The BibleWheel Menu with Post-Christian History and Links |
| Spokes |
Hebrew Alphabet which
represents each spoke |
Comparing the Books and Chapters of the Bible Related to the Spoke with Post-Christian History |
The Books and Chapters of The Bible Related To |
| Spoke 1
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א - Aleph
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Spoke 1: The Biblewheel and The 1st Century
The Roman Empire |
Genesis/Isaiah/Romans |
| Spoke 2
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ב - Beith
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Spoke 2: The Biblewheel and The 2nd Century
Romans persecutions just as Pharaoh commanded the children of the Hebrews to be thrown in the river in Exodus the 2nd book and Herod commanded the children under 2 years old to be slain in Bethlehem in Matthew 2. |
Exodus/Jeremiah/1Corinthians
Matthew 2 |
| Spoke 3
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גֹ - Gimel
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Spoke 3: The Biblewheel and The 3rd Century |
Leviticus/Lamentations/2Corinthians |
| Spoke 4
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ר - Daleth
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Spoke 4: The Biblewheel and The 4th Century
- Julian the apostate returns to the worship of gods and to the ancient Greek philosophers;
- Julian was at first in charge of Gaul;
- the connection between Galatians and Gaul (France);
- Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 and died 28 August 430) was inspired on allegorizing the city of God, which was published in the early 5th century;
- the Vandal (meaning wanderers) conquest of the Western Roman Empire;
- the 4th Century Armenian lords defect to the Parthians. |
Numbers/Ezekiel/Galatians |
| Spoke 5
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ה - Hey
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Spoke 5: The Biblewheel and The 5th Century
- the life of Jerome reflects the life of Daniel;
- the vision Mesrob Mashtotz had (or the legend) that God was writing the new Armenian Alphabet to teach the Armenians to read in an alphabet suitable to their pronunciations;
- Armenia is separated between the Parthian/Sasanids and the Byzantines;
- the Sassanid king allowed the invention of the Armenian Alphabet with the intention of separating Armenia from the Byzantines for the Sassanids. But the Armenia drew closer to the Byzantines by sending students to Constantinople to study texts. Thus Sassanid persecutions began;
- Theodosius II Emperor of the Byzantines was known for the codification of law (Codex Theodosianus);
- the Council of Ephesus pope/bishop Celestine sides Cyril of Alexandria to opposed Patriarch Nestorius as heretic. |
Deuteronomy/Daniel/Ephesians |
| Spoke 6
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ו - Vav
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Spoke 6: The Biblewheel and The 6th Century
- Gregory (bishop of Rome) and Augustine preach to the Brits (to live is Christ and to die is gain in Philippians);
- Kaleb of Axum, king of Axum Ethiopia, named after Caleb of the Bible defends Christians in the Middle East;
- the Justinian dynasty (which includes Justin I, Justinian I and Justin II) lasts 2/3 of the 6th century;
- Justinian I reconquers the Mediterranean (like Joshua did Canaan);
- Empress Theodora was said to be a harlot who became the wife of Justinian I;
- the Nika riots was when Justinian I thought to flee the palace but Theodora his wife persuaded him to stay, be courageous and not give up his crown;
- Tiberius II Constantine removes the taxation on the bread and the wine which Justinian I had placed. |
Joshua/Hosea/Philippians |
| Spoke 7
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ז - Zayin
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Spoke 7: The Biblewheel and The 7th Century
- Boniface cut down the Thor's Oak;
- the Heraclian dynasty almost lasts the entire 7th century. The book of Judges the 7th book of the bible is a book on heroes called judges who saved Israel;
- Heraclius Byzantine Emperor beheaded his predecessor for raping an aristocrat's wife and defeated his enemies, but then married his niece and fell out of favor and saw the rising threat of Islam. The 7th Commandment is not to commit adultery;
- Heraklonas was the first to be mutilated to prevent him to become emperor like Adonibezek and Samson in Judges the 7th book;
- the Colossus of Rhodes' parts were melted and used for coins by Muslims;
- Justinian II Rhinotmetos was also mutilated. Rhinotmetos, his nickname means the Slit-nosed. After being imprisoned by the Khazars he flees and slays two men and returns to the throne in Constantinople;
- 20 years' anarchy followed after Justinian II's first reign (just like the book of Judges, the 7th book when no king ruled over Israel);
- the fate of Colossae to whom the 7th epistle is written to.
