvergne., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of a battle with the Count of Auvergne, with an illuminated initial 'E'(n)., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of Philip Augustus renewing the treaty with the Emperor., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of an attack on a castle., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of fighting in Lombardy., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of Philip Augustus awaiting his fleet., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of Philip Augustus awaiting his fleet., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of the Pope excommunicating the Albigensians, while on the right, the Albigensian Crusade is launched., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of the French army on the march., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of a battle scene., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of a cavalry encounter during a battle., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Detail of a miniature of foot soldiers and cavalry., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of the flight of the imperial army., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
Miniature of prisoners before Philip Augustus, with an illuminated initial 'Q'(uant)., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis


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Chelsea FanSite
Who's on Loan?
Here's your exhaustive list of who is currently owned by AC Milan but on loan elsewhere, what they're doing and if you're lucky, a thought about them.
Starting at the back, here goes!
GABRIEL went on loan to Cagliari in a swap deal that landed Storari here for his last days. He's sat the the bench for most of his time there, before getting 3 starts, the last being a 5-1 loss to Inter. He's been back on the bench since. He'll probably have a Storari like career where he bounces around all over but probably never start at the San Siro for the home team. That magical season at Carpi feels like a hundred years ago now.
DIEGO LOPEZ went on loan to Espanyol last summer. He has 25 starts this year, conceding only 27 goals and has 9 clean sheets. Damn good numbers. I was never a fan of his, but it's clear he can still play. Unless the keeper situation changes here greatly, he won't be back. Most likely he remains on loan for another year or is sold this summer.
RODRIGO ELY went on loan to Deportivo Alaves this past winter. He in fact became the last player on their 25 man roster to make a start last week, only making that start due to a series of injuries. To be fair, he started at CB in a 1-0 win against 6th place Real Sociedad, so perhaps he just needed a chance? He's still only 23, but the odds of him coming back here seem to fall in the Didac Vila department.
JHERSON VERGARA went on loan to Arsenal Tula in the Russian League last summer. most of us probably remember him as being completely overwhelmed in a few friendlies last summer, especially the one against Bayern Munich. In the first half of the Russian season, they take a long winter break, he started 11 games at CB. His team conceded 15 goals and only won once. The first game since the break he was started at LB and benched at the half. Interestingly he is the 3rd best player on the team according to Whoscored.
STEFAN SIMIC has been on loan at Mouscron in the Belgian League this year. He has made 26 starts and has 2 goals for the 2nd to last place team. Doesn't sound all bad, right?
IVAN De SANTIS is on loan at Lega Pro side Paganese. He has taken over as a starting CB of late and the team has won 5 of his 8 starts. Still only 19 he's a former Primavera player that the club has high hopes for.
AMETH LO is rated at a whopping 25K by transfer market and is a free agent this summer. Later.
GIAN FILIPPO FELICIOLI is a 19 year old wide player on loan at serie B side Ascoli. He's started 18 of their last 20 games at both LB and LM. He's very fast and puts in a nice cross. Hopefully a bright spot for the future.
JOSE MAURI is on loan at Empoli. He hasn't played a full 90 minute game for a team struggling just above the relegation zone. I was hoping for a whole lot more.
His brother JUAN ALBERTO MAURI is on loan at Paganese. He's 28 and playing sparingly at a Lega Pro side. Nuff said.
MATTEO PESSINA is at Lega Pro side Como. His 3rd different loan in the last 2 years. The 19 year old has 5 goals, mostly as a CM.
ANDREJ MODIC is currently on loan at Serie B side Brescia where he has played a whopping 24 minutes all year. Not much else to say.
GIOVANNI CROSCIATA is also on loan at Brescia. The 19 year old attacker has mostly been used as a sub or been pulled early in starts. Just 1 assist in 11 appearances for a team near the bottom of the table.
HACHIM MASTOUR is on loan at Dutch side Zwolle where he has mostly played for their U21 side. Hyped as the next big thing he is quickly becoming a lot less than that. Just 5 months younger than Locatelli and older than Donnarumma, you have to wonder where his future will take him.
DAVIDE DI MOLFETTA is on loan at Lega Pro side Prato. A speedy winger who we've seen in some friendlies, he has a goal and 8 assists on the season. Might be a name to watch some day.
LUCA VIDO is on loan at Cittadella playing for their Primavera side, where he had 9 goals. The last 2 months he has been making regular appearances with the senior side as a substitute striker.
M'BAYE NIANG is at Premier League side Watford. He's started 6 games there scoring 1 goal after being our starting LW most of the first half of the year. Still only 22 and on his 3rd loan in 4 years, you gotta start wondering when and if he'll turn the corner.
GIANMARCO ZIGONI is on loan at Serie B leaders SPAL, where he has appeared in 27 games (12 starts and the rest as a late sub) and has 8 goals and 4 assists. A name we have heard for quite a while now, at 25, you have to wonder if this is his ceiling.
GIACOMO BERETTA is another name that we've heard for quite a few years. Also 25 now, he's on loan at Serie B side Carpi where he is basically an attacker that comes on as a sub here and there.
Finally ANDREA BIANCHIMANO is on loan at Lega Pro side Reggina. Weren't they in Serie A at one point? Anyways, the 6′5″ center forward has 2 goals on the year, again as mostly a late sub.
So that's it folks. 20 players all together. Take that for what it's worth. A couple possible bright spots for the future but you just never know.
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'I could get dementia without ever heading a ball' says Ex-Southend United Captain
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Saki and Maria is a pairing including Saki Watanabe and Maria Akizuki, which makes an official appearance in the novel, anime and manga of Shin Sekai Yori. It has been confirmed to be a canon one-sided love from Maria's side and affectionate attraction on Saki's side with an assumed official relationship in alledia.
While the relationship between Shun and Satoru is downplayed in the anime or not at all in the manga, Saki and Maria's pairing are the largest homosexual couple at work, which only increases in different adaptations.
Both of them were best friends since childhood, and although the main love interests of Saki have always been the guys already mentioned, she remains the main love interest of Maria until her death. Novel only implies this, but the anime and manga make it a canon, adding scenes where Maria calls Saki the person she "loves most" or where Maria decides to respond to Mamoru's feelings only after she realizes that Saki is in love with Shun.
In the original version, Saki dating with Maria only because Shun is in a relationship with Satoru and it seems that her feelings for him are unrequited. However, although the anime as a whole remains true to the original source, it also deepens their relationship, increasing the importance of Maria and making the emotional impact of their relationship on Saki stronger.
Manga adaptation extends it even more, making their feelings more reciprocal and adding more romantic or openly intimate moments between the two. To such a level that the first half of the manga is almost completely focused on the development of the their love relationship. This version of the story has Yuri as one of the official genres.


