Vampires: The Life Is In The Blood
Haunted Cosmos
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The Implications of Isaiah 34 14
In Isaiah 34 14, a night bird is able to house and care for her young in the ruins of the Edom. Ezekiel actually sees this angelic being and those four faces represent the four cardinal points on the Babylonian astronomical system. And if you look at the Babylonian illustrations and carvings that we still have on their thrones, you would often have these symbols. So when we get to these references, even if they're opaque or oblique references to the ancient Near Eastern background cultures, we need to take them seriously.
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