Ignorance Isn't Bliss
We live in a day and age where knowledge is rampant, as the data is available through the internet on any subject you wish to research; if you find it on Google, Firefox, Brave, MS Edge, and the like, you can veer off and take your trip down the rabbit hole that leads to the deep and dark web. The written words of Daniel's vision, recorded in the book by his name in the Torah, are renamed the "Old Testament" by the Christians
"But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and the book sealed until the time of the end. Many shall be running back and forth, and evil shall increase. Dan 12:14
"Ignorance, the state or fact of being ignorant: a lack of knowledge or awareness." Websters
"The word ignorant is an adjective that describes a person in the state of being unaware, and can describe individuals who deliberately ignore or disregard important information or facts, or individuals who are unaware of important information or facts." - wikipedia.org
"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." 2 Peter 3:8
I received your letter this morning. You write that you have met a woman who stirs your interest, and that your mother believes she is a gift from heaven. Yet you ask: “How can I know if she truly cares for me, or if she is a harlot seeking only to steal my soul?”
You have asked me such questions before, and though I hesitate—for I treasure your soul and wish no harm upon you—I feel compelled to answer. I fear you will pursue her, and perhaps follow too far, only to discover the truth at great cost.
So bind my words to your heart, that you may be spared her poison should she strike while you are intoxicated by her spell. Investigate your mother’s hopes if you must, but be wise: your soul is at stake. Do not enter the arena unprepared. Clothe yourself in the full armor of God, for if I am right, she has been sent only to test you.
Do not be deceived. Her snare may unfold slowly—days or weeks of seemingly innocent conversation before she strikes. Do not fall in love with her; do not fall at all. Learn her nature, but remember: the serpent desires your soul. She is not what she appears to be, and she does not play at chance—her prey is almost always claimed. Stay above her on high ground, and watch her ways carefully.
Speak little, if at all. Listen twice to her words. To subdue you, she will first give freely, and you will be satisfied. But soon you will crave more, at any price. She will offer more, but then reveal her own needs. Her voice will be soft, innocent, alluring—yet it is the hiss of a serpent. If you are unprepared, temptation will disarm you, and she will own your soul. Captured, you will seek only to please her, willing to give more of yourself for another taste.
Do not forget: the harlot, like fine wine, intoxicates. You will want more of her at any cost. You will promise anything she desires, yet she will demand more of you—until your strength is spent and your spirit depleted.
Remember my words, Apprentice: the prey never commands the captor, and the captor always rules the captive soul. If you feed upon her bounty, you will be lost. Exit her door while you still can. At first, your escape will be hidden in the darkness of your own soul, but if you delay, it will be taken from you, and no way of escape will remain. Trust my words.
Exit while you may. Hold fast to them as a sword—strike quickly, be done, and you may yet win the day and live to fight another.
Affectionately
One day the perfect man will appear and will be embraced as he brings peace to the earth, but in his imperfection he will perceive himself to be god, and so his followers. Beware of the one-eyed man, he sees only evil but serves it up as good.
His number is 666; "Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast, it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.
Also, it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666."
The Book of Revelation Chapter 20