Rest! If you must-but never quit.
It's when things seem worse that YOU MUSN'T QUIT.
I'll have a full recovery - that's the utmost physically my body has the ability to heal. Then I will push about 20 percent further, through sheer mental tenacity. If you're not prepared for that, go elsewhere.
Navy Seal: a note he posted on his Bethesda Naval hospital door.
Now the age of gold is dead.
Have left us parched and old instead.
I go on right then.
I go on to say I will celebrate another day.
I will still go on.
Practice easing your way along...Do your best; take it as it comes. You can handle anything if you think you can. Just keep your cool and your sense of humor.
One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance.


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package org.apache.flink.optimizer.operators;

import org.apache.flink.api.common.distributions.DataDistribution;
import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.BasicTypeInfo;
import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.TypeInformation;
import org.apache.flink.core.memory.DataInputView;
import org.apache.flink.core.memory.DataOutputView;

import java.io.IOException;

public class TestDistribution implements DataDistribution {

    public int boundary;

    public TestDistribution(int boundary) {
        this.boundary = boundary;
    }

    @Override
    public Object[] getBucketBoundary(int bucketNum, int totalNumBuckets) {
        return new Object[0];
    }

    @Override
    public int getNumberOfFields() {
        return 1;
    }

    @Override
    public TypeInformation[] getKeyTypes() {
        return new TypeInformation[] {BasicTypeInfo.INT_TYPE_INFO};
    }

    @Override
    public void write(DataOutputView out) throws IOException {}

    @Override
    public void read(DataInputView in) throws IOException {}

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        boolean isEqual = true;
        TestDistribution dist = (TestDistribution) obj;
        if (this.boundary != dist.boundary) {
            isEqual = false;
        }
        return isEqual;
    }
}