- the Battle of Yarmouk is when the Byzantines lost against the Muslims. The Byzantines outnumbered them but were not organized due to their religions convictions;
- the rise of Islam;
- Yazid I breaks the oath of allegiance that his father had made to give the Caliphate back to Hassan the eldest son of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and of Ali;
- the 7th Century conflict of the Caliphate succession compared to the 7th book of the Bible Judges' falling of the Holy Spirit on whomever God saw fit and the issue of taxation/tributary in the middle east. |
Judges/Joel/Colossians |
| Spoke 8
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חֹ - Chet
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Spoke 8: The Biblewheel and The 8th Century
- Iconoclasm (destroying icons used for worship) in the Byzantine Empire and Islam which although eventually the Arab invasions ceased when the Abbasids turned against the Umayyads and took control in the Middle East, this created an inner-struggle in the Byzantine Empire as it did to the Thessalonians when the gospel was preached unto them in the 8th epistle 1Thessalonians;
- Arab-Byzantine wars;
- Franks under Charles Martel defeat the Umayyads in tours;
- Frank and Charles mean free;
- the Abbasids seek wisdom and learning;
- Scottish monks from Ireland offer to teach wisdom at the time of Charlemagne.
- Byzantine Empress Irene stops the Iconoclasm (destruction of icons) which Emperor Leo III the Isaurian had begun;
- the short reign of Constantine VI and his imprisonment by his mother Irene;
- the Second council of Nicaea reverses the council of Hieira on Iconoclasm;
- Byzantine Empire Under the Isaurian Dynasty.
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Ruth/Amos/1Thessalonians |
| Spoke 9
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ט - Tet
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Spoke 9: The Biblewheel and The 9th Century
- king Alfred chased by the Vikings giving himself to prayer and singing psalms;
- Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I's skull used for cup for wine to Krum the king of Bulgaria;
- Nikephoros' son, Staurakios, though injured in the battle faought alongside his father becomes emperor;
- Emperor Michael I Rhangabe, son-in-law of Nikephoros I, reduces taxes that his father-in-law had raised;
- the Athinganoi were perhaps either Gentile converts to Judaism or Gentile Christians which had Judaic practices, which were also a part of the Iconoclastic movement of the 9th century;
- Emperor Leo V mistrusts his companion Michael II the Amorian and jails him. And he enthrones his son Constantine as co-emperor. But Michael's men assassinate him. An evil spirit is set between Leo V and Michael II;
- Emperor Theophilos dies in sickness. He was the last Iconoclast emperor. His wife Theodora ends the movement;
- Rome assumes independence and Popes anoint kings (Charlemagne was anointed on Christmas day 800AD. The 9th century would be from 801AD but if the dating system of the Bible is 14 days before Passover then his anointing would have been in the 8th Century);
- Pope Leo III anoints Charlemagne;
- Pope Paschal I anoints Lothair;
- Pope Stephen IV anoints Louis the Pious;
- Nasr/Theophobos a Sassanian and his men seek refuge in the Christian Byzantine Empire;
- Emperor Michael III plays favoritism. He easily honors people;
- future Byzantine Emperor Basil I's humble beginnings and defeat of a Bulgarian champion.
- Emperor Basil I joins Holy Roman Emperor Louis II against the Arabs in the Arab-Byzantine wars;
- Emperor Leo VI the Wise is hated by his father because he suspects he is Michael III's son (since Michael III gave Basil I, his father, his mistress for wife);
- Averardo de Medici a knight in Charlemagne's army defeated the giant Mugello;
- Alamut Castle as the Eagle's Nest in Obadiah's Prophecy
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1Samuel (1Kings)/Obadiah/2Thessalonians |
| Spoke 10
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י - Yod
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Spoke 10: The Biblewheel and The 10th Century
- Otto means riches related to the meaning of the Hebrew word for the number 10;
- Otto I the Great of the Holy Roman Empire crowned as well as Otto II and Otto III near the end of the 10th Century;
- Pope Gregory V the son of Salian Otto.
