I have never been a Millenarianist. I am aware how often the number one thousand appears in the Bible… — Robert A. Heinlein
I have never been a Millenarianist. I am aware how often the number one thousand appears in the Bible, especially in prophecy — but I have never believed that the Almighty was constrained to work in even millennia — or any other numbering patterns — just to please numerologists.
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