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Keyword: Pannonia
Domi militiaeque: Militär- und andere Altertümer
Günther E. Thüry
This volume, in honour of the Austrian scholar Prof. Dr Hannsjörg Ubl, contains 24 contributions covering a wide range of topics. The focus is on Ancient Greece and Rome, but the volume also includes papers about the Langobards, renaissance replicas of classical sculpture, and the archaeology of World War I. READ MORE
Les pratiques funéraires en Pannonie de l'époque augustéenne à la fin du 3e siècle
András Márton
This work aims to give an overview of Roman burial practices in Pannonia during the Early Roman period through the study of tomb structure, the selection and treatment of grave goods and analysis of human remains. It proposes a synthesis of the published finds to serve as a base for future research in the region. READ MORE
Roman Funerary Monuments of South-Western Pannonia in their Material, Social, and Religious Context
Branka Migotti et al.
This book examines around 200 funerary monuments and fragments (stelai, sarcophagi, ash-chests, tituli, altars, medallions and buildings) from three Roman cities in the south-west part of the Roman province of Pannonia in the territory of north-west Croatia: colonia Siscia (Sisak) and municipia Andautonia (Ščitarjevo) and Aquae Balissae (Daruvar). READ MORE
Saxa loquuntur: Roman Epitaphs from North-Western Croatia
Branka Migotti
This book examines Roman funerary material from three Roman cities of the south-western regions of the Roman province of Pannonia (modern-day north-western Croatia) READ MORE


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More kids accidentally ate marijuana candy
The number of children, especially young children, who accidentally ate marijuana candy has risen sharply in the five years since cannabis became legal in more places in the United States, according to a study published Tuesday.
More than 7,000 confirmed cases involving children under the age of 6 were reported to the nation's poison control centers between 2017 and 2021, an increase from about 200 per year to more than 3,000.
According to a new analysis in the journal Pediatrics, nearly a quarter of children admitted to the hospital were seriously ill.
And these are just the reported cases, said Dr. Marit Tweet, a medical toxicologist at the Southern Illinois School of Medicine who led the study.
Cases of children eating marijuana products such as candy, chocolate and cookies have coincided as more states allow medical and recreational use of cannabis. Currently, 37 states in the United States allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes and 21 regulate recreational use for adults.
The tweet called for more laws to increase parental vigilance and make marijuana products, which are often packaged to look like candy and snacks, less attractive and accessible to children.
From more than 7,000 reports, the researchers were able to trace the results of approximately 5,000 cases. They found that nearly 600 children (8%) were admitted to intensive care units, most of the time with depressed breathing or even in a coma. About 15% were admitted to non-critical care units and more than a third were seen in emergency rooms. The most common symptoms were drowsiness, breathing problems, rapid heart rate and vomiting.
A pediatric emergency physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Dr. As Brian Schultz said, the results are not surprising. He previously worked at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, where he and his colleagues treated children who used marijuana almost daily.
During the last two years of the study, the number of reports and hospitalizations increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The more kids were home, the more opportunity there was to find treats, the tweet said. She added that with the more widespread legalization of marijuana, parents may feel less stigma about seeking help.
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Back to former Illinois governors
Gov. Dwight Herbert Green
Terms January 13, 1941 - January 10, 1949
Passed February 20, 1958
Birth State Indiana
School Wabash College, Stanford, University Chicago
Family Married Mabel Victoria Kingston; Two Children
Military Service Army
DWIGHT H. GREEN, Illinois' thirty-second governor, was born in Ligonier, Indiana, on January 9, 1897. From 1915 to 1917, Green attended Wabash College, however, his education was interrupted with the outbreak of World War I. He joined the U.S. Army Air Service, serving as a second lieutenant, army pilot, and a flying instructor. After his military service, he returned to his educational pursuits. He studied at Stanford in 1919 and earned a law degree from the University of Chicago in 1922. Green entered public service after establishing a successful legal career in Chicago. He secured an appointment in 1926 as a special attorney with the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In 1927, he served as a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, where he also was one of the prosecutors in the income tax evasion trial of Al Capone. He served as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1931 to 1935 and was an unsuccessful 1939 Chicago mayoral candidate. Green won the 1940 Republican gubernatorial nomination and was sworn into the governor's office on January 13, 1941. He was reelected to a second term in 1944. During his tenure, the Chicago transit system was obtained, the publicly owned port authority was sanctioned, and veteran programs that focused on rehabilitation, reemployment, and retraining were all advanced. Also, an interracial commission was authorized to investigate racism complaints in the employment and housing sectors, and legislation was instituted that made the teaching of American history and the ideology of republican government a mandatory requirement in public schools. After running unsuccessfully for a third term, Green left office on January 10, 1949, retiring from politics. Governor Dwight H. Green died on February 20, 1958, and was buried at the Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 1, Westport, Conn.; Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.
U.S. Senators, Congressmen, Governors & Elected Officials
The Governors Of Illinois And Their Wives And Histories
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Current Illinois Governor
Recent Illinois Governors
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Q: Передача данных через ajax post и принять данные на сервер view:

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Подскажите как принимаются данные на сервере, я их отправляю методом post значить они должны прийти в $_POST, но когда пытаюсь распечатать print_r($_POST['countryval']) получаю ошибку, что я делаю не так?