- Leo VI (the Wise) enters the Hagia Sophia Church on his knees to beg God for forgiveness for his 4th marriage, which was forbidden by the Byzantine Rite.
- Byzantine Alexander III was the first to be titled Autokrator;
- Romanos I Lekapenos resigns from the throne after his son's death;
- Constantine VII was born in the palace despite him being the son of the 4th woman of Leo IV the Wise. The approval was not given at first, and therefore he was considered illegitimate, but approved later on. He was a writer/scholar like David;
- Olga the Kievan Rus princess converts to Christianity. She was enticed to marry her husband's murderer, but she refuses and retaliates.
- Romanos II sought after pleasure;
- Marianos Argyros, a monk and supporter of the rule of Constantine VII's descendants and entered the imperial service and fought the general Nikephoros II Phokas, who sought to take over the throne. He was killed by a woman throwing down a platter from a roof.
- Nikephoros II Phokas killed in bed like Ishbosheth, the son of Saul;
- John I Tzimiskes covets the throne;
- Empress Theophano was elevated to the throne but became the reason why her husband Romanos II was killed and so was the next to the throne Nikephoros II Phokas by John I Tzimiskes;
- Byzantine Emperor Basil II in constant warfare and yet he was a conquering king as David.
- Basil II in his lack of confidence that there would be security within the region of Constantinople, sought Normen to Guard the city and the palace, called the Varangian Guard. |
2Samuel (2Kings)/Jonah/1Timothy |
| Spoke 11
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כ - Kaf
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Spoke 11: The Biblewheel and The 11th Century
- Paul wrote to Timothy in 2Timothy the 11th book of the 3rd cycle of the Biblewheel, also the 11th Epistle:
2Timothy 1
15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Could it be that the reason God sent the Seljuks against the Byzantines because the Byzantines/Asians have turned away from God and Paul's teachings?
- to end the resistance of the Bulgars, Emperor Basil II blinds the captives and send them to Bulgaria;
- Constantine VIII the brother of Basil II and successor makes deathbed wishes for his son to fulfill, like David did to Solomon in the 11th book 1Kings and Paul wrote to Timothy in 2Timothy;
- Saint-Anselm, his dream and God living upon high;
- Emperor Romanos III Argyros spends and builds;
- Michael IV, the money exchanger and counterfeiter marries Zoe the Empress and former wife of Romanos III Argyros on the same day of his death;
- Michael V Kalaphates became the adoptive son of Zoe as his uncle Michael IV died. Kalaphates means Caulker related to building.
- Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita (purple-born) reigned having a few consecutive husbands, but later co-ruled with her sister Theodora and then brought in a lover, Constantine IX who also had another lover brought in, Maria Skleraina;
- Eunuch John the Orphanotrophos;
- Michael VI Bringas resigns after general Nikephoros Bryennios (a usurper to the throne) was captured and blinded. However general Isaac I Komnenos' men crowned him emperor;
- Constantine X Doukas is appointed emperor from Isaac I Komnenos. He weakens the eastern frontier's defenses, which allows the Georgians to invade with the help of the Turks;
- Eudokia Makrembolitissa revoked her oath to remarry to (general) Romanos IV after her husband, Constantine X Doukas' death;
- Theodora Anna Doukaina Selvo the daughter of Constantine X Doukas married Domenico Selvo, Doge of Venice (like Ahab king of Israel marrying Jezebel the daughter Ethbaal king of the Zidonians);
- Alp Arslan the grand-son of Seljuk the Turk forgives Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes after taking him captive and setting his foot on his neck, and sends him home. But his life is required in Romanos' stead as he is assassinated while extending his bow and arrow to shoot;
- Romanos IV Diogenes is deposed in Constantinople and cruelly blinded and exiled and dies from his wounds and was hailed as an upright man. He paid as promised the sum requested by Alp Arslan;
- the devaluation of the Byzantine currency in Michael VII Doukas Parapinakes (minus a quarter) days;
- Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates;
- Emperor Alexios I Komnenos was brought to royalty by adoption. He persuaded the West to join them to battle the Turks, the Crusades;
- Emperor John II Komnenos is crowned after providing his dying father's signet ring just as Solomon rode his father David's mule;
- Venetian Domenico I Contarini was known for building churches and monasteries in Venice;
- Otto Orsoleo married Giovani Orsoleo to the Niece of Basil II, the Byzantine Emperor, Maria Argyra;
- Grimelda the daughter of Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians married Otto Orseolo the doge of Venice. Their daughter Frozza Orseolo married Adalbert the margrave of Austria;
- Stephen I king of Croatia married Hicela Orseolo the daughter of Pietro II Orseolo;
- the Great Schism between East and West;
- Peter Krešimir IV king of Croatia realigns to the West, to Rome;
- a Solomon reigns in Hungary;
- The last doge Ludovico Manin after 1100 years abdicated (687-1797). |
1Kings (3Kings)/Micah/2Timothy |
| Spoke 12
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ל - Lamed
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Spoke 12: The Biblewheel and The 12th Century
- John II Komnenos builds a hospital;
- Manuel I Komnenos and his political alliances with the Latins;
- Vitale II Michiel the Doge of Venice is murdered by a Venetian as he fails to negotiate a truce with the Byzantine Emperor Manuel Komnenos;
- the AIMA prophecy is the acronym, the first letters of each ruler's name put together which spells AIMA, meaning blood in Greek. This first occurred with Alexios I, Ioannes I (John I), Manuel I and Alexios II. It is repeated with Andronikos I, Isaac Angelos, Manuel (Emperor of Trebizond) into the 13th Century, Andronikos I. And from Trebizond it reappears Andronikos I Gidos (r. 1222–1235), Ioannes I Axouchos(r. 1235–1238), Manuel Megas Komnenos (r. 1238–1263), and Andronikos II Megas Komnenos (r. 1263–1266);
- Field of Blood is a place of bloodshed near Antioch reminding of Judas the 12th disciple of Jesus buying of a field and hang himself;
- Levon I founds the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia in the the last few years of the 12th Century and into the 13th. He shelters lepers;
- Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered by king Henry II of England over the issue of signing of the Constitutions of Clarendon. But his murderers including the king sought repentance afterwards.
- Bernard of Clairvaux from the late 11th century and early 12th century known to have made some miracles like Elijah and Elisha and wasn't afraid to rebuke authorities;
- Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire;
- Saladin takes Jerusalem from Amalric, sends medicine to his ill opponent Richard the Lionheart during the 3rd Crusade;
- the Lombard bankers;
- Saint-Francis of Assissi and Elizabeth of Hungary and their life given to hospitality;
- The Order of Saint-Lazarus founded in Jerusalem for lepers;
- Robert the Leper of Antioch;
- Baldwin IV the Leper the son of Amalric reigned as King of Jerusalem;
- Peter Waldo began to preach and teach publicly and condemned what he considered as papal excesses and Catholic dogmas, including purgatory and transubstantiation;
- Waldo and one of his disciples went to Rome, where they were welcomed by Pope Alexander III and the Roman Curia;
- they desired the gospel in the vulgate (local language). |
2Kings (4Kings)/Nahum/Titus |
| Spoke 13
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מ - Mayim
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Spoke 13: The Biblewheel and The 13th Century
- the 13th century is almost a repetition to the 9th and 10th centuries, just as the story of king Saul and David and their wars with the Philistines of the 13th book 1Chronicles is a repetition but from a different angle compared to the 9th and 10th books 1 and 2Samuel. It is interesting that Charlemagne the king of the Franks was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas day the year 800 to urge him to defend Rome. And Charlemagne was succeeded by his son Louis the Pious. Similarly the first Anjou of Hungary was someone by the name of Charles followed by a Louis.
