Word: prophetizer
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...will constantly present the 'Christian message' to an entire metropolitan center. This is of course a Babylon, whose 'sins' invite the denunciations of any 'prophet.' But the question is whether the prophet is able to discern the real sins of such a Babylon, or to appreciate the virtues of such a vast conglomerate community in which all peoples and racial stocks live in comparative brotherhood...
...leader of the Essenes, who was inspired "to impart a teaching that was to make comprehensible the mystery of Palestine-the mystery of Christ." Steiner went on to say that "after being accused of heresy and blasphemy [Jesus Ben Pandira] was stoned, and hanged upon a tree." Among the prophet's pupils, Steiner concluded, was a favorite named Netzer, who founded an Essene community at Nazareth. After the return from Egypt, Jesus was taken to Nazareth "that (in the words of St. Matthew) it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophets: He shall become a Nazarene." Becoming...
...windows, but they were stuck fast. Some of us cried. Others panicked. We knocked at the doors, but there was no answer. In despair we began preparing ourselves for death. One of the prisoners started to chant the Shahada ("There is no God but God and Mohammed is His Prophet. . ."), and the rest of us followed in faint voices. One after another died. Death was getting us so quickly, so horribly...
...large, and each one cannot be singled out for his deserved praise. Several of the actors do, however, stand out; particularly John Fenn as an impassioned Mowbray, Glen Bowersock in the role of Aumerle, Johanna Linch, who played a very majestic Queen and Andre Gregory as the aging and prophet-like Gaunt. And in the tiny part of a gardener, Charles Sifton gave a really remarkable performance...
...Qumran community. Archeologists believe that the settlement was the center of Essene life. The people probably lived communally while establishing their great library, and apparently washed, or were baptized daily, as evidenced by many aquaducts and a lavatory which were unearthed in the excavation. Their leader was a prophet, "The Teacher of Righteousness...