A: Вот так проверили, всё приходит.
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All five verses have the narrator wistfully recounting his thoughts about the woman who has left him. Three have him asking someone to act as an intermediary between him and the woman, while the remaining two represent his private thoughts.
A problem about the song concerns the extent to which the narrator wants to revive the relationship. At times he gives the impression of being far less committed than he makes out. The ambivalence may be due to the flaws in his character which precipitated the break up, and which now prevent him knowing how best to proceed. As will become apparent, he has a skewed idea about what a relationship requires to be successful and is too ready to find excuses and to cast blame. At times his outlook is made to seem quite laughable.
Ambivalent Attitude
It seems at first as if the narrator is pining for his lost lover. He tries to make contact with her, sends her a kiss, says he respects her, and that he suffers both when he hears her name and when he recalls details of the break up. He also emphasises the distance which now exists between them when he says:
'… she might be in Tangier'.
The effect of 'Tangier' is to make her sound inaccessible. Furthermore the very next line:
'She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear'
reinforces that distance by its use of the words 'here' (and the homophone 'hear') applying to his vicinity, and 'there' applying to hers.
It becomes apparent, though, that he may be less concerned about renewing the relationship than some of these things suggest. It's particularly significant, for example, that he doesn't seek out the woman himself, but is happy to contact her – and send a kiss – via an intermediary.
More importantly, perhaps, this lack of concern is supported by his saying to the intermediary:
'She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so'.
That would be an odd message to send someone you were hoping to restart a relationship with. The word 'don't' makes it clear that he wants her to think his attitude has changed. Either he's putting on a show of indifference, or else he really is indifferent.
That the narrator lacks desire for any personal contact with the woman is corroborated by the matter of fact way he says:
'And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town'.
'Here and there' is an imprecise expression. It implies a lack of interest in things associated with her.
The apparent lack of concern continues in the final verse:
'If she's passin' back this way, I'm not too hard to find
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time'.
There's no appearance of enthusiasm. That he thinks she might be 'passin' back' shows that the distance between them is not an obstacle to their meeting in person, yet he makes no effort to make the journey himself. He seems happy enough to see her, but no more than that.
That he's unconcerned about reviving the relationship might seem to conflict with his obvious suffering. The manner of her leaving, we're told in verse two:
'… still brings me a chill',
and, also in verse two:
'… our separation, it pierced me to the heart'.
Nevertheless, although the feelings may be genuine, the latter phrase tells us just that he was distraught at the time, not that he is now. And the former alludes to no more than a present reaction to the memory of what was at the time an unwelcome event.
Overall, and strangely for what at first appears to be a love song, it would seem that the narrator is prepared to put little effort into reviving the relationship. The question, then, is why?
One answer is that the narrator is exercising cunning. By showing an absence of concern about reviving the relationship, he's manipulating the intermediary. This is evident when he instructs the latter to:
'Say for me that I'm alright'.
Why just 'alright'? One suspects it's part of a device to get the woman to feel sorry for him. He puts on the semblance of a brave face, in order for the intermediary to see through it. The aim is to dupe the intermediary into passing on that he's more unhappy than he seems. The narrator will go up in her estimations because, by not being open about his unhappiness, he'll appear to be being strong in adversity.
A second explanation for the narrator's reticence is that it's not love that's uppermost in his mind, but resentment.
This resentment comes across in his bitterness. He even uses the word 'bitter':
'Though the bitter taste still lingers on …'
In so doing, his intention is to criticise the woman and this alone suggests he's not as enamoured by her as he'd like us to believe.
And his claim that the way she left 'still brings me a chill' also suggests that it's not a loving emotion which subsumes him.
Although he attempts to balance these feelings with the claims that:
'She still lives inside of me …'
and that he and the woman have:
'… never been apart',
these claims come across as too mushily sentimental to be taken as genuine. If she still 'lives inside' him at all, it's in the unintended sense that she rankles him.
One suspects that the real reason for his saying she lives inside of him is to make him seem beyond reproach. He's attempting to put the blame for his misery fairly and squarely on her.
The absurdity of the narrator's approach becomes doubly apparent when we notice that the words 'lives inside of me' echo those of St Paul:
'… it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me' (Galatians 2.20).
