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...Revelation of St. John, that stunning piece of apocalyptic biblical literature that has fascinated and frustrated interpreters for nearly 19 centuries. It is Revelation that has given art and literature the most vivid images of mankind's terrible last days: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Scarlet Beast and Whore of Babylon, the monster Antichrist and, in Chapter 20, the vision of Christ's 1,000-year reign, the Millennium. Oxford Scholar G.B. Caird, a modern interpreter of Revelation, calls Chapter 20 "the paradise of cranks and fanatics...
...recapture of Jerusalem in 1967 a second step. This makes the rebuilding of the Temple possible, and Jesus predicted sacrilege in the Temple as a sign of the end. Meantime, a ten-nation confederation will form under the aegis of Rome, as prophesied in the ten-horned beast of Daniel and Revelation. To followers of Lindsey, this sounds ominously like the Common Market, even though it is not yet under the aegis of Rome. Israel will sign a pact with Rome, but the universally hailed Roman leader will turn out to be Antichrist and show up in Jerusalem to proclaim...
Johnson was a mountain man, one of a rare, rough breed that wandered the unexplored West of the early 19th century, living off the land, doting on danger and craving solitude. Mountain men like Johnson became the greater part beast after a while. Their survival depended almost solely on their read iness to adopt such skills and senses as are usually called animalistic...
...line the man goes down on the 20-yd. line." Youngblood is touted as the "finest middle linebacker around." He "hits like a ton" and can prove it. One scouting report has it that Youngblood once took on a wrestling bear in a carnival and dispatched the beast with a single blow. Glover, a two-time All-America, has been unstoppable as a middle guard for the Cornhuskers. Scouts predict that he will be just as menacing as an outside linebacker. Though a mite small for that position, he may "more than make up for it with his speed, range...
...cruel as his nickname. His power overwhelms everyone but the camp follower, Widow Begbick. She knows the weakness intrinsic to all men especially strong ones, and eventually triggers Five's disgrace. Bloody Five's bravura balances Galy's passive foolishness. As surely as the latter metamorphoses into the army beast, the former weakens and falls. It's grim stuff of which to make laughter, and the comedy does become pretty sinister. Brecht mines the parallel veins of humor and despair, and the production succeeds in emulating him--almost...