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From: billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp)
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Subject: Re: COMPARE BIBLE/NEWS ARTICLES
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Date: 12 Feb 91 09:21:17 GMT
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> In article <Feb.2.22.18.04.1991.26811@athos.rutgers.edu> mib@churchy.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:

[Text regarding Daniel 7 and 8 and four world empires deleted]

> >
> >None of those four were world governments either.  Makes me suspect
> >that we need a less literal interpretation of the prophecy.
> >
 
No, not of the whole planet.  But they did encompass all or most of the
KNOWN WORLD of that time.  We must remember the cultural and historical
contexts under which scripture was written when we seek to interpret it.