First, the narrator seem to be using the woman's supposed living in him to justify not living his own life, as if she can live his life for him. Secondly, and relatedly, the idea that there is a comparison to be drawn between his love relationship and the relationship with Christ which St Paul is advocating is ludicrous. St Paul is advocating allowing Christian ideals to replace one's own more selfish outlook. There's no way that this has a counterpart in a romantic relationship. By using Paul's language out of context, the narrator makes himself ridiculous.
The ludicrousness of the narrator's approach is compounded when he goes onto say in verse four:
'And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town'
It's significant that this line echoes the earlier line from verse one:
'She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear'
The lines each contain 'here', 'there' and the homophone 'hear', but whereas the focus in verse one was on the geographical distance between 'here' and 'there' – their respective vicinities – now, with her supposedly 'inside of him', neither 'here' nor 'there' matters.
The absurdity of this change of focus becomes apparent when we realise that the narrator seems to be unconsciously travestying a further biblical text:
'Neither shall they say, See here! or, see there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you' (Luke 17.21).
While Luke wants us to believe that 'here' and 'there' don't matter if God is within you, the narrator is saying they don't matter if the woman is within you!
Once more the allusion seems heavily ironic to the point of ridiculous. It doesn't even make sense for the ex-lover to be primarily within ('inside of') the narrator in the way Luke thinks the kingdom of God is. Luke is using metaphorical language to make a point about moral living which simply has no counterpart in a romantic relationship.
Narrator's and Woman's Contrasting Attitudes to Life
While the narrator's echoing of Paul and Luke seem intended, ridiculously, to imply that he has discovered a superior way of living, it becomes clear that the opposite is the case. For example, in the final verse we encounter the phrase:
'Sundown, yellow moon …'.
Although presumably chosen for its romantic connotations, this image of nightfall has the unintended effect of associating the narrator with death. And, ironically given the allusions to Paul and Luke, 'sundown' (Son-down) suggests spiritual death – death without resurrection.
That the narrator's approach is tantamount to giving up on life is reinforced by the very next phrase:
'… I replay the past'.
Instead of looking ahead to a new life, he looks back on the one that's gone.1
By contrast, the woman looks ahead:
Spring represents the new life for which she left the narrator. And the reference to 'living' in the second half of the line makes it clear that she, unlike the narrator, is going to make the effort to live.
Further Religious Imagery
There's further irony in what is presumably another (presumably unconscious) biblical reference. The narrator claims that the woman's departure:
'… pierced me to the heart'.
This presents her as one of those who tormented Christ, and has him putting himself in the position of Christ. ('But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water' (John 19.34). Again it's hard to see how the implicit glorification of himself, together this time with the denigration of the woman, can be justified.
In fact a further implicit biblical reference suggests the opposite. His offering her a kiss, albeit by proxy, makes her Christ and him a Judas-like tormentor (Mark 14.44).2
Narrator's Character
That the narrator's implicit comparisons with himself and Christ are ironic becomes even more apparent from the insights into his character we're afforded from reading between the lines of what he says. Even things which suggest he's well intentioned, genuinely bereft, and perhaps deserving of our sympathy, can also be interpreted as highlighting flaws in his character.
Domineering
He unintentionally betrays how domineering he can be when he declares:
'Oh whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way'.
While his intention is the opposite – to let it be known that he won't be restrictive – the mere fact he raises the subject causes suspicion. Why does he need to offer the assurance, unless to allay fears that he would in fact stand in the way? Furthermore, to the extent that the narrator is out to revive the relationship, and the woman isn't, it would be difficult to see him as not standing in her way.
It's also rather odd that he's offering that assurance to the person he's addressing. This may be because he's hoping he'll pass it on, but it might also be because he expects this person too to see him as obstructive.
A second reason for seeing the narrator as domineering is his reference to:
'… the night I tried to make her stay'
The expression 'make her stay' could be taken as implying compulsion – that he was requiring her to stay whether she wanted to or not.
Thirdly, his approach in the song is itself a sign of an over-dominant character. It comes across as a series of instructions to the addressee – 'say hello', 'say for me', don't tell her', 'kiss her', and 'Tell her she can look me up …'
Furthermore, in this last case it's not just the intermediary who is being bossed about. It's the woman too in that a way of getting in contact is being set out for her. His addition of
'… if she's got the time'
