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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>Today in my Bible class the topic was apocalyptic literature \u2013 Daniel and Revelation. The student who presented included a segment of the above video on the number of the beast, and I thought it was worth sharing with a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/lecture-on-the-book-of-revelation.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">I now have my lecture on this topic online<\/a>, so that we can use class time to go into more detail.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in my Bible class the topic was apocalyptic literature \u2013 Daniel and Revelation. The student who presented included a segment of the above video on the number of the beast, and I thought it was worth sharing with a wider audience. 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