Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Beasts of the Earth


"Frankly, if we had not gone through our 10-year slide in research support, we probably would have had a vaccine in time for this that would've gone through clinical trials and would have been ready" (National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins deflecting criticism of his organization’s failure to develop a hemorrhagic fever vaccine).

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth” (Revelation 6:8).

The Greek word for "beast" here is "therion," (G2342) i.e., the diminutive form of the word “ther” meaning a small, little, or tiny beast. Perhaps a virus or bacteria.

How can I be saved?

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