seems no more than an insincere attempt to be conciliatory. It's clear from the end of the immediately preceding line:
'I'm not that hard to find',
that he wouldn't accept lack of time as an excuse for her failing to look him up.
Further evidence of his domineering character is contained in the line:
'Always have respected her in doing what she did in gettin' free'
We might want to applaud the generosity implicit here if we didn't wonder what precisely the woman can have done to merit his respect. It can't simply be that she left him, because he's still bitter about that. The key words would seem to be 'in gettin' free'. If so, it must be that he respects her for having escaped, and this can only be because he'd been effectively imprisoning her.
Finally, that he's domineering comes across from his not shying away from appearing self-critical:
'Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm getting' soft'
On the surface this appears as an honest admittance of a fault. However it's more than that. Not only does it seem to be said in the hope of hearing it denied, so that it's a covert appeal for sympathy, but – in the absence of any evidence that he's either too sensitive or soft – it appears calculated to remove any idea that the narrator is dominating. Softness, in particular, suggests the opposite.
False Self-Praise
There's another type of falsity apparent in the lines leading up to the one about being too sensitive:
And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off'
The narrator claims his response to the discomfort of hearing the woman's name has been 'to turn it off'. But by his own admission he's only heard her name 'here and there', and presumably over quite a long time since it's been as a result of traveling to different towns. What, then, has he learned to turn off'? There doesn't seem to have been very much. Again, rather than actually suffering from constantly hearing the woman's name (assuming that that's what 'it' refers to), the narrator must be trying to elicit sympathy. It's not that he's over-sensitive, so much as that he wants to others to believe that he's over-sensitive.
There's further irony here in that despite there being nothing appreciable to turn off, the narrator's complaining would suggest that he's not turned anything off anyway.
The narrator Is hard to please. On the one hand he complains that things are getting 'kind of slow'. On the other he complains that the past 'all went by so fast'. Both these things might be true. Nevertheless, if he dislikes life slowing down, it's somewhat odd that he complains when things move quickly. Alternatively, if he prefers things to move quickly, it's odd that he complains when they slow down.
This suggests that he's not being wholly honest. Rather than giving an accurate account of his feelings, he may once again be seizing on opportunities to elicit sympathy. For example, if we take the claim that everything went by 'so fast' at face value, that in itself might suggest the time he and the woman were together was not as good as he's making out. The greater the number of happy occasions there were, the more time they would have taken. As it is, there were sufficiently few such occasions for him to know 'every scene by heart'.
Unduly Romantic
The narrator's understanding of love seems shallow. One feels that he gets pleasure out of presenting himself as a forsaken lover.
Again he makes himself laughable by taking on the role of the fictitious medieval courtly lover – not just by pining for the woman, but by using an intermediary to intercede for him.3
That he sees himself in a traditional romantic role is apparent when he says:
'We had a falling out, like lovers often will'
In itself the second clause is redundant. It's irrelevant that other lovers are often in the same boat. However, by showing his situation to be typical of theirs the narrator is able to distract from his own responsibility for the break up.
This presenting himself as a romantic occurs again in the final verse:
'Sundown, yellow moon …'
By using the language of love songs to describe real life, he's showing he has a rather skewed idea of what a relationship needs to be. And in the light of this it's hardly surprising that the woman has left him.
This is an unusual love song. The narrator, while apparently pining for his departed lover, seem unenthusiastic about making contact again. Numerous biblical allusions seem to mock his outlook and emphasise the contrast between the woman's forward-looking, life-affirming approach and his own orientation towards the past.
As the song progresses we become aware of numerous flaws in the narrator's character which might have contributed to the break up and to the dishonesty of his response to it. He's bitter, domineering, false, inconsistent and has an over romanticised view of what a loving relationship entails. He seems more concerned with justifying himself and getting his own back than in reviving the relationship.
1. Like Orpheus, and the consequence is the same – failure to bring the woman back.
2. Another biblical reference has him comparing the two of them to man in his 'fallen' state:
'We had a fallin' out …'
It is this fallen state from which the woman recovers when she begins a new life, but from which he doesn't when he focuses on his previous life.
He may also be being presented as making a further implicit comparison of himself with Christ – this time Christ's second coming in the phrase 'as I make the rounds'.
3. The narrator is thus a counterpart of Chaucer's Absolon in The Miller's Tale.