- population into the cities;
- the Albigensian heresy led to the inquisition of the matter and followed by the crusade by Pope Innocent III;
- after the takeover of the Byzantine territories by the Latins, Tzar Kaloyan of the Bulgarian empire, in his battle of Adrianople supposedly used Baldwin I's head for a drinking cup. While this might be a rumor he certainly did it with Boniface I of Montferrat who ruled Thessalonica (Just like what the Philistines did to king Saul's head in the 13th book 1Chronicles 10);
- Michael VIII Paleiologos works as mercenary of the Christian band in the Turkish Sultanate of Rum. He returns to Nicaea and reconquers the west except for Constantinople. One of his generals Alexios Strategopoulos conquers the city overnight and Baldwin II the Latin king flees with his men;
- Kaykhusraw II (who faced the Mongol invasion) was half Greek as well as his son Kaykaus II and had Christian mercenaries, including Michael VIII Paleiologos;
- Andronikos II Paleiologos the son of Michael VIII takes over the throne until the first third of the 14th Century;
- Thomas Aquinas was said to be absent minded but that was probably his mind was continually working for knowledge (1Chronicles the 13th book begins with gathering of information/knowledge);
- Genghis Khan rises to power after being intimidated by his surroundings like David;
- Genghis Khan is still worshiped in Mongolia;
- the empire of Trebizond is founded by David Komnenos of Trebizond and his brother Alexios I, the son of Manuel and grand-son of Andronikos (Byzantine Emperor);
- Andronikos I of Trebizond is victorious over the Seljuk Turks due to a storm but gives credit to Saint-Eugenios instead of God;
- John I of Trebizond was the son of Alexios I of Trebizond and the brother of his successor Manuel I of Trebizond;
- Manuel I of Trebizond chose his son Andronikos II to be his successor just as David chose Solomon in the 13th book 1Chronicles;
- Andronikos II begins trade and gains recognition by the Genoese and western Europe;
- John II of Trebizond's rule faced a Seljuk invasion and many cities were left uninhabited.
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1Chronicles/Habakkuk/Philemon |
| Spoke 14 |
נ - Nun
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Spoke 14: The Biblewheel and The 14th Century
- the invention of siege engines and gun powder;
- Alexios II of Trebizond and his victory against the Turcomen;
- Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond and her sister Anna succeeding on the throne;
- Basil of Trebizond wins a supernatural victory over the Turcomen during a thunderstorm;
- Andronikos III of Trebizond murders his brothers;
- Tamerlane conquers the Golden Horde and the world population is reduced by 5%;
- the Avignon Papacy also called the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy and the Western Schism caused the popes to resettle in Avignon for 70 years in order to end the Templars because king Philip IV owed them a large amount of debt;
- the Black Death plague spreads throughout Europe.
- Pope Boniface VIII and his involvement with foreign affairs
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2Chronicles/Zephaniah/Hebrews |
| Spoke 15 |
ס - Samek
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Spoke 15: The Biblewheel and The 15th Century
- the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the migration of Greek scholars (among others) to the west;
- the call of Mehmet II (the Conqueror) of the Ottomans for Christian, Jewish and Islamic prisoners to resettle in Constantinople;
- most of the Scottish kings in the 15th century were named James (with the exception of Mary Queen of the Scots);
- the invention of the Gutenberg printing press. Even though Johannes Gutenberg printed the first Bible called the Gutenberg Bible he went bankrupt. He was testified against by Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer;
- the influence of the Medici the bankers of Florence and the Florin, the currency of Europe at the time;
- the opening of the library of San-Marco in Florence sparked the Renaissance on Greek philosophy and literature;
- Girolamo Savonarola prophesies the coming of a Cyrus-type figure against Florence and Rome;
- Ezra the scribe (the 15th book of the bible) is said to be the flowering according to Rabbinic commentators;
- Bayezid II the Ottoman Sultan brings the Sephardic Jews of Spain to Constantinople;
- the Wars of the Roses' emblems perhaps associated with the flowering of western Europe started by the Renaissance of Florence. |
Ezra/Haggai/James |
| Spoke 16 |
ע - Ayin
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Spoke 16: The Biblewheel and The 16th Century
- Pope Leo X calls for the sales of indulgences to have the money to rebuild the Saint-Peter's basilica;
- Martin Luther seeks to know salvation and chooses to join an Augustinian monastery instead of fulfilling his parents' wish of becoming a lawyer;
- William Tyndale was jailed before his death (Acts 16 and 2Chronicles 16 mention prison). "Lord! Open the king (Henry VIII) of England's eyes!" Said William Tyndale while he was executed;
- the Catholic monarchs ricked the Protestant Huguenots in welcoming them
to the king's wedding and to their surprise massacred them on the day of Saint-Bartholomew (Saint-Bartholomew's day massacre).
