Matthew 24:22
Ben and Jo Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Oct 11 18:50:19 EDT 2002
On Fri 11 Oct 2002 (13:40:02), waldoslusher at yahoo.com wrote:
> KAI EI MH EKOLOBWQHSAN hAI hHMERAI EKEINAI.....
>
> Is there anything in this context that would require
> understanding EKOLOBWQHSAN to mean that each 24 hour
> day has been shortened/lopped off to less than 24
> hours per day? Could it be that the days AS A WHOLE,
> rather than being shortened, have been 'fixed' to last
> a certain period of time? Which is to say that God has
> predetermined that these days will not go on
> indefinitely (year after year), but have been lopped
> off to cease after the FULL time has run its course.
>
ISTM that it means that the length of the *total period* had been shortened
by being terminated prematurely, to put an end to the sufferings of the
people involved. In other words, God will intervene to stop the QLIYIS in
mid-course.
hAI hHMERAI EKEINAI stands for "that period of time" rather than "those
particular individual days".
ERRWSQE
Ben
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