- the 16th century reformation shares a wooden pulpit behind which the bible is read as in the 16th book Nehemiah.
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Nehemiah/Zechariah/1Peter |
| Spoke 17 |
פ - Peh
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Spoke 17: The Biblewheel and The 17th Century
- King James I Stuart of England ordered the translation of the bible from the original manuscripts to be used in the churches of England as the standard English Bible;
- Kosem Sultan the Greek Esther in the Ottoman Empire;
- 17th Century, the Baroque Period of showing off art and architecture;
- 30 Years' War like the conflict in the book of Esther and in Acts 17 after Paul preached in Thessalonica. A scientific revolution occured after the people settled from the war;
- the city of Magdeburg was set on fire by the forces Catholic league just like the Amalekites who burned Ziklag;
- following the peace of Westphalia (the 30 Years' War) came a revolution in science which also leads man to perhaps doubt the existence of God;
- Isaac Newton, known for his scientific studies was more interested in not only the Bible, but also other religions as well and believed God to be one instead of a Trinity.
- Just as Ahasuerus the king of Persia and Media extended his kingdom to India the Dutch did the same along with other countries as the British, Denmark and France. |
Esther/Malachi/2Peter |
| Spoke 18
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צ - Tzaddei
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Spoke 18: The Biblewheel and The 18th Century
- the William III of the Netherlands and II king of England dies without any children as heir to the throne. While Netherlands has a will or testament renewed as to whom among his cousins will pass the Stadtholder, in England after his wife's death the throne passed to her sister Anne and later to her cousin George of Hanover. The 18th century links to the 18th book of the 2nd Cycle of the Biblewheel the Gospel of Matthew, God's New will and Testament beginning as to whom passes the right to the Davidic throne, descending to Jesus Christ while Herod the Great is still on the throne. The 18th Century has another succession called the Spanish succession as Charles II of Spain died childless and France placed a Bourbon on the Spanish throne.
- the modern missionary movements;
- Jonathan Edwards;
- the 1st Great Awakening;
- Napoleon conquers most of Western Europe and some of the East;
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Job/Matthew/1John |
| Spoke 19
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ק - Qof
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Spoke 19: The Biblewheel and The 19th Century
- the many voices and opinions caused movements based on ideologies forming a nation for each language (which means the breakdown of empires);
- the 2nd Great Awakening;
- Romantic music is the rise of the freedom of emotional expression in music;
- the invention of the telephone.
- the building of the Statue of Liberty and the founding of the Shriners in New York City reflects the Diana of the Ephesians and her shrine in Acts 19;
- the invention of the locomotive;
- the Age of Ideologies;
- Giuseppe Mazzini a member of the Action Party and the beginning of the Young movements;
- Both the Hebrew words for “cry” and “voice” are Qum words, the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, qra and qol are used in Acts 19 as voices of confusion crying out different things in protest;
- Conservatism
- Classical Liberalism
- Romanticism
- Nationalism
- Socialism
- Feminism |
Psalms/Mark/2John |
| Spoke 20
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ר - Reish
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Spoke 20: The Biblewheel and The 20th Century
- Age of Scientific and Medical advancement |
Proverbs/Luke/3John |
| Spoke 21
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שׁ - Shin
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Spoke 21: The Biblewheel and The 21th Century |
Ecclesiastes/John/Jude |
| Spoke 22
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ת - Tav
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Spoke 22: The Biblewheel and The 22nd Century |
Song of Solomon/Acts of the Apostles/Revelation |